Do you sometimes feel like writing down every second piece of dialogue while watching great TV or movies? That’s exactly the feeling I would use to describe Netflix’s latest coming-of-age show that takes us Down Under. Adapted from the debut YA novel of the same name by author Trent Dalton, the show is an almost fantasy-like crime thriller, but with children. Picture Boyhood, but in the form of a TV show, with a lot of violence and none of the slow burn. I suppose it’s an Australian thing to be uniquely imaginative with crime stories that are almost surreal while simultaneously implying that they are inspired by real-life events. I mean, Shantaram does happen to be one of the more exciting pieces on my bookshelf, and I couldn’t help but make comparisons between these two pieces of work. Not merely because they hail from the pens...
- 1/13/2024
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Fans are clamoring to know more about Boy Swallows Universe breakout star Lee Tiger Halley.
The hit Netflix series - based on Trent Dalton's 2018 novel - is topping streaming charts worldwide following its January 11 debut on the service.
Halley stars as Gus Bell, the mute brother of Eli Bell (played by Felix Cameron), a Brisbane, Australia youth who enters the city's criminal underworld to save their mother.
Read full article on The Direct.
The hit Netflix series - based on Trent Dalton's 2018 novel - is topping streaming charts worldwide following its January 11 debut on the service.
Halley stars as Gus Bell, the mute brother of Eli Bell (played by Felix Cameron), a Brisbane, Australia youth who enters the city's criminal underworld to save their mother.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/12/2024
- by Klein Felt
- The Direct
Felix Cameron takes center stage in Netflix's new hit show Boy Swallows Universe as the world gets to know the rising star.
Based on Trent Dalton's semi-autographical novel of the same name, the seven-episode Boy Swallows Universe series debuted on Netflix on January 11, telling the tale of a young boy who traverses the Australian criminal underworld to save his mother.
Felix Cameron plays the leading role in this series as he embodies 12-year-old Eli Bell. The show sees Eli as he tries to find his place in a strange world while dealing with the fact that his mother and stepfather work as drug dealers.
Read full article on The Direct.
Based on Trent Dalton's semi-autographical novel of the same name, the seven-episode Boy Swallows Universe series debuted on Netflix on January 11, telling the tale of a young boy who traverses the Australian criminal underworld to save his mother.
Felix Cameron plays the leading role in this series as he embodies 12-year-old Eli Bell. The show sees Eli as he tries to find his place in a strange world while dealing with the fact that his mother and stepfather work as drug dealers.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/12/2024
- by Richard Nebens
- The Direct
Adapted from Trent Dalton’s 2019 novel, Boy Swallows Universe is a sprawling coming-of-age story about a precocious teen, Eli Bell (Felix Cameron), surrounded and raised by a motley crew of outlaws and outcasts in a rough suburb of Brisbane, Australia, in the 1980s. Eli’s loyal older brother, Gus (Lee Tiger Halley), hasn’t uttered a word since he was eight, and their step-father, Lyle (Travis Fimmel), is a small-time heroin dealer. Also milling about town are Slim (Bryan Brown), a convicted murderer, and Teddy (Ben O’Toole), an associate of Lyle’s with a soft spot for Eli’s loving but gullible mother, Frankie (Phoebe Tonkin).
Each of the show’s seven episodes depicts a different chapter of Eli’s colorful adolescence, a structural device that allows Boy Swallows Universe to cover ground at a lively pace. No event is dwelt on too long before, true to the reality of teen life,...
Each of the show’s seven episodes depicts a different chapter of Eli’s colorful adolescence, a structural device that allows Boy Swallows Universe to cover ground at a lively pace. No event is dwelt on too long before, true to the reality of teen life,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Amelia Stout
- Slant Magazine
With 'Boy Swallows Universe' to hit Netflix in the new year, executive producer Andrew Mason, director Bharat Nalluri and young actor Felix Cameron talk about the process of bringing Trent Dalton's best-selling novel to life.
The post ‘He’s like the Energizer bunny’: How Netflix’s ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ went about capturing the energy of Trent Dalton appeared first on If Magazine.
The post ‘He’s like the Energizer bunny’: How Netflix’s ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ went about capturing the energy of Trent Dalton appeared first on If Magazine.
