Sam Worthington, Anthony Lapaglia and Ed Oxenbould are set to star in nm3522455 autoRobert Connolly[/link]'s 3D family film "Paper Planes" for Arenamedia and Footprint Films.
Inspired by true events, Connolly and Steve Worland penned the script which follows eleven-year old Dylan (Oxenbould), who is brought up by his father (Worthington) in a remote Australian country town.
Dylan's life changes when he wins a place in the regional Paper Plane Championships in Sydney. Battling nerves and private schoolboy nemesis Jason (Nicholas Bakopoulos), for a spot at the World Championships in Japan.
Lapaglia has the comedic role of a former Fa Cup star and Jason's father. Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney are producing. Filming is currently underway in Perth with some second unit filming in Tokyo.
Source: Inside Film...
Inspired by true events, Connolly and Steve Worland penned the script which follows eleven-year old Dylan (Oxenbould), who is brought up by his father (Worthington) in a remote Australian country town.
Dylan's life changes when he wins a place in the regional Paper Plane Championships in Sydney. Battling nerves and private schoolboy nemesis Jason (Nicholas Bakopoulos), for a spot at the World Championships in Japan.
Lapaglia has the comedic role of a former Fa Cup star and Jason's father. Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney are producing. Filming is currently underway in Perth with some second unit filming in Tokyo.
Source: Inside Film...
- 11/12/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Screen Australia is investing $5.4 million in six feature films from directors Gillian Armstrong,. Jeremy Sims and Paul Cox and rising filmmakers Kim Farrant, Mark Grentell and Alexs Stadermann.
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Children.s movie Paper Planes, Cambodian-set romantic drama Ruin and art-house drama Partisan received investment from Screen Australia at Tuesday's board meeting.
The agency is investing almost $15.5 million in the three features, five adult drama series, one telemovie and three children.s series, triggering production worth almost $84 million.
Writer/director/producer Robert Connolly.s Paper Planes is a drama about a young boy from a small outback town who dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. The writers are Connolly and Steve Worland, produced by Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney.
Connolly told If, .We don.t make this kind of film any more in Australia, where the hero is an Australian kid. If kids don.t grow up watching Australian films we are not building a future..
The film will shoot in Perth later this year. Connolly and John Maynard.s Footprint Films will release in...
The agency is investing almost $15.5 million in the three features, five adult drama series, one telemovie and three children.s series, triggering production worth almost $84 million.
Writer/director/producer Robert Connolly.s Paper Planes is a drama about a young boy from a small outback town who dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. The writers are Connolly and Steve Worland, produced by Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney.
Connolly told If, .We don.t make this kind of film any more in Australia, where the hero is an Australian kid. If kids don.t grow up watching Australian films we are not building a future..
The film will shoot in Perth later this year. Connolly and John Maynard.s Footprint Films will release in...
- 6/26/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Western Australian state government has chipped in $175,000 of production funding into the adaptation of Tim Winton's feature film The Turning.
The 17 interlinked short stories contained in the book will each be overseen by directors including Cate Blanchett, David Wenham, Robert Connolly, Justin Kurzel, Mia Wasikowska, Benedict Andrews, Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Ian Meadows, Yaron Lifschitz, Claire McCarthy, Ashlee Page and Stephen Page.
Culture and Arts Minister John Day, who announced the Wa government funding as he launched the Revelation Perth International Film Festival.s Get Your Shorts On! program, said six of the short stories would be filmed in Wa.
.ScreenWest.s Stepping Stone Initiative provides opportunities for Wa filmmakers to develop their skills further - the six films shot here will require Wa directors, producers, directors of photography, an editor, together with several internship opportunities. This project will provide strong industry...
The 17 interlinked short stories contained in the book will each be overseen by directors including Cate Blanchett, David Wenham, Robert Connolly, Justin Kurzel, Mia Wasikowska, Benedict Andrews, Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Ian Meadows, Yaron Lifschitz, Claire McCarthy, Ashlee Page and Stephen Page.
Culture and Arts Minister John Day, who announced the Wa government funding as he launched the Revelation Perth International Film Festival.s Get Your Shorts On! program, said six of the short stories would be filmed in Wa.
.ScreenWest.s Stepping Stone Initiative provides opportunities for Wa filmmakers to develop their skills further - the six films shot here will require Wa directors, producers, directors of photography, an editor, together with several internship opportunities. This project will provide strong industry...
- 7/15/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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