Robert Pattinson goes bush and loves peace and quiet

The Rover ... David Michod , Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce on set / Pic: Nettheim Matt Source: The Sunday Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph reports

Robert Pattinson has left the building.

And when we say "building" we mean Australia.

The British-born Hollywood superstar jetted back to LA this week, just hours after enjoying a final night out in Adelaide after being based down south for the last two months.

The Twilight heart throb has been shooting futuristic western The Rover with Guy Pearce in the Flinders Ranges, north of Adelaide, and celebrated wrapping the film by hanging out with some locals.

Pictures have since emerged of R-Patz enjoying drinks at the nearby Marree Hotel, which catered the David Michod flick.

Confidential understands Pattinson happily posed for fan photos, but asked them that they not post any on social media until after he had finished filming.

Sources on the set say the 26-year-old has "loved" the "peace and quiet of the Outback and being away from the city life" during his time Down Under.

Having spent over seven weeks alone, it will be interesting to see if he returns to the arms of on/off girlfriend and co-star Kristen Stewart.

Twilight star Robert Pattinson is to team up with Animal Kingdom director David Michod

Robert Pattinson as the vampire Edward in The Twilight Saga series. Source: Supplied

Vicky Roach, The Daily Telegraph, reports

Twilight star Robert Pattinson is to team up with Animal Kingdom director David Michod on a futuristic Western called The Rover.

Guy Pearce will also star in the film, set in the Australian desert in the near future, approved in the latest round of Screen Australia funding.

Most recently "seen'' in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (he was buried under a skinful of wrinkled latex), Pearce plays a man who hunts down a gang of thieves that stole his car as they venture across the Australian outback.

Pattinson will play the brother of one of the thieves who is left behind when a police encounter goes wrong.

Also given the nod is a thriller written by and starring Joel Edgerton. Directed by Matthew Saville (Noise), Felony tells the story of three detectives who become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident which leaves a small child in a coma. Sapphires' Rosemary Blight will produce the film with Edgerton.

"Felony has international breakout potential,'' said Screen Australia's chief executive Ruth Harley.

Pattinson may star in Australian film

David Michod wants Robert Pattinson to star in his next film

The Sydney Morning Herald reports

After the critical success of his debut feature Animal Kingdom, Australian writer-director David Michod is reportedly in talks to lure Twilight star Robert Pattinson Down Under to star in his next film.

Variety.com reports Guy Pearce is also on Michod's wish list for the movie, to be set in the outback.

In the story, conceived by Michod and his Animal Kingdom star Joel Edgerton, Pearce will play a man whose car is stolen and then pursues the thieves through the bush.

Pattinson is in talks to play one of the bandits, the website reports.

The Twilight star's next major role will be in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later this month.

Animal Kingdom director David Michod finds his new film

David Michod works regularly with the Edgerton brothers, Nash and Joel, as part of Australian film collective Blue Tongue Films. Picture: Tepper Katrina Source: The Daily Telegraph

Maria Lewis, The Daily Telegraph, reports

Director David Michod is re-teaming with Joel Edgerton for the follow-up to his hugely successful debut.

Varietyreports the Animal Kingdom filmmaker has turned down several high profile Hollywood projects to concentrate on a more personal feature.

The film - titled The Rover - was developed by Michod and Joel Edgerton and follows a man who goes looking for his stolen car which contains an "invaluable item to him".

Production is set to start in Australia in September under David Linde's Lava Bear banner and Porchlight Films.

Edgerton is also rumoured to star in the film, depending on when he's available after shooting Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s war thriller Zero Dark Thirty.

Animal Kingdom to become Showtime TV series

Deadline reports

Writer/Director David Michod’s 2010 hit Animal Kingdom will be made into a US TV series, Deadline is reporting.

The project, about the inter-play between a criminal family and the police, is in development, but it has not yet been revealed if the production will be set in Australia or the US.

Produced by John Wells Productions (Southland, The West Wing) and Warner Bros TV, Michod and the film’s producer Liz Watts will receive executive producing credits on the show alongside Wells and Andrew Stearn. Jonathan Lisco, creator of K-ville and writer on Southland is so far the only writer announced.

Wells is also the executive producer on Shameless, for Showtime.

John Wells Production also produced Mildred Pierce, which Guy Pearce won a supporting actor Emmy for and is nominated for a Screen Actor’s Guild Award and Golden Globe. Pearce starred in Animal Kingdom as St Nathan Leckie, alongside Jacki Weaver in her oscar-nominated role as matriarch Smurf Cody and Ben Mendelsohn as Pope Cody.

No names have been announced regarding casting for the TV series.