Principal photography has started in Western Australia on the film adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Dirt Music, directed by Gregor Jordan (Buffalo Soldiers) from Jack Thorne's screenplay, Deadline reported.
The cast includes Kelly Macdonald (No Country for Old Men), Garrett Hedlund (Mudbound), David Wenham (Lion), Julia Stone, Aaron Pederson (Mystery Road), Chris Haywood (Muriel's Wedding), George Mason (Home and Away) and Dan Wyllie (Animal Kingdom). Producers are Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey (Brooklyn) of Wildgaze Films and Angie Fielder (Lion) and Polly Staniford (Berlin Syndrome) of Australian entity Aquarius Films.