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Co-written with Ben Greenman, who has also worked with Questlove on his books, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Auwa Books, Oct. 17) traces Stone’s...
- 10/3/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Network Ten will screen the highly-anticipated movie event Underground – The Julian Assange Story on Sunday, October 7th, 2012 at 8.30pm.
The TV movie directed by Robert Connolly focuses on Assange’s early life as a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne.
Right from screening at the Toronto International Film Festival where Variety called it “one of the small screen events of the year”, Underground stars Perth Newcomer and Australian freshly graduated actor, Alex Williams as Assange. Golden Globe winners Rachel Griffiths and Anthony Lapaglia star as his mother Christine Assange and Detective Ken Roberts respectively.
Immediately before Underground, award-winning Ten news reporter Hamish Macdonald will present a special on Julian Assange, examining the man behind the WikiLeaks phenomenon and what the future holds for one of the (former?) world’s most wanted men.
I risk hate comments, but I sincerely hope that there will be some kind of public apology following afterwards...
The TV movie directed by Robert Connolly focuses on Assange’s early life as a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne.
Right from screening at the Toronto International Film Festival where Variety called it “one of the small screen events of the year”, Underground stars Perth Newcomer and Australian freshly graduated actor, Alex Williams as Assange. Golden Globe winners Rachel Griffiths and Anthony Lapaglia star as his mother Christine Assange and Detective Ken Roberts respectively.
Immediately before Underground, award-winning Ten news reporter Hamish Macdonald will present a special on Julian Assange, examining the man behind the WikiLeaks phenomenon and what the future holds for one of the (former?) world’s most wanted men.
I risk hate comments, but I sincerely hope that there will be some kind of public apology following afterwards...
- 9/25/2012
- by Sunrider
- Filmofilia
Ten has released its first look of the story of Julian Assange’s beginnings as a wanted computer hacker.
Produced by Matchbox Films, the production company behind The Slap, and directed by Robert Connolly, Underground – The Julian Assange Story tells the true story of Assange’s life as a teenage computer hacker, on the run from American government officials in Melbourne.
The tele-movie stars Rachel Griffiths as Christine Assange, Julian’s mother, Anthony Lapaglia as detective Ken Roberts and Alex Williams as the young Assange.
The film is set to have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday 8 September.
The film was financed by Ten and Screen Australia.
Produced by Matchbox Films, the production company behind The Slap, and directed by Robert Connolly, Underground – The Julian Assange Story tells the true story of Assange’s life as a teenage computer hacker, on the run from American government officials in Melbourne.
The tele-movie stars Rachel Griffiths as Christine Assange, Julian’s mother, Anthony Lapaglia as detective Ken Roberts and Alex Williams as the young Assange.
The film is set to have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday 8 September.
The film was financed by Ten and Screen Australia.
- 9/5/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A clip from Underground, Network Ten's TV movie about a young Julian Assange, has debuted. The preview footage shows a teenage Assange - played by newcomer Alex Williams - hacking into a computer as he is tracked by Detective Ken Roberts (Anthony Lapaglia). The clip debuted on The Playlist. Underground focuses on Wikileaks founder Assange's formative years as a computer hacker in 1980s Melbourne. The movie also stars Rachel Griffiths, (more)...
- 9/5/2012
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Sydney -- Rachel Griffiths and Anthony Lapaglia will star in Underground, a two-hour telefilm about Julian Assange’s early life as a teenage hacker in Melbourne, Australia, that’s been commissioned by Network Ten here. Newcomer Alex Williams will play the young Assange in the project being produced by NBCUniversal’s majority owned local production shingle, Matchbox Pictures. Story: WikiLeaks: Secrets & Lies: SXSW Review Griffiths will play Assange’s activist mother, Christine, and Lapaglia plays Ken Roberts, the police detective tracking Assange and his co-renegades, who successfully hacked into the some of the biggest corporate and military organizations in the world during
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- 4/10/2012
- by Pip Bulbeck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Ten has announced Rachel Griffiths and Anthony Lapaglia have been cast in the forthcoming tele movie Underground, based on the early life of Julian Assange as a computer hacker.
Underground will commence shooting over four weeks as of Monday 16 April in Melbourne.
Griffiths will play Assange’s activist mother Christine Assange while Lapaglia will play detective Ken Roberts.
Newcomer Alex Williams has been cast as Assange.
Produced by Matchbox Pictures’ Helen Bowden as producer and Tony Ayres as Ep, who made The Slap and The Straits, it’s written and directed by Robert Connolly.
Bowden said: “Underground is the incredible, true story of a group of schoolboys in Melbourne who were hacking into the some of the biggest corporate and military organisations in the world, at the dawn of the internet age. It is a fascinating tale and we are very excited to be bringing it to the screen.
Assange
Ten has announced Rachel Griffiths and Anthony Lapaglia have been cast in the forthcoming tele movie Underground, based on the early life of Julian Assange as a computer hacker.
Underground will commence shooting over four weeks as of Monday 16 April in Melbourne.
Griffiths will play Assange’s activist mother Christine Assange while Lapaglia will play detective Ken Roberts.
Newcomer Alex Williams has been cast as Assange.
Produced by Matchbox Pictures’ Helen Bowden as producer and Tony Ayres as Ep, who made The Slap and The Straits, it’s written and directed by Robert Connolly.
Bowden said: “Underground is the incredible, true story of a group of schoolboys in Melbourne who were hacking into the some of the biggest corporate and military organisations in the world, at the dawn of the internet age. It is a fascinating tale and we are very excited to be bringing it to the screen.
- 4/10/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Last month was particularly hard on television lovers. We lost a lot of indelible talent during June. Like their shows, there are a lot of talented people that won't be back in the Fall.
They include David Carradine (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, Wagon Train, Kung Fu, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Charmed, Medium, Alias, and Jackie Chan Adventures), Ward Costello (The Edge of Night, The Streets of San Francisco, Little House on the Prairie, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Newhart, and General Hospital), Johnny Palermo (Passions, Campus Ladies, Just for Kicks, Everybody Hates Chris, and ER), Michael Roof (Hype and Raising the Roofs), Hal Riddle (Green Acres, The FBI, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Eight is Enough, The Waltons, and Dallas), Ken Roberts (Candid Camera, Love of Life, The Secret Storm, and The Electric Company), Anne Roberts Nelson (I Love Lucy, All in the Family, Gunsmoke, and The...
They include David Carradine (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, Wagon Train, Kung Fu, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Charmed, Medium, Alias, and Jackie Chan Adventures), Ward Costello (The Edge of Night, The Streets of San Francisco, Little House on the Prairie, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Newhart, and General Hospital), Johnny Palermo (Passions, Campus Ladies, Just for Kicks, Everybody Hates Chris, and ER), Michael Roof (Hype and Raising the Roofs), Hal Riddle (Green Acres, The FBI, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Eight is Enough, The Waltons, and Dallas), Ken Roberts (Candid Camera, Love of Life, The Secret Storm, and The Electric Company), Anne Roberts Nelson (I Love Lucy, All in the Family, Gunsmoke, and The...
- 7/6/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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