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The Daily Telegraph reports
Joel Edgerton is set to make his directorial debut in the US, with a drama called Weirdo.
It will be produced by fellow Aussie Rebecca Yeldham and shoot in California next year, with Edgerton also set to play a supporting role in the drama.
The Australian filmmaker and actor has been gaining praise out of the Toronto International Film Festival where his second movie as a screenwriter - Felony - premiered.
After a series of critically acclaimed short films, he and brother Nash made their debut with crime thriller The Square in 2008.
Their film production
collective Blue Tongue Films soon had a worldwide hit with Animal Kingdom and
Edgerton teamed up with the director David Michod for his next film The
Rover, which he co-wrote.
In the meantime, as one of six Australian films playing at TIFF, Felony has been receiving rave reviews on Twitter and from industry bibles.
The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney said it was "Directed with contained intensity and sharp character observation by Matthew Saville, the brooding thriller covers familiar territory but does so with sustained tension and psychological complexity".
While The Guardian's Paul MacInnes said the film was "smart enough to send us - and the film - in unexpected directions".
The crime drama stars Edgerton, Melissa George, Jai Courtney and Tom Wilkinson and follows a police conspiracy.
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