Australian streaming platform BINGE has introduced it should develop its first authentic characteristic movie..
During the Foxtel Upfronts occasion on Sydney Harbour on Thursday night, it was revealed that British-Aussie actor Hugo Weaving will lead the forged on the movie titled How to Make Gravy, which has been commissioned by the Foxtel Group for BINGE.
The film – now in manufacturing on Queensland’s Gold Coast – is an adaptation of Aussie singer Paul Kelly’s iconic hit of the identical identify.
Just just like the track, the movie tells the story of a newly imprisoned man writing a letter house as his household put together to have a good time their first Christmas with out him.
Also starring within the film are Daniel Henshall, Brenton Thwaites, Damon Herriman, and Kate Mulvany, who seems within the Foxtel hit sequence, The Twelve, which is presently in manufacturing in Western Australia for Season 2.
Making her English-language debut is well known French actress Agathe Rouselle.
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It will likely be directed by Nick Waterman and tailored for the display screen by award-winning musician Megan Washington, who can also be his spouse.
“It’s a great privilege to bring Paul Kelly’s iconic song to the screen. I’ve listened to the song for decades, often on my own Christmas road trip, conjuring up the characters, wondering if Stella made her flight and if the brothers made it down from Queensland. Come 2024, at last we’ll know!” Alison Hurbert-Burns, Executive Director BINGE and Commissioning & Content Foxtel Group stated of bringing the track’s characters to life.
“And with an all-star cast, and such talented creatives in Nick and Meg and our production partners at Warner Bros, we can’t wait to share it with Australia, in what we hope will become a beloved addition to Gravy Day, for many years to come.”
Since its launch in 1996, the track has develop into a part of Christmas playlists in lots of Aussie households.
In 1997, it was nominated for Song of the Year on the ARIA awards, however misplaced out to Savage Garden’s Truly Madly Deeply.
Weaving is not any stranger to the BINGE platform, having just lately starred on its hit sequence Love Me.
In the drama, Weaving performs Glen Mathieson, a father of two grownup kids who loses his accomplice later in life who navigates new intimacies like love and romance.
Speaking to news.com.au final 12 months, The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix actor stated he’s not one to plan what roles he’s going to soak up his profession – he simply desires to attach with the script and go from there.
“I’m always on the lookout for something interesting, and I never know what it’s going to be,” he stated.
“Some actors might dictate their future more than I do. Sometimes I wish I could but I just try to choose things that interest me and will take me on a different course.”
Source: www.news.com.au
