Tag: Breaker Morant

  • Ruairi O’Connor to Play Buddy Holly in ‘Clear Lake’ Biopic (Exclusive)

    Ruairi O’Connor to Play Buddy Holly in ‘Clear Lake’ Biopic (Exclusive)

    Irish actor Ruairi O’Connor will play rock ‘n’ roll icon Buddy Holly in the biopic “Clear Lake” with a tentative production start date set for the spring.O’Connor, who stars as a young King Henry VIII in the Starz miniseries “The Spanish Princess,” was selected following a six-month search by the producers and casting directors at…

  • David Stevens, Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter on ‘Breaker Morant,’ Dies at 77

    David Stevens, Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter on ‘Breaker Morant,’ Dies at 77

    David Stevens, the screenwriter who shared an Oscar nomination for the landmark 1980 Australian historical drama Breaker Morant, has died. He was 77.Stevens died Tuesday of cancer in hospice in Whangarei, New Zealand, his partner, Loren Boothby, told The Hollywood Reporter.Stevens also adapted his play The Sum of Us into a 1994 Australian Film Institute-winning…