The Fox is a 2025 Australian black comedy fantasy film written and directed by Dario Russo, in his directorial debut. It stars Jai Courtney, Emily Browning, Damon Herriman, Claudia Doumit, Zlatko Burić, and Miranda Otto, along with the voices of Sam Neill (his last film role to be released in his lifetime) and Olivia Colman.
The film premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 19 October 2025, and is scheduled be released in Australia on 26 November 2026.
Synopsis Described as a "darkly comic folktale", the film tells the story of a hunter who encounters a talking fox with a proposal to solve his problems, after his fiancée, Kori, has cheated on him.
Cast Jai Courtney as Nick, the hunter Emily Browning as Kori, Nick's fiancée Olivia Colman as the Fox (voice) Damon Herriman as Derek Sam Neill as the Magpie (voice) Claudia Doumit as Diana Zlatko Burić as Kori's father Miranda Otto as Liz Frankie J. Holden Heather Mitchell Kim Gyngell
Production The Fox is the feature film directorial debut from Adelaide filmmaker Dario Russo, creator of the early YouTube comedy classic Italian Spiderman in 2005, and co-creator of spy parody TV series Danger 5 in 2012. Russo also wrote the script and the music, and edited the film. Cinematography was by Matthew Chuang.
The film is produced by Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings of Causeway Films (which also produced Talk To Me, The Babadook, You Won't Be Alone, and Buoyancy). Carly Maple is also a producer.
Funding and investments were provided by the South Australian Film Corporation, Screen Australia, Orogen Entertainment, A-Up Duck Productions, Kojo Studios, Flickstar, and the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.
Release The film premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 19 October 2025. It also screened at the 2026 Sydney Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for "Best Australian Feature".
The film will be distributed in Australia on 26 November 26 by Madman Entertainment. It is set to be released in the United States on 4 December 2026 by Aura Entertainment.
It will be screened in Panorama section of the 59th Sitges Film Festival in October 2026.
Critical reception According to Metacritic, the film received "mixed or average" reviews based on a weighted average score of 60 out of 100 from five critic scores. On Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of eleven critic reviews are positive and the average rating is 7 out of 10.
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