Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders has locked in the cast for the follow up to his beloved Achilles heel to Australian male stoicism Red Dog with the announcement of Simon Pegg, Australian film and television essence of manliness Sullivan Stapleton, heavenly Brazilian Alice Braga (I Am Legend) and the newly engaged Teresa Palmer.
Principal photography for the movie called Kill Me Three Times began this week in Perth and the southwest region of Western Australia – the same region as the Red Dog shoot – and is a crime thriller written by James McFarland and contains all the elements of what has become Australia’s favourite genre of filmmaking: murder, blackmail and revenge. What the heck is with you, Australia you creep?
The cast also includes Bryan Brown, Callan Mulvey (Drazic) and Luke Hemsworth. Keep an eye out for this one, Australia.
Synopsis:
KILL ME THREE TIMES takes place in a sundrenched Australian surfing town, where a young singer, portrayed by Alice Braga, is the thread that binds three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge. Simon Pegg plays a mercurial assassin, who is hired by her wealthy husband (Callan Mulvey), but there is more than one person gunning for her. Sullivan Stapleton has been cast as a gambling addict that attempts to pay off his debts through a risky life insurance scam, whilst Teresa Palmer plays a small town Lady Macbeth who masterminds the scheme. Bryan Brown, a corrupt cop, also tries to get his cut and Luke Hemsworth portrays Braga’s love interest, a local surfer who hopes to rescue the young woman from Pegg’s telescopic sights.
So, it probably won’t contain this kind of heart-hurty feels.
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