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Academy Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush will star in a new adaptation of hit Australian musical Bran Nue Day.
Rush will co-star with TV personality Ernie Dingo, actress Deborah Mailman and singers Missy Higgins, Dan Sultan and Jessica Mauboy.
The film is set in Broome in Western Australia's north.
Shooting officially got underway yesterday.
Among the dignitaries at the launch was the new WA Minister for Arts and Culture, John Day.
"It's sure to become an iconic Australian movie," Mr Day said.
"It is very fitting that Bran Nue Dae is being filmed in Broome as the original musical was written by Broome living legend Jimmy Chi and his band Kuckles and much of it is set in Broome's historic Sun Picture Theatre. The stage show premiered at the Festival of Perth in 1990 and was an instant hit."
Mr Day says the Government agency ScreenWest invested $600,000 in the film because it believes the Kimberley has the talent and locations to stage multiple productions.
"Well I think we probably do have an embryonic Hollywood here, given the prodigious acting and film directing talent that's here today," he said.
"It's wonderful for Broome, for the local community and the Western Australian screen industry."
Robyn Kershaw (Looking For Alibrandi, Kath And Kim) is onboard to produce and Rachel Perkins is directing.
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