Matt Nable’s creative expansion continues with Stan Originals movie

The former rugby player turned novelist, screenwriter and actor is now directing his first feature, 'Transfusion' starring Sam Worthington and Phoebe Tonkin.

Stan announced this week that filming has commenced in Sydney on the ‘taut muscular thriller’ Transfusion, with Matt Nable as director, writer and co-star.

The lead actor in the film is Sam Worthington (Avatar) who plays Ryan Logan, ‘a former Special Forces operative, who is battling to cope with life after the loss of his wife (Phoebe Tonkin) and is thrust into the criminal underworld to keep his only son from being taken from him.’

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She was previously a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk