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Crowe and Kidman to Unite in Aussie Film

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Summary: Right after a failed attempt at collaborating on “Eucalyptus,” Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman are seeking to team with “Moulin Rouge” director Baz Luhrmann. All 3 are Australian.

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Post Body: Soon after a failed attempt at collaborating on “Eucalyptus,” Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman are seeking to team with “Moulin Rouge” director Baz Luhrmann. All 3 are Australian.

Crowe and Kidman have signed on to star in what is becoming referred to as an epic Australian Outback film set in the years up to and which includes World War II. The film, codenamed “Project Oklahoma,” will start in the 1930s and stretch to the 1942 Japanese bombing of the tropical city of Darwin.

“We’ve talked a bout it for over seven years, that we need to do some thing together in Australia.” Luhrmann said to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Kidman said that she was searching forward to creating a “uniquely Australian story” with Crowe, who she calls her “good friend.”

Luhrmann compared the film to “Gone with the Wind” and “Lawrence of Arabia.” “Collateral” screenwriter Stuart Beattie will function with Luhrmann on the script for the film.

Kidman has had a working history with Luhrmann, who directed the 3 minute, multimillion-dollar Chanel No. five commercial in which Kidman starred.

The rumored spending budget for the film is said to be about $40 million in Australian currency, which is equivalent to about $30 million in U.S. dollars. Filming is set to start in August, and the film is projected to be released in 2007.