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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
Recently in a surprise appearance our resident Drover attended Comic-Con in San Diego to promote his forthcoming film Wolverine. However many astute fans observed that the Australian’s appearance seemed to resemble another movie he’d been shooting earlier this year, namely, Australia. Access Hollywood caught up with Jackman at Comic-Con and found out some interesting news.
Weeks after giving birth to daughter Sunday Rose, Nicole Kidman is already preparing to go back to work. According to her Australia co-star, Hugh Jackman, Kidman is heading back to the set of the epic film.
We are doing a little bit of re-shooting in a couple of weeks so she is sort of back to work finishing off the film,” Jackman told Access Hollywood at Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego on Thursday.
Jackman said he is happy for his friend’s baby news, but explained that filming on the project, directed by Baz Luhrmann, was tough during her pregnancy.
“I am beyond happy for her. I mean she is a amazing woman. She’s been a great friend of ours for a long time,” Jackman told Access. “To have this moment is just thrilling. It wasn’t always thrilling for her while we were shooting in Australia, let me tell you!”
Kidman was forced to withdraw from several action scenes on set due to her pregnancy – and it was her withdrawal and several other intense moments that helped Jackman figure out Kidman’s special news.
“For the last month, I remember she said, ‘I have to tell you I am not riding the horse,’” Jackman recalled. “She did all the riding and all of a sudden, in the last few weeks, she wasn’t riding a horse at all and I said, ‘I think I know!’ She goes, ‘Really? How did you know?’ I said, ‘Well, the fact that you were throwing up almost between every second take kind of gave it away.’ She goes, ‘Really? Do you think everybody knew?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah!’”
source: Access Hollywood
July 25th, 2008
By now you’re likely well aware that Apple has established a Set To Screen educational podcast series and competition for young film students in the United States; now the Bazmark team have elaborated on this concept and a new competition, of similar vein, has been launched via New Zealand program Film3.
Baz Luhrmann, director of Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet, has documented Australia’s film-making process – and he’s giving Film3 viewers exclusive access to his videoblogs. All he wants in return is for you to then turn off your computer, pick up a camera, and show him how it’s done!
Using Australia as your inspiration, make a three minute film that incorporates something you’ve learnt from Baz’s videos and send it to us at Film3 for your chance to win big. The videos will be posted episodically in the lead-up to Australia’s release on December 26.
Entrants must live in New Zealand. Prizes include $2000 towards your next film, a tour of Wellywood, a script assessment from the New Zealand Film Commission and much, much more. So get cracking!
Watch the first Video Blog here, which includes additional footage not previously seen in the USA podcasts!
Entry rules and further information can be found via the 3 Film website.
July 20th, 2008
Hugh Jackman found a few more fans at the Fox Cinema Expo in Amsterdam this week.
The Aussie actor thrilled industry crowds at the filmfest, previewing the hottest titles to come for the studio, by introducing a new sneak-peak at Baz Luhrmann’s epic Australia.
Fox showed extensive footage ‘Australia,’ which the director, Baz Luhrmann, explained, by video, that he was still posting after a yearlong shoot Down Under. The teaser roll, especially edited for the Hollywood crowd, has only added more buzz to the highly anticipated Aussie release.
Star appearances are often in short supply at Cinema Expo, so it played well when Hugh Jackman, co-star of ‘Australia’ along with Nicole Kidman, popped up to plug the holiday release.
“It was a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Jackman said. “There wasn’t a second that went by that Nicole and I didn’t thank our lucky stars for being in this movie.”
sources: Hollywood Reporter, news.com.au
June 25th, 2008
The July 2008 edition of Vogue magazine has hit American stands already and fans of Australia should be flocking to the newstands.
The latest issue features a glamorous Nicole Kidman on the cover (as seen left), a sixteen page feature on the upcoming Luhrmann film Australia, including a wealth of 8 large glossy images by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.
A substantial extract of the feature, Days of Heaven, can be read in our transcript archive, with the corresponding official stills to be found in our site gallery and full scans here.
As if we weren’t spoiled enough, the spread comes complete with a Vogue Diary video, to be found on the style.com site, or download to your computer from our media section, and view the screencaps here.
The article candidly details an on set visit by Vogue reporter John Powers, and combines with an intimate interview many months later with, a heavily pregnant, Nicole Kidman discussing child baring, the Australian heat, her amazing co-star Hugh Jackman and crew visionary crew Baz Luhrmann and CM.
As mentioned previously, the dress featured on the cover is made by designer Catherine Martin and will be exlusively available to purchase from Bergdorfs in NYC.
June 18th, 2008
Popular entertainment news show Entertainment Tonight has yet again shown its interest and support behind Australia. In its latest of many stories, ET went behind the scenes of Australia and spoke to Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Baz Luhrmann on location.
Get some sneak peeks at new footage from the film, in addition to brief interview tidbits with Nicole, Hugh and of course, Baz himself.
View 43 screencaps from the appearance in our gallery and the video is available for download in our media section!
Also, while you’re wandering the site perhaps check out our latest desktop wallpaper creations!?
June 6th, 2008
Set your clocks and VCRs for the Tuesday May 27th edition of Entertainment Tonight!
On the tail end of Monday’s show we were told to expect some movie news from none other than Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
EDIT: the Australia feature wasn’t screened due to the untimely death of director Sydney Pollack. Keep watching ET for the on set footage.
May 26th, 2008
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