Mike's stories about his upbringing, and the three pelican chicks he saved and raised after their parents were killed by hunters, set up the body of the film, where as a young boy he's supported by his dad, Courtney's Hideaway Tom, and Fingerbone Bill (Trevor Jamieson), the Indigenous man who is the sole neighbour of the father and son.Īs the two adults in Mike's isolated beach life, Hideaway Tom and Fingerbone Bill have their own reasons for withdrawing from the outside world, but they also encourage the boy to pursue his passion for the pelicans, especially the one he names Mr Percival.
#Jai courtney storm boy code#
It was a beautiful script by Justin Monjo and it all came back to me."ĭirected by Shawn Seet (television's The Code and Deep Water), the new Storm Boy has a sharper ecological and generational edge, with Rush's Mike prodded by his granddaughter, Maddy (Morgana Davies), to confront the development plans of his family company.
"I was interested to see how they would weave a contemporary stream to the film. "I jumped at the opportunity when it came my way," Courtney says.
#Jai courtney storm boy movie#
It is, he reports, "bloody cold", and he speaks with affection about the Australian landscape and lifestyle he enjoyed when Storm Boy shot in and around the sweeping sand dunes and saltwater lagoons of the Coorong National Park in South Australia in 2017.Ĭourtney is proud of the film – which is being released while fellow cast member Geoffrey Rush publicly faces sexual harassment allegations – and the way that it updates Colin Thiele's 1964 book and the original 1976 movie by adding a framing device of showing the central character of Mike as a young boy in the late 1950s (played by Finn Little) and the wearied old man in today's world (played by Rush) called back to the memories of that formative time. That's what I love about this industry – I was given the chance to go and live in someone's head, somewhere I hadn't been before."Ĭourtney is speaking from a hotel in central Massachusetts, where he's finished filming for the day on the crime thriller Honest Thief with Liam Neeson. "It wasn't like anything I'd done before so I just grabbed it. "Everyone knows the saying about don't work with children and animals, but I was doing both at once and I had a great time," says Courtney. The acquisition deal was negotiated by Good Deed vp acquisitions and distribution Kristin Harris, with Kathy Morgan of KMI representing the filmmakers.Jai Courtney as Hideaway Tom in the film Storm Boy. Storm Boy is an Ambience Entertainment production, with significant production investment from Screen Australia in association with the South Australian Film Corporation. Robert Slaviero, Rush, Christopher Figg, Robert Whitehouse, Justin Deimen and Sherman Ng executive produced. Written by Justin Monjo, the film was produced by Matthew Street ( The Messenger) and Michael Boughen ( Tomorrow: When the War Began). “This is an amazing story, based on the beloved children’s book by Colin Thiele, and we are excited to be a part of bringing this classic to the big screen,” Good Deed founder and CEO Scott Donley said Tuesday in a statement.
#Jai courtney storm boy series#
He won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts award for best direction in a TV drama or comedy in both 20 for his work on The Code and the Art Directors Guild Award for best direction of a TV drama series in 20 for his work on Underbelly and The Code, respectively. Seet is a veteran TV director whose credits include The Code and Underbelly. Director Shawn Seet saw the original 1976 film adaptation of Storm Boy after moving to Australia at the age of 12, and the story stuck with him over the years.
0 kommentar(er)
