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Young guns shoot to thrill in Aussie film

Ashleigh Cummings and Phoebe Tonkin are set to take up arms and get dirty . . . in the name of art.

The teenagers from exclusive private schools will learn how to ride dirt bikes and operate AK-47 automatic assault rifles as part of the rigorous physical build-up to filming an Australian movie.

The teenagers have scored major roles in the $20 million-plus film Tomorrow: When the War Began, which is based on the John Marsden novel of the same name.

Cummings, 16, who attends Wenona School in North Sydney, is yet to tell her friends of her casting because of the secrecy surrounding the film. But she sat some of her year 11 exams early and will miss the first part of year 12 to take part in filming the role.

"I didn't think twice about it," she said.

The film will mark the directorial debut for Stuart Beattie, an Australian who is already a major name in Hollywood for his scriptwriting, for films including Collateral and the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

"I read the script and was really impressed by how well-written it was and how different it is to anything else in Australia at the moment," said Tonkin, 19. "We're going to be doing weapons training — it's all very physical; it's action-packed."

Tonkin attended Queenwood School for Girls in Mosman before pursuing acting and has already gained acclaim in television as the mermaid star of H2O: Just Add Water.

In Tomorrow: When the War Began, a group of teenagers returns home from a camping trip to discover their homes have been overtaken and all other humans have been captured or killed.

Neighbours actor Caitlin Stasey will star in the key role of Ellie.

Filming begins in the Hunter Valley later this month and the movie is scheduled for release late next year.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainmen ... 78791.html

according to my P2TR collection + http://www.australiantelevision.net/pac ... index.html ep list.. that ep has not been to air yet

It's from a 'young adult' novel isn't it? If it's the one I'm thinking of then it is typical teen pandering crap. That's not to say they won't make something good of it.

Yep, IMDB says that the original air date is 22 September 2009, so make sure your capping machine's ready and in good shape btw: It would be cool if you could grab and post vids with phoebe scene(s) too plz plzz... :-)


That article suggests some AK-47 scenes, so I hope at least some wet t-shirts could appear during the action