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.
The erotic tale will be filmed in late-February
International sales will be shopped at Cannes, per Deadline, with financiers Covert Media running point.
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
There is little love from the critics and minimal interest from audiences in the US for Adoration, the Australian romantic drama starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright as best friends who end up bonking each other's teenage sons.
Zach Galifianakis sits down with Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Christoph Waltz, Naomi Watts and Amy Adams who are getting all the buzz during this Oscar season.