Australian actor Eric Bana (Hulk, Funny People) has signed on to star in the ecologically themed family film Blueback from filmmaker Robert Connolly.
The duo recently worked together on crime drama The Dry, which is the biggest film of 2021 so far at the Australian box office.
Blueback is described as a family-friendly celebration of the natural world. Connolly has been developing the project, which he also wrote, for over 20 years.
The film is loosely based on Booker Prize nominee Tim Winton’s critically acclaimed novella of the same name. The film tells the story of a girl who befriends a wild blue groper while scuba diving.
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