Trailer Debuted For Baz Luhrmann’s “Faraway Downs” Premiering November 26th On Disney+ In South Africa
Disney+ debuted the trailer for Faraway Downs, an inspiring epic adventure and reimagined extended version of Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 film Australia. The film, told in six chapters, will premiere all at once on November 26th on Disney+ in South Africa.
Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters, Ben Mendelsohn, David Wenham and Jack Thompson, the story centers on English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman), who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: Faraway Downs, a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown) plots to take her land, and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure-romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), an Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s Draconian racial policy now referred to as the Stolen Generations. Together, the trio experiences four life-altering years, a love affair between Lady Ashley and the drover, and the unavoidable impact of World War II on Northern Australia.
Australia was directed, produced (with Catherine Knapman and G. Mac Brown) and co-written by Baz Luhrmann, alongside writers Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan, with production and costume design by multiple-Academy Award winner Catherine Martin.
Faraway Downs is executive produced by Luhrmann, Martin, Knapman and Schuyler Weiss. 20th Television is the studio.
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