QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER 2 (2025)

⭐ Tom Selleck • Hugo Weaving • Samara Weaving • David Wenham
🎬 Directed by Antoine Fuqua
🎭 Genre: Western | Action | Drama | Revenge Epic

“The legend rides again. The outback will never be the same.”

🏜️ The Return of a Marksman

Thirty-five years after his fateful ride through the Australian outback, Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) — the legendary American sharpshooter whose name became myth — lives quietly under the endless red sky. Time has taken its toll, but not his aim. Peace, however, has become a luxury the frontier can no longer afford.

When a powerful mining syndicate backed by foreign investors begins displacing settlers and destroying sacred Aboriginal lands, the ghosts of Quigley’s past return. The violence he once thought buried resurfaces — this time fueled by greed, guns, and betrayal.

Once again, the rifleman is called to fight.
But this time, he’s not just defending a land.
He’s defending its soul.

⚔️ The Story

It’s 1890, and Western Australia stands on the edge of progress — and ruin. The gold rush has drawn men of ambition and cruelty to the desert. One such man, Sir Alistair Vaughn (Hugo Weaving), leads a ruthless corporate empire carving its fortune out of Aboriginal land, using force to silence all opposition.

When Vaughn’s mercenaries massacre a peaceful settlement, the crime awakens an old legend. Matthew Quigley, once the most feared rifleman on the continent, takes up arms again — alongside Claire O’Sullivan (Samara Weaving), a spirited homesteader seeking vengeance for her family, and Thomas Carver (David Wenham), a guilt-ridden former soldier whose loyalty wavers with each bullet fired.

Haunted by the ghosts of his past and hunted by Vaughn’s men, Quigley must outthink and outshoot an army of killers across the blazing desert, the roaring coast, and the blood-soaked heart of the Australian frontier.

“You can buy the land,” Quigley growls, “but you can’t own the dust that remembers the dead.”

🔥 The Legend Reforged

Tom Selleck returns as Matthew Quigley, grizzled yet unbroken — his eyes sharp as the rifle he carries, his conscience torn between justice and survival.
Hugo Weaving (The Lord of the Rings) delivers chilling gravitas as Sir Alistair Vaughn, a man whose empire is built on blood and fear.
Samara Weaving brings fire and vulnerability to Claire O’Sullivan, embodying the new frontier spirit — fearless, defiant, and ready to stand beside Quigley when the world turns to dust.
David Wenham as Thomas Carver, a man whose loyalty could save or doom them all.

🌅 Tone, Themes & Visuals

Quigley Down Under 2 is a sweeping fusion of classical Western storytelling and modern epic filmmaking, evoking both The Revenant and Unforgiven.

🎯 Themes:

Redemption: The price of peace for a man who has lived by the gun.
Legacy: The burden of becoming a legend when all you want is rest.
Justice vs. Progress: The cost of civilization when it devours the land that gave it life.

🎥 Cinematography & Visuals:
Shot on location across Western Australia’s Kimberley region, Coober Pedy, and the Great Victoria Desert, the film captures a landscape that feels alive — harsh, haunting, and sacred.
Every shot burns with Antoine Fuqua’s visual intensity: wind-scoured vistas, silhouettes against blood-red sunsets, gunfights unfolding in silence before the storm.

🎵 Score: Composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, blending orchestral majesty with Indigenous percussion and choral undertones — evoking both grandeur and grief.

🔊 Official Trailer (Teaser Concept)

🎞️ [Black screen. The sound of wind. A single rifle round being chambered.]

🎙️ (Tom Selleck, gravelly voice):

“Some men hang up their guns. Some men… were born to carry them.”

Cut to:

A dust storm rolling over an endless plain.
Miners torching a camp.
Aboriginal children fleeing into the wilderness.
Quigley stepping out of the shadow, his long coat whipping in the wind, rifle slung over his shoulder.

🎙️ (Narrator): “The legend rides again.”

Cue music — slow, mournful strings rising into a heartbeat rhythm.

Samara Weaving grips a rifle, hands trembling.
Hugo Weaving’s Vaughn smirks beneath a wide-brimmed hat.
A long-distance rifle shot echoes across a canyon — a man falls silently.
Explosions rip across the desert.
The final image: Quigley silhouetted against the sunset, raising his rifle one last time.

🎙️ (Quigley): “Tell ’em… the outback remembers.”

💥 Gunshot fades to black.

🩸 Title Card: QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER 2
🌅 Tagline: “The legend rides again. The outback will never be the same.”

🐎 Why It Works

A long-awaited return of Tom Selleck’s most iconic role, capturing the dignity and grit of classic Western heroes.
A cinematic revival of the Australian Western — blending sweeping landscapes with personal storytelling.
A modern director’s vision: Antoine Fuqua injects intensity, realism, and moral complexity worthy of the new generation.
Universal themes: Legacy, courage, and the eternal fight between greed and justice.

🎬 QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER 2 (2025)

⭐ Tom Selleck • Hugo Weaving • Samara Weaving • David Wenham
🎥 Directed by Antoine Fuqua
🎵 Original Score by Harry Gregson-Williams
📅 In Theaters Christmas 2025 | Paramount Pictures