![]() ![]() What appealed to you about this bizarre true story, especially as you’re not Australian? ![]() Lina Wertmuller, Famed Italian Filmmaker, Dies at 93Īhead of the market, The Hollywood Reporter‘s European Bureau Chief Scott Roxborough spoke to the film’s director, Yaniv Raz, about a project he sees as equal parts Babe, Paddington, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jojo Rabbit. With Village Roadshow on board as producer and John Cleese attached, alongside Franklin, fellow Aussie standup Jim Jefferies and Kiwi comic Rhys Darby ( Flight of the Conchords, What We Do in the Shadows), The Great Emu War is heading to AFM, with Mister Smith Entertainment handling international sales. For the Emus.įranklin, who had never heard of the Great Emu War, turned the entry into a hit routine and, together with his friend and SNL veteran Rob Schneider, a film script for an anti-war satire. Now all-but-forgotten, the incident refers to a month in 1932 when the Australian government, in an attempt to curb the wild population of emus chomping on farm crops, enlisted a battalion of World War I veterans with machine guns and military training. ![]() Years ago, Australian-born stand-up Monty Franklin stumbled across an entry on Wikipedia about the Great Emu War. ![]()
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