The filmmaker who gave us Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet and Strictly Ballroom, has confirmed that work has begun on the film Australia. Filming has taken place in Sydney, Australia, although it has been kept a secret.
The epic romance will take place in northern Australia before World War II. An English aristocrat (played by Kidman) inherits land the size of Maryland. When an English Baron plots to seize the land, she joins forces with a cattle driver. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Hugh Jackman is replacing Russell Crowe in the film.