Andrew Lincoln will star opposite Naomi Watts in 'Penguin Bloom', the adaptation of Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom’s novel to be directed by Glendyn Ivin.
Glendyn Ivin was in Glasgow shooting the BBC/ABC psychological thriller 'The Cry' last year when he got a call from his US agent.
Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book 'Penguin Bloom', starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series 'Mystery Road'; Nine's 'Seachange' reboot; and 'Roborovski', a VR project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.
Emma Cooper has been hired by Playmaker Media as the firm's Los Angeles-based executive producer and has joined the board of Australians in Film.
The film was set to feature 72 Outback animal characters, all of them speaking in an Australian accent, and the project had attracted a stellar Australian cast, with Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Josh
Naomi Watts has partnered with Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea to option Aussie bestseller 'Penguin Bloom'.
International sales will be shopped at Cannes, per Deadline, with financiers Covert Media running point.