Movies to be filmed in Australia in 2017

 

In 1906 the Australian film industry story began with the production of “The Story of The Kelly Gang”. Since then, many amazing Australian productions have been successfully exported overseas as “Crocodile Dundee”, “Moulin Rouge”.  And award winners “Picnic at Hanging Rock”, “Gallipoli”, “The Tracker”, “Shine” and “Ten Canoes”.

2015 was the best performing year in two decades for the industry thanks to the blockbuster “Mad Max: Fury Road” with US $21 M at the box office, “Water Diviner” with Russel Crowe (US $15 M) and “Paper Planes” (US $10 M).

Australia offers a wide range of diverse natural landscapes (desert, city, mountain, ocean, forest…) making the country the ideal location for films, series or documentary shooting. From the financial aspect, appealing international Tax Incentives are provided by the Australian Tax Incentives office (40% QAPE Producer Offset for Feature Films, 30% PDV – Post Digital and Visual Effects – Offset, 20% Producer Offset for Television, and a 16.5% Location Offset. Compared to other popular international locations like the US, Georgia, whose tax incentives max out at 30%). That’s why we will notice that more and more renowned international filmmakers choosing Australia to shoot their new productions here during 2017.

Here is a selection of the most anticipated movies in pre-production, production or post-production that will be filmed in Australia this year:

 

 

Alien: Covenant

Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Ridley Scott

Distribution: 20th Century Fox

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Billy Crudup, Katherine Waterston, Benjamin Rigby

Synopsis: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship. Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark,

dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is the ‘synthetic’ David (Michael Fassbender),

survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

State: QLD           

 

Aquaman:

Genre: Fantastic, Action

Director: James Wan

Distribution: Warner Bros Pictures, a Warner Bros Entertainment

Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, William Dafoe, Patrick Wilson

Synopsis: Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and to be a hero to the world.

State: QLD

 

Bleeding Steel

Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Leo Zhang

Distribution: Village Roadshow Pictures Asia

Cast: Jackie Chan, Callan Mulvey, Damien Garvey

Synopsis: Chan is a special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like if they have met in a different life.

State: NSW

 

The Butterfly Tree

Genre: Drama

Director: Priscilla Cameron

Distribution: Midwinter Films, Vendetta Productions

Cast: Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould, Sophie Lowe

Synopsis: Evelyn, an ex-burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, it reopens old wounds over the death of Fin’s mother.

State: QLD

 

 

Cargo

Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

Director: Yolanda Ramke, Ben Howling

Distribution: Causeway Films, Umbrella Entertainment

Cast: Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes, Caren Pistorius

Synopsis: Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic. An infected father desperately seeks a new home for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his own changing nature.

 

 

 

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Sources: www.screenaustralia.gov.au, www.abc.net.au, www.premiumbeat.com, www.en.wikipedia.org