Monday, September 21, 2009

War Ranks

Rachel Hurd-Wood will play Corrie McKenzie in the film adaptation of the teen sci-fi Tomorrow series"--beginning with Tomorrow, When the War Began says THR

Hurd-Wood joins a slew of Australian actors including Lincoln Lewis, Caitlin Stasey, most recently starring in Neighbours as Ellie Linton. Andy Ryan Chris Lang--and 19-year old Caitlin Stasey plays the film’s (and possibly series) female lead,

Based on author John Marsden's series, the story is set in a time when Australia has been invaded and is now occupied by an unspecified foreign power.

And then it turns into Red Dawn and its remake....

Ellie who is part of a small band of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the enemy garrison in their fictional home town of Wirrawee.

Hollywod writer Stuart Beattie will make his directorial debut on the film.

Production kicks off in Sydney's Hunter Valley at the end of the month.

Clearly everyone on this pic is hoping for Twilight -style success at the cineplex...

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