Australian feature Healing, starring Hugo Weaving, Don Hany and Xavier Samuel, is set to start shooting in Victoria on February 18.
This may turn out to be a premature and fanciful call but 2014 is shaping as potentially one of the strongest years for Australian films, commercially and critically, in recent memory.
Director Craig Monahan's first film in 10 years is an intelligent and satisfying drama.
After 15 years of impressive work in Australian films and TV series, Don Hany has the chance to make a name for himself in the US.
Australian films have raked in $14 million at the national box-office this year, a much stronger start than the first three months of 2013.
It took scriptwriter Alison Nisselle and director/co-writer Craig Monahan 10 years to make Healing, a redemptive drama which opens in Australian cinemas on May 8.
Hollywood comedy Bad Neighbours ruled for the second consecutive weekend at the Australian box-office while two Australian films struggled to find audiences.
The Godzilla reboot cast a long shadow at Australian cinemas last weekend but some of the holdovers held remarkably well, testament to the market's elasticity when moviegoers are offered a wide range of appealing titles.