Michôd 's next film , '' The Rover '' , was a futuristic Western starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson . Filming began on 29 January 2013 in Southern Flinders Ranges in Australia and ended on 16 March 2013 in Marree , north of Adelaide . The film premiered out of competition in the Midnight Screenings section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2014 . Todd McCarthy of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' said " David Michod ’s follow-up to his internationally successful debut with the Melbourne gangster saga Animal Kingdom is equally murderous but more pared down to basics , as desperate men enact a survival-of-the-meanest scenario in an economically gutted world reduced to Old West outlaw behavior . " The film had a limited release on 13 June 2014 in New York City and Los Angeles before expanding nationwide on 20 June 2014 in the United States
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
David Michôd