Baz Luhrmann’s Re-Edited ‘Australia’ to Debut With a New Ending as a Hulu Limited Series

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBaz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” topped $100 million at the domestic box office on Friday, becoming one of the rare films without superheroes or dinosaurs to reach that mark. Globally, the Warner Bros. film has made over $170 million, an impressive result for this kind of material.To be fair, “Elvis” was expensive.

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three endings to the romance drama. “I originally set out to take the notion of the sweeping, ‘Gone With the Wind’-style epic and turn it on its head — a way of using romance and epic drama to shine a light on the roles of First Nations people and the painful scar in Australian history of the ‘Stolen Generations,‘” Luhrmann noted in a statement.“While ‘Australia,’ the film has its own life, there was another telling of this story; one with different layers, nuances and even alternative plot twists that an episodic format has allowed us to explore,” he said.“Drawn from the same material, ‘Faraway Downs’ is a new variation on ‘Australia’ for audiences to discover,” the “Great Gatsby” director added.“Australia” told the tale of an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle station called Faraway Downs following the death of her husband on the brink of World War II.She teams up with a cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) when Australian barons want to infiltrate her land and take over the territory.

Baz Luhrmann is taking his Australia epic movie and turning it into a six-part series for Hulu.

Baz Luhrmann is reimagining his Oscar-winning 2008 movie, “Australia”. 

While out there promoting the hell out of his new film, “Elvis,” filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has made it no secret that he plans on re-editing his 2008 film, “Australia,” and turning it into a limited series. Well, now we finally have more details and it’s starting to sound like “Australia” is getting the full Snyder Cut treatment.

An expanded and reimagined cut of Baz Luhrmann’s Australia is set to premiere on Disney streaming platforms as a six-part limited series.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticReading the reviews of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” one would be forgiven for thinking that it must be some madly baroque spectacle of exquisite excess, the sort of thing that makes people roll their eyes — or that makes the eyes of others widen with delight — when they hear the name “Baz Luhrmann.”In The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney writes, “How you feel about Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ will depend largely on how you feel about Baz Lurhmann’s brash, glitter-bomb maximalism.” In Rolling Stone, K. Austin Collins calls the film “a brash, overwhelming experience.

little too much sway over the King of Rock ‘n Roll. Sure, he helped elevate Presley in the public consciousness but also trapped him in a gilded cage.True to form Luhrmann gives the story an extreme stylistic overlay; songs bleed and warm into each other, remixed frenetically with modern artists and current sensibilities.

Nicole Kidman's niece, Lucia Hawley, is all grown up and looking more and more like her famous aunt every day. The 24-year-old - who also bares a striking resemblance to her mom, Antonia - was dressed to impress recently in a latex, pink gown which was sure to turn heads. MORE: Nicole Kidman's children following in her footsteps - all we knowNicole's sister proudly shared the photos of Lucia on Instagram at the Logie Awards in Australia. WATCH: Nicole Kidman's relationship with children adopted during marriage to Tom Cruise Lucia looked right at home on the red carpet as she strutt her stuf fin the edgy strapless dress. She let the gown do the talking and kept her hair swept back and wore a simple necklace as an accessory. "Pretty in pink," her journalist mother simply captioned the snapshot. MORE: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban captured in sweet embrace - fans react MORE: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise's daughter Bella shares unusual post on Father's DayLucia graduated from college last year and is now following in Nicole's footsteps, and focusing on a career in film production.  Nicole Kidman's niece looked right at home on the red carpet In 2021, she spoke to Stellar Magazine and said: "I'm working for a production company on a documentary, which is really cool – and currently confidential, so I can't discuss too much about that," she said. "It's been interesting working in a full-time capacity, compared to studying. And just kind of going, 'OK, I've got to dedicate myself to this because this is the real deal'.

Elvis film exists, including scenes that show the legendary singer meeting Richard Nixon.Speaking to Radio Times in a new interview published yesterday (June 20), Luhrmann explained that the longer version exists, but needed to be worked into a smaller cut to for audiences.“I have a four-hour version, actually,” he said. “I do.

Nicole Kidman had a very special start to the week as she celebrated her 55th birthday on Monday.MORE: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise's daughter Bella shares unusual post on Father's DayThe Australian actress was inundated with celebratory messages from fans and famous friends, including Reese Witherspoon. But there was one birthday tribute that really stood out.

According to director Baz Luhrmann, a longer version of his newest biopic, Elvis. 

RadioTimes.com. The director’s latest biopic clocks in at a runtime of two hours and 39 minutes.

Elvis Presley.Baz Luhrmann — director of the upcoming biopic “Elvis” — recently revealed that he has a much longer cut of the musical drama.“I mean, I have a four-hour version, actually,” the Australian filmmaker, 59, told Radio Times.He also noted that there were a lot of extra scenes he wanted to include that would have helped complete the story of Elvis, portrayed by Austin Butler. However, there are serious time constraints. “You have to bring it down to 2 hours 30 [minutes],” he said.“I would have liked to lean into some of the other things more,” Luhrmann went on.

As long as you have a pretty basic knowledge of filmmaking, you understand that directors often turn in much longer versions of films when they first edit the footage together. Often, you can see a film is nearly twice its length in the first cut than it is for its eventual release.