- 12/18/2023
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
"We're stronger than they are. All you have to do is believe." Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer for an Australian crime thriller / dark comedy series called Boy Swallows Universe, arriving for streaming in January on Netflix worldwide. This coming-of-age story of a boy named Eli is based on the iconic novel written by Trent Dalton, adapted by the acclaimed screenwriter John Collee. Set in 80s Brisbane, Australia, a precocious boy and his selectively mute brother embark on a suburban odyssey of love, redemption and retribution after their family is torn apart by a drug lord. The story revolves around Eli Bell, a working-class boy who heads into Brisbane's underworld to save his mother. Starring Felix Cameron as young Eli, Travis Fimmel as Lyle Orlik, Simon Baker as Robert Bell, Phoebe Tonkin as Frances Bell, along with Zac Burgess, Lee Tiger Halley, Bryan Brown, Anthony Lapaglia, and Sophie Wilde.
- 11/27/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Netflix has debuted the trailer for the upcoming Australian series ‘Boy Swallows Universe.’
An epic coming-of-age story set in 1980s Brisbane that blends the magic and innocence of youth with the brutal reality of the adult world. A lost father, a mute brother, a recovering addict mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather, and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. Eli Bell is just trying to follow his heart and understand what it means to become a good man, but fate keeps throwing obstacles in his way.
Adapted from Trent Dalton’s iconic Australian novel, the series explores the crossroads where a boy becomes a man, good toys with evil, and the everyday meets the extraordinary.
The series stars Bryan Brown, Anthony Lapaglia, Deborah Mailman, Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel, Phoebe Tonkin, Felix Cameron, Sophie Wilde, Lee Tiger Halley, Zac Burgess.
Also in trailers – “I must go punch that baby…” New...
An epic coming-of-age story set in 1980s Brisbane that blends the magic and innocence of youth with the brutal reality of the adult world. A lost father, a mute brother, a recovering addict mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather, and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. Eli Bell is just trying to follow his heart and understand what it means to become a good man, but fate keeps throwing obstacles in his way.
Adapted from Trent Dalton’s iconic Australian novel, the series explores the crossroads where a boy becomes a man, good toys with evil, and the everyday meets the extraordinary.
The series stars Bryan Brown, Anthony Lapaglia, Deborah Mailman, Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel, Phoebe Tonkin, Felix Cameron, Sophie Wilde, Lee Tiger Halley, Zac Burgess.
Also in trailers – “I must go punch that baby…” New...
- 11/27/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Take a trip back to the 1980s. Netflix has unveiled a teaser trailer for a first look at the Australian crime series called Boy Swallows Universe, based on the iconic novel written by Trent Dalton. It's adapted by an acclaimed screenwriter named John Collee. Set in 80s Brisbane, Australia, a precocious boy and his selectively mute brother embark on a suburban odyssey of love, redemption and retribution after their family is torn apart by a drug lord. The story revolves around Eli Bell, a working-class youth who enters Brisbane's underworld to save his mother. This trailer starts out all happy-go-lucky but gets pretty dark by the end. Starring Zac Burgess as teenage Eli, Travis Fimmel as Lyle Orlik, Simon Baker as Robert Bell, Phoebe Tonkin as Frances Bell, with Felix Cameron, Lee Tiger Halley, Bryan Brown, Anthony Lapaglia, and Sophie Wilde. This looks like it has some strong style and...
- 11/1/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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Netflix has revealed the cast, and released a first-look image, of its upcoming Australian original drama series Boy Swallows Universe.
An all-Aussie production, the eight-part limited series stars Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Simon Baker (The Mentalist) and Phoebe Tonkin (H₂O: Just Add Water) as leads in the adaptation of Trent Dalton’s book of the same name. The cast also includes Felix Cameron, Lee Tiger Halley, Bryan Brown, Anthony La Paglia and Sophie Wilde.
Boy Swallows Universe, a very Australian coming-of-age novel that has become an international bestseller, tells the story of a broken family in Brisbane in 1985. The publisher’s synopsis reads: “A lost father, a mute brother, a junkie mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crime for a babysitter. It’s not as if Eli Bell’s life isn’t complicated enough already. He’s just trying...
Netflix has revealed the cast, and released a first-look image, of its upcoming Australian original drama series Boy Swallows Universe.
An all-Aussie production, the eight-part limited series stars Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Simon Baker (The Mentalist) and Phoebe Tonkin (H₂O: Just Add Water) as leads in the adaptation of Trent Dalton’s book of the same name. The cast also includes Felix Cameron, Lee Tiger Halley, Bryan Brown, Anthony La Paglia and Sophie Wilde.
Boy Swallows Universe, a very Australian coming-of-age novel that has become an international bestseller, tells the story of a broken family in Brisbane in 1985. The publisher’s synopsis reads: “A lost father, a mute brother, a junkie mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crime for a babysitter. It’s not as if Eli Bell’s life isn’t complicated enough already. He’s just trying...
- 9/1/2022
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix’s series adaptation of Australian novel Boy Swallows Universe has unveiled its cast, and first images from the shoot have been released.
Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker and Phoebe Tonkin topline an ensemble cast for the eight-part limited series, which is based on Trent Dalton’s book and is now in production in Brisbane, Australia.
Deadline first revealed news of the project in May 2019, and Netflix boarded it earlier this year.
2022 Netflix Pilot & Series Orders
The book, set in the violent working-class suburban fringe of Brisbane in 1983, follows Eli Bell, an articulate 12-year-old boy, and his mute brother Gus. A synopsis for the novel reads: “Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim — a...
Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker and Phoebe Tonkin topline an ensemble cast for the eight-part limited series, which is based on Trent Dalton’s book and is now in production in Brisbane, Australia.
Deadline first revealed news of the project in May 2019, and Netflix boarded it earlier this year.
2022 Netflix Pilot & Series Orders
The book, set in the violent working-class suburban fringe of Brisbane in 1983, follows Eli Bell, an articulate 12-year-old boy, and his mute brother Gus. A synopsis for the novel reads: “Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim — a...
- 8/31/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker and Phoebe Tonkin head the adult cast of “Boy Swallows Universe,” an Australia-set fantasy-drama series. Production has now begun in Brisbane, Queensland.
The eight-part limited series is an adaptation of Trent Dalton’s international best-selling novel “Boy Swallows Universe” and is being produced by Brouhaha Entertainment, together with Anonymous Content and Chapter One, for streaming platform Netflix.
“Boy Swallows Universe” follows working-class Brisbane teenager Eli Bell in a whirlwind story about drug addiction, ex-cons, poverty, violence and the discovery of hope through the power of love. Dalton has pitched the story as involving “a boy who receives a message on a red rotary dial phone in a secret underground room that tells him he must bust into Brisbane’s notorious Boggo Road Prison to save his mum’s life on Christmas Day.”
The roles of the young Eli and Gus Bell will be played by Felix Cameron...
The eight-part limited series is an adaptation of Trent Dalton’s international best-selling novel “Boy Swallows Universe” and is being produced by Brouhaha Entertainment, together with Anonymous Content and Chapter One, for streaming platform Netflix.
“Boy Swallows Universe” follows working-class Brisbane teenager Eli Bell in a whirlwind story about drug addiction, ex-cons, poverty, violence and the discovery of hope through the power of love. Dalton has pitched the story as involving “a boy who receives a message on a red rotary dial phone in a secret underground room that tells him he must bust into Brisbane’s notorious Boggo Road Prison to save his mum’s life on Christmas Day.”
The roles of the young Eli and Gus Bell will be played by Felix Cameron...
- 8/31/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Penguin Bloom Trailer 2 — Roadshow Films has released the second movie trailer for Penguin Bloom (2020). View here the first Penguin Bloom film trailer. Cast and crew Glendyn Ivin‘s Penguin Bloom stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Leeanna Walsman, Rachel House, Abe Clifford-Barr, Randolph Fields, Felix Cameron, Griffin Murray-Johnston, [...]
Continue reading: Penguin Bloom (2020) Movie Trailer 2: A Magpie Helps Naomi Watts Learn to Cope & Live after a Near-fatal Accident...
Continue reading: Penguin Bloom (2020) Movie Trailer 2: A Magpie Helps Naomi Watts Learn to Cope & Live after a Near-fatal Accident...
- 1/10/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Penguin Bloom Trailer — Glendyn Ivin‘s Penguin Bloom (2020) movie trailer has been released by Roadshow Films and stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Leeanna Walsman, Rachel House, Abe Clifford-Barr, Randolph Fields, Felix Cameron, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Donat Balaj, Lisa Hensley, and Gia Carides. Crew Harry Cripps and Shaun Grant wrote the screenplay for [...]
Continue reading: Penguin Bloom (2020) Movie Trailer: Naomi Watts has to Re-adjust her Life after an Accident Leaves Her Paralyzed...
Continue reading: Penguin Bloom (2020) Movie Trailer: Naomi Watts has to Re-adjust her Life after an Accident Leaves Her Paralyzed...
- 12/6/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
“Penguin Bloom,” the Toronto International Film Festival player led by Naomi Watts, has been acquired by Netflix in key territories.
The streamer will roll out the film in North America, the U.K., France and select countries in Asia on Jan. 27.
Oscar nominee Watts stars in the real-life survival story of Samantha Bloom, an active and vibrant Australian mom who is paralyzed from the chest down on holiday with her family. Her struggle to forge ahead is helped along by a wounded baby magpie her kids take in, named Penguin.
Glendyn Ivin directs from a script by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, based on the book by Bloom’s husband Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive.
Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Felix Cameron and Abe Clifford-Barr co-star.
Ivin directed the short film “Cracker Bag,” which was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes,...
The streamer will roll out the film in North America, the U.K., France and select countries in Asia on Jan. 27.
Oscar nominee Watts stars in the real-life survival story of Samantha Bloom, an active and vibrant Australian mom who is paralyzed from the chest down on holiday with her family. Her struggle to forge ahead is helped along by a wounded baby magpie her kids take in, named Penguin.
Glendyn Ivin directs from a script by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, based on the book by Bloom’s husband Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive.
Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Felix Cameron and Abe Clifford-Barr co-star.
Ivin directed the short film “Cracker Bag,” which was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes,...
- 11/30/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
In 2011, former Movieline editor S.T. VanAirsdale suggested — not entirely facetiously — that the dog who played Uggie in the then-Oscar contender “The Artist” be considered for his own Academy Award. It wasn’t an ask without precedent, but it was certainly the most public awards campaign for a non-human actor.
Nearly a decade later, it’s time for another: Give an Oscar for the bird(s) that star in Glendyn Ivin’s dramatic real-life story, “Penguin Bloom.” That’s not to diminish the work of the human actors — including a stirring Naomi Watts and a breakout performance by young actor Griffin Murray-Johnston — but there’s a reason why this gentle Aussie drama is named after its sole winged character. Based on the book of the same name by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive, Ivin’s latest feature
Narrated by sensitive tween Noah (Murray-Johnston), “Penguin Bloom” follows the story of the Bloom family,...
Nearly a decade later, it’s time for another: Give an Oscar for the bird(s) that star in Glendyn Ivin’s dramatic real-life story, “Penguin Bloom.” That’s not to diminish the work of the human actors — including a stirring Naomi Watts and a breakout performance by young actor Griffin Murray-Johnston — but there’s a reason why this gentle Aussie drama is named after its sole winged character. Based on the book of the same name by Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive, Ivin’s latest feature
Narrated by sensitive tween Noah (Murray-Johnston), “Penguin Bloom” follows the story of the Bloom family,...
- 9/11/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Naomi Watts in ‘Penguin Bloom’ (Photo credit: Hugh Stewart.)
Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom, the adaptation of Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom’s novel starring Naomi Watts, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The drama produced by Emma Cooper, Watts and Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky is among 50 features in the line-up.
The festival’s 45th edition will run from September 10–19, a combination of physical, socially-distanced screenings, drive-ins, digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences and industry talks.
Penguin Bloom’s selection is another welcome boost for Australian cinema after the news that Roderick MacKay’s The Furnace will have its world premiere in the Horizons section of the Venice International Film Festival.
Scripted by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, the film follows Watts as Sam Bloom, a young Sydney...
Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom, the adaptation of Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom’s novel starring Naomi Watts, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The drama produced by Emma Cooper, Watts and Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky is among 50 features in the line-up.
The festival’s 45th edition will run from September 10–19, a combination of physical, socially-distanced screenings, drive-ins, digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences and industry talks.
Penguin Bloom’s selection is another welcome boost for Australian cinema after the news that Roderick MacKay’s The Furnace will have its world premiere in the Horizons section of the Venice International Film Festival.
Scripted by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, the film follows Watts as Sam Bloom, a young Sydney...
- 7/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Glendyn Ivin (Photo credit: Stephen MaCallum).
While Glendyn Ivin was directing a Tvc in Melbourne over four days last week he felt the mood shift among the crew as the coronavirus deepened.
“I could feel the energy drop and the doubt set in. Jobs were being cancelled and schedules emptying by the minute,” the director of The Cry, Safe Harbour and Gallipoli tells If.
“Perhaps like most people working in the film and television industry as I come towards the end of a production I always start to wonder if it will be my last. Maybe my luck is up and my phone will never ring again.
“I doubt any of us have found ourselves in this industry with job security as a priority. We live from job to job and it’s overall a wonderful thing.
“But this feels different. This is a random, enforced time of doubt and...
While Glendyn Ivin was directing a Tvc in Melbourne over four days last week he felt the mood shift among the crew as the coronavirus deepened.
“I could feel the energy drop and the doubt set in. Jobs were being cancelled and schedules emptying by the minute,” the director of The Cry, Safe Harbour and Gallipoli tells If.
“Perhaps like most people working in the film and television industry as I come towards the end of a production I always start to wonder if it will be my last. Maybe my luck is up and my phone will never ring again.
“I doubt any of us have found ourselves in this industry with job security as a priority. We live from job to job and it’s overall a wonderful thing.
“But this feels different. This is a random, enforced time of doubt and...
- 3/23/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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