UPDATED: Info Added about the pic (scroll down)
Robert Pattinson's "The Rover" Due to Finish Filming Mid-March
Even MORE exciting news today from "The Rover", the press release for production revealed that
filming will wrap mid-March.
Porchlight Films and Lava Bear Films are delighted to
announce that filming on THE ROVER commenced on Tuesday 29th January
2013. With support from Screen Australia, the South Australian Film
Corporation and Screen NSW the seven-week shoot will take place in South
Australia.
Written and directed by DAVID MICHÔD, the visionary behind 2011’s
mesmerizing and universally acclaimed Animal Kingdom, THE ROVER is a
slow burn thriller, starring GUY PEARCE (Lawless, The King’s Speech,
Memento) and ROBERT PATTINSON (The Twilight Saga, Cosmopolis).
Joining the two principal cast is a superb ensemble including SCOOT
McNAIRY (Argo, Killing Them Softly) who plays Pattinson’s brother, SUSAN
PRIOR (Animal Kingdom, Not Suitable for Children), GILLIAN JONES (Oscar
and Lucinda, The Tree), ANTHONY HAYES (Burning Man, Animal Kingdom) and
DAVID FIELD (Chopper, Two Hands). All have descended on regional South
Australia for the hot and dusty shoot.
While donning the directorial hat, Michôd also wrote the script for
THE ROVER based on a story he conceived with Joel Edgerton (Zero Dark
Thirty, The Great Gatsby). The film is set in the Australian desert, in a
dangerous and damaged near future. Eric (Pearce) has left everything,
everyone and every semblance of human kindness behind him when a gang of
desperate criminals steals his last possession. Eric sets off on a
ruthless mission to track them down, forced along the way to enlist the
help of Rey (Pattinson), the naïve and injured junior member of the gang
who was left behind in the chaos of the gang’s most recent robbery.
Liz Watts is producing for Porchlight Films and David Linde for Lava
Bear Films. Watts and Porchlight Films produced Michôd’s debut feature
Animal Kingdom. At commencement of production the Producers commended
the enthusiasm of the cast in their new environment. “The South
Australian desert environment can be a tough one to work in,
particularly for those coming from a Northern Hemisphere winter but both
the cast and crew have thrown themselves into the shoot. We are
shooting in some of the most haunting and stunning landscapes in the
world, and are fortunate to have such an exceptional cast and a truly
talented crew ”, Watts and Linde said.
FilmNation represents U.S. sales with UTA Independent Film Group.
FilmNation also acquired the majority of worldwide sales rights to THE
ROVER and the film has already been sold to leading distributors around
the world (for a full list please refer to page two) – including
Australia where distributor Roadshow Films’ Managing Director Joel
Pearlman added “this is an incredibly exciting project which we are
thrilled to be working on with Liz, David and the whole creative team.”
Shooting completes in mid-March in South Australia, with postproduction taking place in Sydney.
UPDATE:
The image that Porchlight listed yesterday as a still on their site is actually a mood board image.
Liz Watts (the producer of "The Rover") tweeted TheRoverFilm.com to share the news.
Also Producer, Liz Watt’s company, Porchlight Films, has revealed the first still from The Rover that gives us an idea of the production design!
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