The production crew have had beautiful weather for filming. Apparently as I type this edition, filming is taking place at their location on the beach somewhere on the Coorong. Morgan later appeared in "Devil's Playground" for Foxtel (Director: Rachel Ward) and in Alice Englert's short film 'The Boyfriend Game', which premiered at TIFF. The town of Goolwa has been a buzz of excitement lately with the news of a new Storm Boy film. Other credits followed, including a lead guest role in Steven Spielberg's "Terra Nova" and the short film 'Julian', which took out the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival in the Generation KPlus category. The film, staring Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and saw Morgan again nominated for an AFI (AACTA). The following year, Morgan appeared in 'The Hunter', an adaptation of the award-winning novel by Julia Leigh. His performance was honored with a Film Critics Circle Award and AFI nominations in both the categories of Best Lead Actor and Best Young Actor. Directed by Julie Bertuccelli, the film premiered on closing night of the Cannes Film Festival and earned Morgan rave reviews. Morgan made his screen debut at only seven years of age opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg in the Australian/French feature film 'The Tree'. The 1976 classic Storm Boy will be retold by its central character, Mike, now as an older man. He rescues three orphan pelicans and forms a close bond with them. A remake of a classic Australian film that put South Australias Coorong wetlands region on the global stage is about to start, at a time when debate is again raging about protecting the Murray-Darling river system. He has also just finished filming the role of Oberon in Foxtel's drama "The End", by See-Saw Films. A beloved Australian tale about a boy, his pelican and preserving and respecting nature earns a sympathetic new telling in Storm Boy, which could be called a remake, a reboot and a sequel all at once. Based on the book, Storm Boy follows a young boy growing up on a largely uninhabited coastline of Southern Australia. It's been a busy time for Morgan, with a lead role in the enormously popular Series 2 of "The Girlfriend Experience", a Starz Original Series, and a lead in the re-telling of iconic feature film 'Storm Boy'.
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