After spending five months in Morocco and London directing Fox Networks’ espionage thriller 'Deep State', Robert Connolly plans to shoot a movie in another exotic location.
Two feature films, one from Robert Connolly and the other a Kiwi-Aussie co-pro penned by 'The Breaker Upperers'' Jackie van Beek; a ABC TV comedy from Closer Productions; and two online projects are the latest recipients of $3.5 million worth of production funding from Screen Australia.
The Western Australian screen industry has already lost more than $1 million in revenue with nearly 2,700 job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Eric Bana and Robert Connolly are set to reunite on a new feature adaptation, this time taking on Tim Winton's 'Blueback'.
"One of the beauties about the conversations we've been having was recognising that they were not just going to put money into individual films in an investment sense and then say goodbye."
Screen Australia would like to see more projects that appeal to the "underserved" audience of 14-35-year-olds and have the potential to resonate internationally, head of content Grainne Brunsdon says.
In Robert Connolly's 'Blueback', young Abby befriends a magnificent wild blue groper while diving, beginning her life-long journey to save the world's coral reefs.
Robert Connolly's 'Blueback' will make its world premiere in Toronto International Film Festival's Special Presentations strand.