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When director Mark Molloy picked up the phone to Jerry Bruckheimer in 2020, he was surprised to learn the Pirates of the Caribbean and Top Gun producer was a fan of his work and wanted to collaborate with him.
While that proved to be a no-brainer for the Victorian native, who had just had what would have been his first feature shut down due to COVID, it took a little longer to find the right project to take forward with the Hollywood powerhouse.
“He’d seen a lot of the commercial work I do, ...