Behind the scenes footage of Rachael’s new movie ‘Summer Coda’ is now available on the official AFI Youtube channel. Rachael herself does not appear in the two videos, though. It is still nice to get a glimpse of the process that went into making the film.

And for all those of us who weren’t lucky enough to see ‘Summer Coda’ at the Melbourne International Film Festival, the videos offer a few brief looks at scenes that weren’t featured in the trailer. This is the first part and the second part can be found here.

Warner Brothers has just released eight new posters for ‘The Owls of Ga’Hoole’, each showing one of the main characters. Among those posters is one showing Rachael’s character Gylfie. I am not really a fan of animated movies but I have to say she looks incredibly cute there. Gylfie is the groups navigator- she therefore plays an important role in their quest to find the legendary guardians. Along with the new poster I have also added some new stills from Rachael’s older movies. All the new uploads can be found here:

The trailer for Rachael’s new movie ‘Summer Coda’ has finally been released. It has also been announced that the movie will premiere at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival on August 4th, before going on national release in October. You can watch the trailer by clicking on the image below:

A poster for Rachael’s new movie ‘Summer Coda’ - which is going to hit cinemas in September - has just been released. The poster and a couple of stills from the movie have been added to the gallery. For more information you can check out the movie’s official website or the new facebook page . I will also post a link to the trailer as soon as it’s released. But for now you can head over to our gallery:

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Actress Rachael Taylor admits she almost gave up her part in the upcoming Aussie film Summer Coda because of the “terrifying” task of having to learn the violin.

The Transformers star now says she’s glad she stuck with it, describing the experience of making the romantic drama as “amazing”.

Set against the backdrop of the orange groves of Mildura, along the Murray River, Summer Coda has been six years in the making for young, first-time Melbourne director Richard Gray.

It stars Taylor as Heidi, an American violin player who travels to rural Victoria for her estranged father’s funeral and forms an initially guarded connection with orange grove owner Michael, played by Alex Dimitriades.

The film [...] is set for release in Australia on October 21.

“I told him I felt like I couldn’t do the part, I said ‘mate I have to be honest with you I feel like I’m unable to do it’,” says Taylor, who’s dating fellow actor Matthew Newton.

“The violin is terrifying, it’s a confronting part, and I wasn’t sure I was properly prepared for it.

“You don’t want to embarrass yourself, Richard’s been developing this project for six years, I told him he deserved somebody who felt capable,” she adds.

But Gray wouldn’t have it, telling Taylor she was perfect for the part.

Taylor describes Summer Coda, which was filmed in Mildura and the US, as a gentle journey about complex relationships.

“What do you do when you go to your father’s funeral, who you haven’t spoken to since you were eight and you meet his new wife and his new son, there’s no handbook on how to handle those moments in life, and that’s what the film’s about.”

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Rachael’s movie ‘Splinterheads’ will be released on DVD on February 16! There are supposedly tons of extras (unfortunately I wasn’t able to find more details) and a limited edition DVD will be available as well.

eFilmCritic is offering you the chance to win the DVD. (The deadline is February 21). It is very simple. All you have to do is: Rate and place your comments to ANY 5 movies in their database. Just scroll down to the bottom of any review, drop a quickie comment and click “Submit Your Comments”.

THEN SEND IN YOUR NAME, ADDRESS & 5 COMMENTS TO contests@efilmcritic.com. Put “RACHAEL TAYLOR CAN CON ME ANYTIME” in the subject line and cross your fingers.

Good luck to all of you.

After making her name in America with the action blockbuster Transformers, Rachael Taylor has returned home for a gritty, low-budget Australian film debut.

“I had to take the long way round,” said the 24-year-old actress on the eve of Cedar Boys’ sold-out world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, which kicks off at the State Theatre tonight.

Co-starring Les Chantery and Martin Henderson, and told from the perspective of three Lebanese-Australian youths, the film goes on an adrenaline-charged ride from Lakemba to Kings Cross.

“It’s about outsiders looking in,” Taylor said.

Having moved to Sydney from Tasmania when she was just 16, the actress said she could relate to her character in the film.

“Sydney is such a fabulous, city. But if you feel as though you are slightly on the fringe - of wealth or success - it can be quite tough,” she said.

Yesterday she let slip her next film was also likely to be an Australian production.

Melt is a coming of age story set in the Outback. [SOURCE]

In a recent interview Rachael talked about some of her upcoming movies. She also revealed some interesting new details about her role in those films. In Cedar Boys Rachael plays Amie.

“[A] girl on a downward spiral. She’s such a lost creature, but doesn’t have any of the resources to climb her way out of that”.

“[The movie] is about the Lebanese community - which is sort of a hot topic at the moment”, says the actress. “It’s from an incredibly talented Australian director by the name of Serhat Caradee. It’s his first feature. He’s one to watch. He just doesn’t direct stuff - and not that there’s anything wrong with this - that feels like it’s from an Australian film. He has a very European sensibility.”

Rachael also had some things to say about Zack Snyder’s new animated film, The Guardian’s of Ga’Hoole.

“It’s the most fun I ever had at work ever. I play an Owl in Zack Snyder’s new animated film, The Guardian’s of Ga’Hoole - which has a bunch of Australian voices in it. Zac is a great person to be working for. He’s lovely.”

Imdb lists the premiere date for Rachael’s new HBO show “Washingtonienne” as April 1. But so far I have not seen any promotion efforts on their side and it has been reported that Jason Dohring (who was to be part of the show) has just been cast in another pilot for a D.C. based show- this one on the CW. So April 1 is obviously not correct anymore. I did some research and found this:

The Obama imperative is changing Washington’s image on TV even on shows that don’t yet exist. HBO has a cast for “The Washingtonienne,” based on the autobiography of Jessica Cutler, the young Senate staffer who had a side business in sex and scandal. But the network has sent the series back to the shop for an overhaul “partly because there has been such a profound shift in Washington,” according to Sarah Condon, executive producer of the show. HBO says it’s premature to divulge details, but Condon says the show is being redeveloped “with the Obama administration in mind.” [Source]

New images have also been added to the gallery (here).

Splinterheads premieres at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival today. The trailer and a featurette have recently been released. Both can be watched here. You can also see a great photoblog of everything that’s going on with Splinterheads here. A new poster, trailer caps and movie stills have been added here:

Splinterheads pictures