entertainingtheidea:
First look at Martin Freeman
in Cargo, an Australian thriller based on the short film by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling, who are co-directing.
The cast includes David Gulpilil, Anthony Hayes, Caren Pistorius, Susie Porter and newcomer Simone Landers.
The Babadook’s Kristina Ceyton is producing.
The Sherlock actor stars as Andy, a father infected with a killer virus in the aftermath of a zombie pandemic: stranded in rural Australia he has a desperate 48 hours to find a new guardian for his infant daughter and a means to protect her from his own changing nature. Salvation may lie with an isolated Aboriginal tribe, but to gain access he must first earn the allegiance of a young Indigenous girl on a tragic quest of her own.
UPDATE: ScreenDaily reports that Netflix has acquired the world rights to the movie in what is understood to be a multi-million dollar deal: the SVoD giant, which declined to comment on the acquisition, swooped on the film after seeing a three-minute promo.