The future of the Red Dawn remake may be looking somewhat grim, but I wouldn’t get too upset about it. After all, we need only look to Australia to find the next best thing: Stuart Beattie’s upcoming film Tomorrow, When The War Began. Based on the young adult novel by John Marsden, the movie tells the story of a group of Australian teenagers who band together to fight a guerrilla war against an invading force in their hometown of Wirrawee. So yeah, it’s basically the exact same movie, just set in Australia instead of America.

It’s interesting to note that this story takes a distinctly different approach from the Red Dawn remake, in that the enemies are an unidentified group of foreign invaders with no particular nationality or affiliation. This version seems to be less about blind patriotism and more about survival. Since it is an Australian production, there are no big name stars in this film, although Rachel Hurd-Wood previously starred in Dorian Gray and An American Haunting. Well-known screenwriter Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral) makes his directorial debut here, and although the action doesn’t look particularly ground-breaking, the concept is still interesting enough that I’d consider checking it out. Tomorrow, When The War Began hits theatres down under on September 2nd; watch the trailer after the jump and see what you think.