Picnic at Hanging Rock | Amazon Prime Mini-Series | May 25, 2018

[Darth Marcus]

Source: Coming Soon

Natalie Dormer Leads the Way in Picnic at Hanging Rock Trailer
By Sarah Musnicky - April 11, 2018

Amazon has released the premiere date and trailer for Picnic at Hanging Rock series

On Friday, May 25, Amazon will premiere all six episodes of original mystery drama series Picnic at Hanging Rock, starring Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2), on Prime Video in the US. Based on Joan Lindsay’s iconic Australian novel of the same name, Picnic at Hanging Rock is a limited series surrounding the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one teacher on Valentine’s Day in 1900. The series revolves around the subsequent investigation and the event’s far-reaching impact on the students, families and staff at Appleyard College, and on the nearby township. The series has already received critical acclaim following its recent premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and has been selected for the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival this month.

Natalie Dormer stars as Mrs. Hester Appleyard, the enigmatic headmistress of Appleyard College, a boarding school that she established for young ladies isolated in Australian bushland. Starring alongside Dormer as the three students who mysteriously vanish include Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Babysitter) as Irma Leopold, a Rothschild heiress; Madeleine Madden (Tomorrow When The War Began, High Life) as Marion Quade, daughter of a high court Justice; and Lily Sullivan (Camp, Jungle) as Miranda Reid, the rebellious tomboy who grew up with four brothers on a cattle station. These girls have a strong bond and together resist the edicts of society. Other cast members include Lola Bessis (Swim Little Fish Swim), Yael Stone (Orange Is the New Black), Anna McGahan (Underbelly), Sibylla Budd (The Secret Life of Us), Ruby Rees (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), and Inez Curro (Little Heart).

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a FremantleMedia Australia production for Foxtel in Australia, co-produced with Amazon Prime Video for the US. Jo Porter (Wentworth) and Anthony Ellis (Wentworth) executive produce with Foxtel’s Penny Win (Secret City). The script producer and establishing writer is Beatrix Christian (White Collar Blue) with writer Alice Addison (The Principal). The producers are Jo Porter and Brett Popplewell (Camp) with creative consultant Larysa Kondracki (Better Call Saul) directing along with Michael Rymer (Battlestar Galactica) and Amanda Brotchie (Girlboss). Picnic at Hanging Rock was made with key production investment from Screen Australia. The series was shot in Victoria, Australia, with the significant assistance of the Victorian Government through Film Victoria. FremantleMedia International is distributing the series worldwide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Xiq4GcI8E&feature=youtu.be

[Ray Jackson]

Wow.

Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of my favorite films.

...this could be interesting.

[imsounoriginal]

Didn't care for the movie, so pass. If Peter Weir couldn't do it (for me) then I doubt this will.

[MifuneFan]

Visually it looks absolutely incredible, but the editing of the trailer makes it look very different tonally from the original film. More like a Guy Ritchie film, than something surreal like the original movie (and book). I'm still down to see it though.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Wow.

Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of my favorite films.

...this could be interesting.

One of mine too. Disappointing that my Prime trial will be up before then. I definitely want to see this at some point.

[BluProofie]

One of my favorite films(and books) and I love Natalie Dormer, but how do you stretch this out into a miniseries? Maybe it’s a big departure from the book.

[Ruemorgue10]

The original film is one of the most eloquent mysteries ever made...this has too much of an MTV vibe for my liking.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

One of my favorite films(and books) and I love Natalie Dormer, but how do you stretch this out into a miniseries? Maybe it’s a big departure from the book.

Same way Twin Peaks devoted almost ten hours to the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer.

One central narrative devoted to the investigation, supplemented by several secondary narratives that take up time and may only be loosely connected to solving the mystery of what happened to the three girls.

[MifuneFan]

This is releasing tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to seeing it.

[dancerslegs]

Watched the first episode last night, seems like a total misfire. Casting, editing, and music all seem miscalculated. Even the cinematography is a significant let-down from Russell Boyd's elegant work in the original film. Not interested enough to continue with this one.

[dissention]

This was laughably bad. Dormer was ferocious, but nothing around her worked.

If you want to do something different, shoot an adaptation that includes the infamous Chapter 18. Don't expand every minor character from the novel into a red herring as a means to pad the story out to six friggin' hours.

[CouncilSpectre]

Couldn't agree more - I really wanted to like this but it was pretty poor. Narratively at least. Photography was beautiful, but that wasn't enough to make up for the rest, which is a bit of a mess.

I've read the book, many times, and seen the movie just as many times if not more. This is a long, LONG way short of either. The wife has never read the book, or seen the movie and she was totally lost. Six hours was waaaaaay too long. Too much padding. Must admit, knowing it was six hours, it never really crossed my mind that it wouldn't include chapter eighteen. I found myself having to explain it to the wife, which isn't exactly the easiest thing to do!