Six features, $5.4m out the door, as Screen Australia uses some key Australian names on a production slate. Given that this is supposed to lead to $32.3m in production expenditure, these are not high budget projects.
Think about a $5m average.
The headline news is Strangerland for which Nicole Kidman has consented to perform. She is joined by Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving. The film looks to be another piece of desert noir, as frantic parents hunt for two missing teenage children.
