There’s A ‘McLeod’s Daughters’ Movie In The Works, Even If Most Of The Good Characters Are Dead

Waaaay back in the ’00s, McLeod’s Daughters was one of Australia’s most popular shows. Set on Drover’s Run, the show followed the lives of two sisters, Tess and Claire McLeod, who reunite after 20 years to run their late father’s cattle station.

The show spanned eight seasons in total, and was responsible for one of the most traumatic Aussie TV deaths we’ve ever seen. I’m still not over it tbh.

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Let’s just not even go there.

In exciting news for McLeod’s fans, the show’s creator and showrunner Posie Graeme-Evans announced on Instagram that a McLeod’s Daughters film is in the works.

Titled The McLeod’s of Drover’s Run, Graeme-Evans said she started writing the story a couple of months ago, and has just heard they’ve received backing from Screen Tasmania to write the very first stage of the movie.

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THE STORY CONTINUES. Yes – it really does. And I’m letting you know first. We’re developing a feature film. It’s called “The McLeods of Drovers Run” and I started writing the story a couple of months ago. TODAY we heard that we’ve got backing from Screen Tasmania and the Tasmanian Government to write the very first stage of the movie. This is such a vote of confidence in McLeods. And I promise, as we develop the story with the very talented screen writer Emma Jensen (“Mary Shelley” and the upcoming release, “I am Woman” – the Helen Reddy story) that I’ll keep you with us every step of the way. We’re just at the beginning, the very beginning, but we’re on our way. No promises but I have such a good feeling about this. Hope I’m right ? #mcleodsmovie #backinthesaddle #happy #screentasmania #onourway #justthebeginjng #breakthrough #emmajensen #transmissionfilms #elisearcher

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Some may recall that when Graeme-Evans first brought McLeod’s to our attention it was a television film that aired in the mid-1990s and even though it was hugely successful, Channel Nine didn’t pick it up at the time for the TV series, as they thought a female-driven drama would not appeal to audiences.

Lol, the ’90s were a real time.

Obviously the show then premiered five years later in 2001, I guess because women were either being taken more seriously or just became less scary. Who knows.

I for one can’t wait to see where the new movie journey takes us – but without Claire and Alex, will it ever be the same?