By Travis Johnson
After six weeks of shooting of filming at Tamborine Mountain and the Gold Coast, In Like Flynn has finished principal photography.
Directed by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander, Teen Wolf) and starring Tom Cocquerel as a pre-fame Errol Flynn, In Like Flynn looks set to be a rollicking old-school adventure set in 1930s Papua New Guinea. As the official synopsis tells us, “…whilst serving as a guide for a Hollywood producer, a young Errol Flynn discovers a map on a dead prospector that he believes will lead to a fortune in gold. Back on the streets of Depression-era Sydney, Flynn rounds up a ragtag crew including Rex, a Canadian ex-bootlegger; Dook, an English gentleman handy with a pistol; and Charlie, a grizzled old salt. After stealing the Sirocco, a yacht belonging to Chinese Opium smugglers… “Flynn and crew set sail. They quickly learn just how treacherous a voyage up the Australian east coast can be, running afoul of drunken cowboys, corrupt cops and local thugs before being intercepted by Chinese pirates, who are hell bent on retrieving the Sirocco and the several pounds of opium stashed in it hold.
“As the motley crew make a final dash for New Guinea, Flynn is forced to learn what it means to be a real captain, and a master of his own destiny. In Like Flynn is a mythical and satirical coming-of-age story about four men on a journey to find hope, adventure and fortune in an age when the world was spiraling into despair.”
William Mosely (The Royals, The Chronicles of Narnia), Clive Standen (Taken, Vikings), David Wenham and Isabel Lucas co-star.
Mulcahy noted, “It’s been incredible fun to work on this project. The guy (Flynn) was amazing in the way he took on life, head on, and we get to show that. 1930 travel was not what most of us are used to today. To say Flynn was fearless is pretty accurate, he went for it in a way that embraced every opportunity that came his way and he had this natural charisma that made people believe in him and of course we all saw that on screen when he hit Hollywood.”
In Like Flynn will release some time in 2018.
