Is this for real or not? We haven’t got a clue. But, for now, it looks like Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, has joined Danny McBride in the ‘film’, Dundee.
Last week, we were treated to a teaser trailer featuring comedian McBride as Brian Dundee, the long-lost American son of Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan). In the newest trailer, Hemsworth show’s up as Wally Jr. – the son of John Meillon’s Walter ‘Wally’ Reilly and Mick’s oldest friend in the original films – waiting to pick up ‘Dundee’ and can’t quite believe his eyes.
Hemsworth’s character is described as the heir to his father’s outback tour company: “This expert outdoorsman prides himself on knowing all the is to know about the land down under. But even he will have his hands full keeping his new American friend out of trouble.”
The film is said to be produced by the company behind the original films, Rimfire Films, in which the action comedy was set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. The story followed a New York reporter as she heads to Australia to interview the living legend Mike Dundee (Paul Hogan). When she finally locates him, she is so taken with him that she brings him back with her to New York. In New York, Mike Dundee is amazed by the wonders of the city and the interesting people there.
It starred Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee. Hogan’s future wife Linda Kozlowski portrayed Sue Charlton. Inspired by the true-life exploits of Rod Ansell. The film was made on a budget of under million as a deliberate attempt to make a commercial Australian film that would appeal to a mainstream American audience but proved to be a worldwide phenomenon.
