Production on Lionsgate and Netflix’s new sci-fi action thriller film War Machine is underway in Victoria, Australia.
Produced, directed and co-written by Patrick Hughes (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Man From Toronto), War Machine follows the final 24 hours of the world’s toughest selection program. A team of Army Rangers comes across. A threat beyond their imagination.
Reacher’s Alan Ritchson (Ordinary Angels, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly War) leads the cast, with Dennis Quaid (Reagan, Far From Heaven) and Stephen James (Piano) leading the cast.・Lessons”), Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad) and Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1), Australian actor Blake Richardson (Mystery Road: Origins), Keiynan Lonsdale (The Flash) and Daniel Webber (The Dirt) are also credited.
Ritchson plays the top Ranger candidate, while James, Courtney, Richardson, Lonsdale, and Weber play the other applicants who are themselves out of their minds. Quaid and Morales play commanders.
According to location agency Big Screen, filming will take place in Bright and Myrtleford, Melbourne and around Docklands Studios. According to Variety, filming will take place from September to December, with New Zealand troops filming for three weeks spanning November and December.
Once completed, “War Machine” will be distributed theatrically in Australia by Roadshow Films, and will be released worldwide by Netflix.
The script was written by Hughes and James Beaufort. The film is executive produced by Hughes, Todd Lieberman (The Wonder and the Fighter), Alex Young (Shotgun Wedding), and Greg McLean (Wolf Creek, Jack Irish”), Rich Cooke and Valerie Buress will serve as executive producers. Sharp (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”). Production company credits go to US companies Hidden Pictures and Range Media Partners, and Australia’s Huge Film – Emu Creek Pictures.
‘Warmachine’ is estimated to create 2,100 job opportunities in Victoria, support 80 local businesses and inject more than A$73 million ($49 million) directly into the Victorian economy. Victoria’s Creative Industries Minister Colin Brooks said about A$7.5 million ($5.1 million) would be spent on filming locations, hospitality and other community projects.
This project is financially supported by the Victorian Government through VicScreen’s Victorian Screen Incentive. In addition, the film will be eligible for the Australian Federal Government’s Producer Offset or Rebate Scheme managed by Screen Australia.
Other major projects currently filming in Victoria include the international television series ‘All Her Fault’ and the Sony Pictures feature film ‘Beneath the Storm’.
“‘War Machine’ marks the debut project of Huge Film, the Victoria-based production company founded by Patrick, screenwriter James Beaufort, and myself, to deliver the best action, “Our goal is to create a thriller, a horror story,” said director MacLean. .
“Since directing my first feature, Red Hill, in the High Country, Omeo in 2010, I have mainly worked on international projects. It’s been a lifelong dream,” Hughes said.
