It’s sort of crazy that it’s already been a few years since The Babadook was the year’s big genre breakout hit. Directed by Jennifer Kent, we’ve been dying to know what she’s doing next and who will be behind the production. Today we have our answer.
Kent will next direct The Nightingale from her own script. Set in Tasmania in 1825, The Nightingale follows a 21-year-old Irish female convict who witnesses the brutal murder of her husband and baby by her soldier master and his cronies. Unable to find justice, she takes an Aboriginal male tracker with her through the hellish wilderness to seek revenge on the men.
Bron Creative will executive produce and co-finance the period thriller, says Variety, which stars Sam Claflin and Aisling Franciosi, with Damon Herriman (Quarry), Ewen Leslie, Harry Greenwood (Hacksaw Ridge), Aboriginal Djuki Mala dancer Baykali Ganambarr and East Arnhem Land indigenous model Magnolia Maymuru.
Production stars this month in Tasmania, Australia.
Made Up Stories, Screen Australia, the Tasmanian Government through Screen Tasmania, and the South Australian Film Corporation will co-finance the picture as well.
