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Stephen Lang, Vinnie Jones Join ‘34th Battalion’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 3, 2013 @ 10:49pm PSTTags: Stephen Lang, The 34th Battalion, Vinnie Jones

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney.

EXCLUSIVE: Vinnie Jones and Stephen Lang have joined the ensemble cast of The 34th Battalion, the $20 million saga of an Australian Army unit that fought heroic battles against the Germans during World War I. Jones will play the British-born Lieutenant-Colonel who led the battalion, with Lang as a U.S. officer. The cast includes Luke Hemsworth, Emilie de Ravin, Charles Mesure, Les Hill, Claire van der Boom, Tony Bonner, Andrew Lees and Vince Colosimo. The screenplay by Ian Sparke, who’s also the executive producer, and his son Luke Sparke, focuses on four men from rural New South Wales who joined the Army in 1916 after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. Luke Sparke will make his directing debut and shooting is due to start midyear in Wauchope, NSW. Camelot Distribution Group is selling international rights.

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Emilie De Ravin Set For Aussie War Drama ‘The 34th Battalion’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 5:16pm PSTTags: The 34th Battalion

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney.

EXCLUSIVE: The Australian-born, U.S.-based star of Lost and Once Upon A Time has joined the cast of The 34th Battalion, the saga of an Australian … Read More »

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Luke Hemsworth, Charles Mesure Set For Australian WW1 Drama ‘The 34th Battalion’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 13, 2012 @ 7:59pm PSTTags: The 34th Battalion

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney.

The Australian Army’s 34th Battalion fought fierce battles against the Germans in France during World War I. Now the unit’s little-heralded story will be chronicled in The 34th Battalion, a … Read More »

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