Archive for August, 2008
Nicole Kidman’s in London and Hugh Jackman is walking around Sydney clean shaven. Yes folks, the filming of pick-up shots has concluded! However, dont start counting your sleeps until the premiere of Australia just yet, because there’s been a slight change in plans.
The departure of the highly anticipated fifth Harry Potter installment has created quite a shuffling frenzy in the scheduling department of many major film companies. With the wizard vacating the November 21st position, and being held over for release until next year, many major films have quickly jockeyed into prime marketing position to round out the season.
Not surprisingly, one of the first to stealthily move in for the kill was the well known Bond enterprise, further creating a ripple effect. Executives have been left to question which is the right release date for their films. Originally being slated for a November 13/14 release, Australia has skipped in to the (pre-thanksgiving) position left vacant by Potter, November 26th. Variety reports that this date will be used for the American and Australian release.
Other movies set for release on November 26th include, Transporter 3 and Bolt. Obviously utilising this date without the immediate presence of a pre-existing brand debuting simultaneously is an effort to see the Bazmark film maximise its box office presence.
source: Variety
August 28th, 2008
The latest buzz to hit the net is in the form of a series of three eye catching character posters for
Australia. Some lucky moviegoers have already seen them hanging proudly in various Cinema lobbies. So keep your eyes peeled!
August 18th, 2008
The August 22nd issue of Entertainment Weekly is a special 2008 Fall Preview edition. As one of the major films being released this year, Australia is of course featured as one of the major releases.
The four page spread includes a two page article with behind the scenes info from Luhrmann, Kidman and Jackman (pictured right).
Jackman discusses his national pride and enthusiasm to become a part of this film, regardless of the controversial departure of Russell Crowe who was previously attached as the lead. “I don’t mind if I’m off-the-bench second, third, reserve-doesn’t matter,” said Jackman. “I just didn’t want to miss out on being part of the film.”
“Baz makes very few films, but when he does, he puts his heart and soul into it,” says Kidman, who earned her first Oscar nomination for Moulin Rouge! “He’s not churning anything out. It’s vert much coming from within his blood.”
You can read Baz and the rest of his devoted cast talk about their unique movie making experience in our transcript archive. Additionally, the article, along with new images, has been scanned and uploaded to our gallery.
August 16th, 2008
Picture Australia is a digital resource discovery tool that presents over 1.5 million photographs, artworks, objects, maps and works of art over the internet. A one stop shop to search great cultural institutions for Australian images. The archive is hosted by the National Library of Australia.
In a recent video released, Catherine Martin is featured discussing the importance of Picture Australia in her research for the production design of the film ‘Australia’. A fascinating look behind the scenes, be sure to check it out in our video archive!
Also for more behind the scenes of production and costume design with CM, pick up a copy of September’s Australian VOGUE, extracts of which can be viewed here.
August 14th, 2008
Australiamovie.net is pleased to announce some great news for our Spanish visitors!
Continuing to spread the news of this movie via educational podcast, Bazmark have now extended their reach to Spain!
The Apple Set To Screen podcasts have been launched on a special sub page of HoyCinema, through which the podcasts are currently being aired with Spanish subtitles. Similar to the 3Film New Zealand promotion, Bazmark are asking fans to submit short films, in Spanish, with a duration of no longer than five minutes. The ultimate prize for the best creation? A trip for two to the Los Angeles premiere of Australia!
The deadline for submissions is October 28, 2008, so get moving! Additional information can be found at the HoyCinema Australia site.
August 13th, 2008
Filming of pick-up shots began at Fox Studios today. Hugh Jackman and stunt doubles for Jackman and Kidman were all in attendance to re-create pieces of scenes shot in the outback of Australia earlier this year.
With Nicole Kidman and family arriving in Sydney last week, it is rumoured that she was at work on one of the indoor Fox Studio sets. Sources say that a Bazmark studio car was on standby outside her Sydney mansion, equipped with a baby capsule in the back seat - indicating Kidman is likely to take her new daughter with her.
View footage of Jackman astride his horse, masses of red sand shipped in from the Kimberleys and green screen in shot to aide in the Hollywood magic.
Also visit our gallery for a large scan of the latest Australia feature in the August edition of Australian Who magazine.
sources: ninemsn, ineedmyfix
August 11th, 2008
Plenty of multimedia bouncing about in this our first week of August! Only four months until release!
Entertainment Weekly have set the internet on fire with two new promotional stills taken by photographer James Fisher for Australia. One in particular causing a lot of overheating is a glimpse at the steamy onscreen chemistry shared between Jackman and Kidman (as seen right). If there was any doubt that they could pull it off, let it be cast aside. The new images can be found in our gallery.
Also in our gallery are 64 new fantastic screencaps from the 7th installation of the Set to Screen podcast series. This time director of photography Mandy Walker takes us behind the scenes of her job, and we get to see a cheeky scene shared between The Drover and Lady Sarah Ashley. Be sure to check it out!
In terms of site updates we have two more videos in our multimedia section, Hugh at Comic-Con and Baz at the Tourism Australia press conference. We also have added more shiny new desktop wallpapers to decorate your computers!
For the latest breaking news, join us at the Australia Discussion Forum!
source: EW, James Fisher
August 1st, 2008
