“Faraway Downs” Trailer Is Out

Faraway Downs is the reimagining of the film Australia told in six parts about an English aristocrat and a rough-hewn cattle drover who join forces to protect the million-acre cattle ranch of her late husband.

The film stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, and David Gulpilil.

Revolving around an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) who travels around the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called “Faraway Downs”.

Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Walters), a bi-racial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s draconian racial policy now referred to as the “Stolen Generations.”

Faraway Downs is co-written and directed by Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, the series is slated for November 26th, 2023 streaming.