Joel Edgerton’s ‘The Unknown Man’ Heads for South Australia Shoot

Crime thriller, “The Unknown Man” has been confirmed to shoot in South Australia, when film productions resume after the coronavirus crisis.

The film is produced by and co-stars Joel Edgerton opposite the U.K.’s Sean Harris.“The Unknown Man” is written and directed by Thomas M Wright, director of Acute Misfortune, and known for his performances in Jane Campion’s “Top of the Lake” and Warwick Thornton’s Safc-backed “Sweet Country.”The story involves two strangers who meet and strike up a friendship.

But what one does not know is that the other man is a veteran undercover police officer working to secure a conviction for an unsolved murder committed years earlier.

The project was originally announced at Berlin’s European Film Market in February this year.Production involves See-Saw Films (“Lion,” “The King’s Speech”) and Anonymous Content (“Boy Erased,” “Spotlight”).

Producers are Edgerton of Blue Tongue Films, along with Emile Sherman,

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