Baz Luhrmann Used ‘Over 2 Million Feet of Film’ to Turn ‘Australia’ Into Six-Part ‘Faraway Downs’ Series: ‘Episodic Storytelling Has Been Reinvigorated’ by Streaming
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Baz Luhrmann is set to world premiere his upcoming miniseries “Faraway Downs” on the closing night of the upcoming SXSW Sydney Screen Festival, closing the loop on a filmmaking journey that began nearly 20 years ago. “Faraway Downs” is the expanded TV version of the director’s 2008 theatrical release “Australia,” an epic romance starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman that flopped at the domestic box office with less than $50 million.