Romper Stomper is an Australian television drama series that was released on video streaming service Stan on 1 January 2018. It is created as a sequel to the 1992 film of the same title and is set 25 years after the events in the film. The six-part series follows a new generation of fictional far-left activists and their far-right counterparts, with the story focusing on a fictional far-right anti-Islamic group led by Blake Farron (Lachy Hulme) known as Patriot Blue. Jacqueline McKenzie, Dan Wyllie and John Brumpton reprise their roles from the original film.
The series is produced by John Edwards and Dan Edwards for Roadshow Rough Diamond. The original film's director, Geoffrey Wright, directs two episodes, alongside fellow directors Daina Reid and James Napier Robertson. The series was commissioned by Stan in January 2017, and was filmed in Melbourne across 9 weeks in August.
Contents
Cast
Main characters
Toby Wallace as Kane, a young man who becomes involved with the Patriot Blue group
Sophie Lowe as Zoe, Farron's wife
Lachy Hulme as Blake Farron, leader of right-wing group Patriot Blue
Nicole Chamoun as Laila Taheer, a young Muslim law student
Julian Maroun as Farid, Laila's boyfriend
Jamie Abdallah as Malik, Farid's brother, an MMA fighter
Markella Kavenagh as Cindi, Kane's foster sister who escapes from juvenile detention
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor as Marco, an Australian Federal Police officer who is having an affair with Gabe
Kaden Hartcher as Stix, Kane's friend
Lily Sullivan as Petra, a leader of the anti-fascist group Antifasc
Tysan Towney as Danny, a lead member of Antifasc
Louis Corbett as Tomas, a member of Antifasc
David Wenham as Jago Zoric, a right-wing talk-show host
Dan Wyllie as Vic "Cackles" Waters, reprising his role from the original film
Jacqueline McKenzie as Gabrielle "Gabe" Jordan, Kane's mother, reprising her role from the original film
Recurring cast
John Brumpton as Magoo Anderson, reprising his role from the original film
Cliff Ellen as Martin Jordan, Gabe's father, replacing Alex Scott from the original film
Fletcher Humphrys as Lyno, member of the Patriot Blue group who suspects Kane and Zoe's affair
Sam Parsonson as Noddy, member of the Patriot Blue group
Syd Zygier as Maeve, member of Antifasc
Philip Hayden as McKew, Laila's university lecturer who is involved with Antifasc
Simon Palomares as Senator George Anabasis, Petra's uncle
Release
All six episodes of the series became available on Stan on 1 January 2018. International broadcast rights for the series covering Asia, parts of Europe, Latin America and northern Africa were sold to SundanceTV Global.