Tomorrow: When The War Began will be released in cinemas in the UK on the 8th of April.

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Looks like “The Dead Of The Night” is on its way, according to The Age!

Tomorrow writer/director Stuart Beattie has revealed he’s working on the next chapter after the success of the big-budget production.

“I’m writing a new screenplay and they’ve just asked me to write the sequel to “Tomorrow, When The War Began” so I’ll be working on that as well,” he told reporters at the AFI awards in Melbourne on Saturday.

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Lincoln Lewis will appear live on Sunrise (Seven Network) at 8.50 a.m. on Friday, April 2 to present the first broadcast look at the TWTWB teaser trailer.

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Hi, everyone!

There have been a few questions about the Tomorrow: When The War Began movie adaptation that seem to surface regularly, so a list has been compiled with some answers that’ll hopefully help everyone out!

1. What is the movie about?
2. What is the release date?
3. Has a trailer been released?
4. Who is the cast?
5. Who is the director?
6. Who wrote the screenplay?
7. What’s the budget?
8. What are the major set locations?
9. Are there any plans for sequels?

1. What is the movie about?

The movie is based on the novel ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’, the first book in a series of invasion novels written by Australian writer John Marsden; detailing a high-intensity invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The novels are told in first person perspective by the main character, a teenaged girl named Ellie Linton, who is part of a small band of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the enemy soldiers in their fictional hometown of Wirrawee.
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2. What is the release date?

At the moment, we can only tell you that the Australian premiere is slated for a September release.
September 2, 2010

3. Has a trailer been released?

Our sources indicate that a short ‘teaser’ trailer will be released in late February or early March ‘around Easter’ on thefix.ninemsn.com.au at 9am AEST on Wednesday, March 31 and be exclusive for 24 hours. More info ».

4. Who is the cast?

Ellie Linton – Caitlin Stasey
Homer Yannos – Deniz Akdeniz
Lee – Chris Pang
Fiona Maxwell – Phoebe Tonkin
Kevin Holmes – Lincoln Lewis
Corrie McKenzie – Rachel Hurd-Wood
Robyn Mathers – Ashleigh Cummings
Chris Lang – Andy Ryan
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5. Who is the director?

Stuart Beattie

6. Who wrote the screenplay?

Stuart Beattie

7. What’s the budget?

Currently stands at $20M (AU)

8. What are the major set locations?

Several locations used around New South Wales including Raymond Terrace, Maitland, The Blue Mountains, Dungog and The Luskintyre Bridge.

Fox Studios Sydney was also used.

Take a look at the locations thread in the Tomorrow-Movies.com forum for pictures and in depth discussions.

9. Are there any plans for sequels?

Although nothing has officially been announced, last plans included creating a trilogy of films based upon the first three books in the series (“Tomorrow, When The War Began”, “The Dead of the Night”, “The Third Day, The Frost”). If commercially successful, there is a possibility of a spin off TV series being created, based upon the following four books in the Series (“Darkness, Be My Friend”, “Burning For Revenge”, “The Night Is For Hunting”, “The Other Side of Dawn”).

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