Council backs Dundee push

THE home of the original Crocodile Dundee film is being formally pitched to government and movie makers as the location for any potential movie reboot.

Belinda Murphy, the mayor of Mckinlay Shire Council where the Walkabout Creek scenes were shot for the original Dundee movie, and her fellow councillors will write to Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in a bid to make the new flick a reality.

Fans across the world were left disappointed earlier this week when a teaser for a new Dundee movie featuring Chris Hemsworth and Margot Robbie was revealed as a clever ad for Tourism Australia.

But Cr Murphy, who is also the chair of Queensland’s Outback Tourism Board, has not been deterred. Instead, she is determined to bring Mick Dundee and the gang back to regional Queensland where it all began for one of Australia’s most successful movies.

“We would welcome the chance for another Crocodile Dundee movie to be made here,” she told News Corp.

“It is something I know everyone in the region would get behind. It could really take the Dundee movies to another level, it would not take anything away from the original and could expose it to a whole new audience.”

Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason said the massive interest in the possibility of a Crocodile Dundee remake could lead to a renaissance of Australian film.