THE ROVER UPDATE - TO START SHOOTING IN JANUARY 2013?

According to if.au 'The Rover' is set to start shooting in January 2013 and to wrap up around March 2013. Here are the updates from the site: 

The Rover

Updated: 11/07/2012

Status: In Development

Category: Feature

Teaser: A man pursues a gang who stole his car through the wild and rough Australian outback of the near future.

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Director: David Michod

Producer: David Linde, Liz Watts

Line Producer: Libby Sharpe

Writer: David Michod

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Guy Pearce

Location: South Australia

Production Company: Lava Bear Films, Porchlight Films

Start Shoot: Proposed- January 24th, 2013

Wrap Shoot: Proposed- late March, 2013

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH LE MONDE - TALKS COSMOPOLIS AND THE ROVER

LeMonde The limo in which travels the powerful trader (played by Robert Pattinson), on an apocalyptic morning in New York, - where he sees from time to time the world he thought he possessed, slipping through his fingers - felt for a long time like a coffin for the actor, who though he would never get out of.

"Cronenberg disguised me with sunglasses. You have no idea how unsettling it is for an actor to be deprived of their eyes. Then the limo became the center of the film, where all the actors would appear in, one by one. Like Juliette Binoche, for example, who I never thought I would meet one day. That is when, I finally felt liked I existed. It might have been the first time."

When he auditioned for The Rover, the next David Michod (the Australian director of Animal Kingdom, one of the most remarkable police movie of the decade): "I waited for seven hours, but I made it. They chose me and it's going to be a great movie."When he said that, he held his head high with the pride of someone who landed the role using his teeth, aware that nothing will be offered to him on a plate.

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THE ROVER DISTRIBUTION NEWS + PRODUCTION DETAILS

  Deadline Cannes, May 21, 2012 – FilmNation Entertainment has acquired the majority of worldwide rights to The Rover from Animal Kingdom writer-director David Michôd (Hesher). Michôd has written the script based on a story he conceived with Joel Edgerton (Zero Dark Thirty, The Great Gatsby).

This deal marks FilmNation’s migration into the acquisition space after ramping up their film investments and development slate. In addition to a full-fledged international sales arm, the banner now effectively develops, finances, and produces projects in-house as well as acquiring filmmaker driven content.

The Rover is set in the Australian desert in a dangerous and dysfunctional near future. Eric has left everything and every semblance of human kindness behind him. When his last possession, his car, is stolen by a gang of dangerous criminals, Eric sets off to track them down and is forced along the way to enlist the help of Reynolds, the naïve simpleton member of the gang left behind in the bloody chaos of the gang’s most recent escape.

David Linde will produce for Lava Bear Films, while Liz Watts will produce for Porchlight Films. Tory Metzger, President of Lava Bear, will oversee the production for the company. The film will also be produced in association with Blue Tongue Films, the directors collective of which Michôd is a member. Production will begin late 2012 in Australia.

'THE ROVER' PRODUCER DISCUSSES AND THE MOVIE

Producer Liz Watts is calling David Michod’s new film The Rover “a dirty and dangerous near-future western set in the Australian desert”.

She confirmed what the Internet is buzzing about: that Guy Pearce and Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson are in discussions to play, respectively, a man in pursuit of the people who stole his car and the brother of one of the thieves in Michod's follow-up to Animal Kingdom.

Reluctantly, Watts also added a few more details: it is hoped that The Rover will go into production late in the year and discussions about the project started 18 months ago between Michod and US producer David Linde.

Last year Linde opened the production and financing outfit Lava Bear Films with backing from Reliance Entertainment. At the time the company announced it had a first-look deal with Universal Pictures for the US and other significant international territories. Linde was, at one time, co-chair of Universal.

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ROB JOINS THE CAST OF 'THE ROVER'

Rob's rep confirms 'The Rover' - from GossipCop

It’s been a big 24 hours for Robert Pattinson.

Gossip Cop has confirmed that the Twilight star has joined The Rover, a film that follows one man’s pursuit through the Australian Outback of the men who stole his car.

His rep confirms the casting to Gossip Cop.

Pattinson will play a character named Reynolds in director David Michod’s movie, which is set in the near future.