Director Baz Luhrmann, known for the 2008 film “Australia,” is reviving the story as a TV miniseries called “Faraway Downs” in collaboration with Hulu. This extended version will include an extra hour of content, a new ending, and be presented in six chapters for a more immersive experience. Luhrmann aims to breathe new life into the underwhelming film. This trend of directors reworking their movies for streaming platforms, like Zack Snyder’s “Justice League,” continues.
Faraway Downs: release date
On November 26, Faraway Downs will make its television debut on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus in
the UK. The revised story’s six episodes will all be available right away.
That is precisely 15 years to the day after Australia was made available in the US, which is a beautiful
touch of symmetry.
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The Cast And Crew
The leading performers in “Faraway Downs” are Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, two renowned
Australian actors and Oscar candidates Jackman, famed for his Best Actor nomination for “Les
Misérables,” plays Drover, the cattle driver Lady Sarah Ashley falls in love with. Kidman, a five-time
candidate and Best Actress winner for “The Hours” in 2003, plays Lady Sarah Ashley. Along with brilliant
Aboriginal performers like Brandon Walters, the ensemble also features well-known actors like David
Wenham, Ben Mendelsohn, Ursula Yovich, Bryan Brown, and David Gulpilil.
The Plot
For anyone who needs a refresher on what Australia was about, or if you’ve never seen the original movie,
Here’s the official plot of Faraway Downs:
“The story centers on an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley who travels halfway across the world to
confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian
Outback called ‘Faraway Downs.’ Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron,
King Carney, plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattledriver to
protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah, a bi-
racial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s draconian racial policy, now referred to
as the ‘Stolen Generations.’ Together, the trio experiences four life-altering years, a love affair between
Lady Ashley and the Drover, and the unavoidable impact of World War II on Northern Australia.”
Faraway Downs Trailer
Watch the Faraway Downs trailer to see how the narrative has been revised:
The only places to view series are on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus in the UK, so you must
be a subscriber to both sites to watch the show. Both can be subscribed to as stand-alone streaming
services, but US customers can also get Hulu paired with live TV access by signing up for the live TV
streaming service Hulu with Live TV.
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