Angelina Jolie Confirmed to Direct 'Unbroken' in Australia
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- Published on Tuesday, 01 October 2013 10:37
- Written by Hollywood Reporter
Angelina Jolie will direct Unbroken in the Australian states of NSW and Queensland, it was confirmed Tuesday, with the shoot based at Sydney’s Fox Studios Australia and Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast and is set to start filming Oct. 21.Jolie visited both states in early September, finalizing locations for the World War II-set biopic of U.S. Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini. It will shoot in Sydney, regional locations in NSW and Village Roadshow Studios and its water tank on the Gold Coast, while it's also expected that some of the visual effects work will be done by NSW companies.NSW deputy premier Andrew Stoner and Queensland arts minister Ian Walker confirmed the details, including that the film qualifies for Screen Queensland's Production Incentive program, among others.Unbroken is the sophomore feature for Jolie as a director, after 2010’s In The Land of Blood and Honey. It follows the life story of Zamperini, who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.Confirmed in the cast are Jack O'Connell as Zamperini, Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock and Alex Russell. Jolie is producing with Matthew Baer and Erwin Stoff.“Securing production of Unbroken in NSW will inject millions of dollars into the State’s economy and is expected to create more than 300 jobs for NSW-based crew alone and more for cast and extras,” Stoner said.Stoner said that Screen NSW had worked hard to bring the production to the state against strong competition from other possible locations around the world. "'Securing this production for NSW demonstrates the competitiveness of doing business here,” he said. “It puts a global spotlight on NSW and on the strength of our digital economy -- from smart networks and intelligent technologies to digital animation, visual effects, live action filming and interactive content. This will be a great boost for our digital economy and creative industries, as well as our international reputation." "We are thrilled to be welcoming Angelina Jolie's film Unbroken to Queensland,'' added Screen Queensland COO Jennie Hughes. "It will create a substantial amount of jobs for the film and television industry in Queensland putting the business back in show business.'' Universal Pictures has scheduled the film for release in the U.S. on Christmas Day 2014.
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Alex Russell cast in Angelina Jolie movie
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- Published on Thursday, 26 September 2013 17:47
- Written by IF
Alex Russell will join Jack O’Connell and Domhnall Gleeson in Unbroken, the Angelina-Jolie directed movie which starts shooting in Sydney on October 21.Russell will play Pete, the older brother of Louis Zamperini (O’Connell), who was a member of the US athletics team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.Serving with the US Air Force in WWII, Louis survived a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean and after 47 days on a life raft was interned in a Japanese prison camp. Louis was a troubled kid at school but found his niche as a track star with Pete’s encouragement.Gleeson, who played Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1&2, will play a fellow survivor of the plane crash in the Universal-financed film.Unbroken is Jolie’s second directing effort following The Land Of Blood And Honey, a romantic drama set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War.The screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen and Richard LaGravenese is based on the Laura Hillenbrand novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption.Russell will segue to Unbroken after shooting Cut Snake, Matchbox Pictures’ crime thriller directed by Tony Ayres, which shoots in Melbourne next month, co-starring Sullivan Stapleton.Russell is cast as Sparra Farrell, a young guy who, after serving a prison term, moves to a new city intending to start a new life and hooks up with the beautiful Paula (Jessica De Gouw). Stapleton is brutal ex-crim Pommie who tracks down Sparra and tries to lure him back into a life of crime.United Management’s Natasha Harrison represents Russell in Australia; he's repped by UTA in the US. He stars in the upcoming Carrie remake after roles in The Host, Bait and Chronicle.
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Angelina Jolie's 'Maleficent' Has Its Release Date Moved Up!
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- Published on Thursday, 19 September 2013 04:45
- Written by Just Jared
Great news Disney fans: Angelina Jolie‘s upcoming highly anticipated film Maleficent has had its release date moved up! The new Disney flick will now hit theaters on May 30, 2014 as opposed to July 2, 2014. This will allow for Malecifent to have a calmer opening weekend, avoiding Transformers 4 and Fast & Furious 7, along with the World Cup which is slated during that time as well. Angelina co-stars with Elle Fanning, Juno Temple, Sharlto Copley, Sam Riley and more in the movie. Angelina‘s daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt has a cameo! ARE YOU EXCITED that Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent will hit theaters slightly earlier than planned???
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Garrett Hedlund Cast in Angelina Jolie-Helmed 'Unbroken'
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 17:06
- Written by Hollywood Reporter
Hedlund's addition was more than a month in the works, though he had to work out schedule conflicts before joining the film, which is set to begin shooting in October.Garrett Hedlund has signed on for a supporting role in the Angelina Jolie-helmed drama Unbroken for Universal.The story begins in 1943, when Zamperini's Air Force plane crashed in the Pacific. He survived without food and water for 47 days, enduring shark attacks, aerial attacks and hunger before washing ashore on a Japanese island behind enemy lines, where he was held as a prisoner of war for two years and tortured by his captors.Hedlund's addition was more than a month in the works, though he had to work out schedule conflicts. The film is set to begin shooting in October.Ethan and Joel Coen penned a recent draft of the screenplay, which is based on Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 best-seller. Universal picked up the rights to the book in January 2011, and William Nicholson and Richard LaGravenese worked on previous drafts before Jolie took the film's reins in December. The movie is scheduled to open in December 2014.Hedlund recently starred in the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis. Universal was interested in him to play the lead in Fifty Shades of Grey, but the actor bowed out before a formal offer was made. Jolie is producing Unbroken with Matthew Baer and Erwin Stoff.Hedlund is repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment and attorney David Weber.
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Angelina Jolie Wants YOU In Her Movie
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 September 2013 14:25
- Written by Pedestrian
Walking pair-of-lips Angelina Jolie is directing her WW2 drama 'Unbroken' in Australia, and wants YOU to be in it! She also wants to be best friends with you and maybe even let you touch Brad Pitt's face! Ok, so those last bits might not happen, but a casting call has been made public, which reads: "Angelina Jolie film seeking background extras males 17-50yrs very skinny Caucasian males that can portray a Prisoner of War in a detention camp in World WAR 2. Needs to be up for a haircut and no tattoos would be great. Also needing Japanese males 17-50rs that can portray a solider and be up for a haircut." Jolie touched down in Australia on the weekend (sans Brad, who is expected to drop in during breaks in filming action thriller "Fury" in the UK), and work is expected to begin on the film this month at Fox Studios in Sydney and Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast.Ange has brought her whole brood to Australia, with the Oscar-winner and a bunch of her children enjoying a visit to Sydney Aquarium on Sunday morning.
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