Baz Luhrmann turning his 2008 ‘Australia’ film into limited series

In a remarkable benchmark for an adult, female-skewing movie, especially with a 2 hour 39 minute running time, Warner Bros.’ Elvis has crossed the $100M mark at the domestic box office.

Fast & Furious actor.“The first time was seven hours late, I sat around. Then I think it was four hours, and then two hours.

Thania Garcia Amazon Studios has brought on board veteran music supervisor and music executive Anton Monsted as the team’s new head of music for Amazon Original Movies. Monsted is a longtime collaborator with director Baz Luhrmann, working most recently as music supervisor the hit “Elvis” biopic.At Amazon Studios, Monsted will supervise the U.S.

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.

Fresh off the success of “Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann announced today that he will reimagine his 2008 film “Australia” into a six-part Hulu series called “Faraway Downs.” The extended cut, which will debut in winter of this year, will feature new footage from the movie, which stars Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. It will also include a new ending and updated soundtrack.“I originally set out to take the notion of the sweeping ‘Gone With the Wind’–style epic and turn it on its head.

Elvis Presley's life is being celebrated in cinemas with the release of Elvis, a new biopic from director Baz Luhrmann. But while it tells the story of how the star met Priscilla Presley, it doesn't provide every detail. It is true that Elvis first met Priscilla (originally known as Beaulieu) in 1959 while he was stationed in Friedberg, Germany, for the US Army.

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'.

Eight Elvises, was sold by the Italian art collector Annibale Berlingieri in a private sale for $100m to an unidentified buyer, thought to be the Qatari royal family. In 2014, another Warhol painting, Triple Elvis, sold for nearly $82m at an auction at Christie’s in New York. In the years since his death, the character of Elvis has featured in some 31 feature films, played by actors including Kurt Russell, Harvey Keitel and Don Johnson.

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. 

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.

Boys’ night! Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman‘s son, Connor Cruise, was spotted on a rare night out with The Sandlot star Patrick Renna.