20th Century Fox force Luhrmann to change AUSTRALIA ending?

by Matt Holmes

The Guardian report that 20th Century Fox have forced Baz Lurhmann to change the ending to his soon to be released $120 million epic AUSTRALIA after "intense discussions" resulted in a more commercial friendly ending being shot. It would seem audiences at test screenings weren't happy with the ending Luhrmann originally intended. I won't spoil details about it for you but if you visit the news source at the above link, you can find out for yourself what the issue was. Rope of Silicon spoke "at length" with a rep for Fox yesterday who it's suggested that indeed the ending was changed but it was Luhrmann who instigated it.

Baz Luhrmann is a "final cut" director and the studio has always been supportive of his choices.
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.