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Global Showbiz Briefs: Xavier Samuel Joins ‘Healing’, Gina Rinehart Miniseries

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday February 11, 2013 @ 10:00pm PSTTags: Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel Set For Australian Drama ‘Healing’
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s Xavier Samuel will co-star with Hugo Weaving and Don Hany in Healing, writer-director Craig Monahan’s drama which starts shooting in Victoria on February 18. Samuel, who’ll next be seen in Catherine Hardwicke’s thriller Plush, plays a young, vulnerable prisoner who gets involved in a rehabilitation program involving treating injured birds at a low-security prison farm run by Weaving’s Senior Officer Perry. Hany plays a long-term crim who has almost given up on life. The cast includes Jane Menelaus, Anthony Hayes, Mark Leonard Winter, Robert Taylor and Justine Clark. The producers are Tait Brady and Monahan’s PointBlank Pictures. Monahan co-wrote the script with Alison Nisselle. Andrew Lesnie is the DOP. Lightning Entertainment consultant Richard Guardian is pitching the project to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market. – Don Groves READ MORE »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Drift’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday December 17, 2012 @ 3:33am PSTTags: Drift, Sam Worthington, Xavier Samuel

Australian distributor Hopscotch has posted a trailer for the upcoming surf drama Drift that stars Sam Worthington, Myles Pollard, and Xavier Samuel. Wrekin Hill acquired North American rights to the movie in September with a view to an early 2013 release. Inspired … Read More »

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Oz Actor Benedict Samuel Signs With WME

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 6, 2012 @ 1:12am PSTTags: WME, Xavier Samuel

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney

Australia’s Benedict Samuel has a handful of credits to his name including the telemovie Underground: The Julian Assange Story, the TV soap Home And Away and the miniseries Paper Giants: The Birth … Read More »

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