Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say Russell Crowe has revealed plans for an Australian-made film, with the Oscar winner taking time out in Sydney to develop a home-grown project. "(I'm) developing a local production with expat Aussie writer Stuart Beattie," Crowe says in an e-mail. He said the film was being funded through a deal with Universal Studios and Imagine Entertainment.
Beattie, who worked on Collateral and Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, has been involved in other Crowe projects, such as 3:10 To Yuma (a major release due out later this year) and the Bra Boys documentary. Interestingly, Beattie initially worked with Baz Luhrmann on the script for Australia, but exited the film before production began. Crowe, who was first pick to play the leading role in Australia opposite Nicole Kidman (before script issues got in the way), is instead working with his close colleague Beattie on an Aussie film of their own.
Crowe, who is ensconced at home in Woolloomooloo with his wife, Danielle Spencer, and their two young boys Charlie and Tennyson, also revealed details about his newest big-budget international project, Nottingham. The film, which will feature Crowe as the Sheriff of Nottingham, will be directed by Ridley Scott. Crowe said the film "doesn't start shooting till late January", but he is in the midst of preparations for it.
"Brian Helgeland, who won the Oscar for writing LA Confidential, is in Sydney till Sunday. We are plotting out the narrative for Sir Ridley as I type," Crowe says in his e-mail. Nottingham will also be released through Universal/Imagine.
Though the Oscar winner has been enjoying a relatively quiet couple of months back in Australia, two of his much- anticipated film projects will be released late this year. "In the US, 3:10 To Yuma with Christian Bale comes out on October 5, American Gangster with Denzel Washington on November 2," Crowe writes. "There is another movie, I only have a small role, John Polson's Tenderness, not sure yet when that is being released.
" Away from professional pursuits, Crowe said family life was going really well. "Everybody's great," he said.
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