Baz Luhrmann is taking his Australia epic movie and turning it into a six-part series for Hulu.
The 59-year-old Elvis director made the official announcement this week and revealed all the details of the limited show, titled Faraway Downs. Click inside to read more… In the release, via THR, the project will be assembled entirely from footage Baz had filmed for Australia, but with a new ending and updated soundtrack. “I originally set out to take the notion of the sweeping, Gone With the Wind-style epic and turn it on its head — a way of using romance and epic drama to shine a light on the roles of First Nations people and the painful scar in Australian history of the ‘Stolen Generations,’” he shared in a statement. “While Australia the film has its own life, there was another telling of this story; one with different layers, nuances and even alternative plot twists that an episodic format has allowed us to explore.
Drawn from the same material, Faraway Downs is a new variation on Australia for audiences to discover.” Hulu revealed that Faraway Downs will tell the story of an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a large cattle ranch in Australia after her husband dies.
When Australian cattle barons plot to take her land, she joins forces with a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to protect her ranch.
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