Hulu released Thursday the trailer for Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann‘s "Faraway Downs", a six-episode limited series drawn from his 2008 movie "Australia".
Luhrmann reimagined and expanded the pic into a miniseries from additional footage shot of the movie.
While the series features a new ending and soundtrack, it will follow the same premise as its predecessor.
It is set in northern Australia before WWII and is centered around Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English aristocrat who inherits a large cattle station. When her land is threatened, Lady Ashley teams up with a stockman named Drover (Hugh Jackman) to drive her cattle across the country's rough landscape in order to protect her ranch.
The story is explored through the eyes of Nullah (Brandon Walters), a bi-racial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s draconian racial policy that’s now known as the “Stolen Generations.”
“While Australia the film has its own life, there was another telling of this story; one with different layers, nuances and even alternative plot twists that an episodic format has allowed us to explore,” Luhrmann said when the project was announced in June 2022.
“Drawn from the same material, Faraway Downs is a new variation on Australia for audiences to discover.”
The series is executive produced by Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Schuyler Weiss, and Catherine Knapman. Disney's 20th Television is producing the series.
It is set to have its world premiere at the closing night of the inaugural SXSW Sydney Screen Festival on October 21.
"Faraway Downs" premieres on November 26 on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ and Star+ internationally.
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