Veterans Sibylla Budd, Deborah Mailman, James Stewart and Alison Bell are joined by relative newcomers Molly Daniels, Narek Arman, Jon Prasida, Madeleine Clunies-Ross, Madeleine Madden, Andrew Creer, Fantine Banulski and Keith Purcell.
Simon Baker will make his feature directing debut, Matchbox Pictures will adapt another Christos Tsiolkas’ novel for the ABC and Endemol Australia will produce a female-driven drama for the Nine Network in projects funded by Screen Australia.
The biggest Australian film at the box office in 2010, Tomorrow When the War Began, has had its premiere on local free-to-air TV
The Sapphires is now the 14th most successful Australian film at the box office
The new trailer for Red Dawn shares several similarities with Tomorrow When the War Began
"By the time we get all together, we'll probably be 35 and too old to play the characters."
The film will be available in the US theatrically and through Facebook on February 24
Kieran Darcy-Smith is currently working on a script for TWTWB 2