The film has been written by Joel Edgerton, who is also attached to take a leading role.
The Twittersphere lit up with ecstatic responses to Matt Saville's Australian thriller Felony after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
When two Australian films open on the same weekend after getting mostly positive reviews at MIFF and generate copious publicity for the stars and filmmakers, the industry might have expected both to post solid opening figures.
On paper the shooting schedule sounded logistically daunting: 20 days for a feature film starring Anthony LaPaglia, Justine Clarke, Julia Blake and John Clarke.