so the new Vincent Mancini will be something like that Crocodile Dundee dude, mate!

I think you were talking about Dino DeLaurentis (?)... the man who also produced Hannibal and Gladiator.

If there were actually contacts between movie-studios and Australian authorities the GF4 movie might very well be very close.

it could also just be a plotwise thing, altough I don't think any plot has been notified yet (since the book isn't done yet)...

maybe it's only for the landscapes (who knows, maybe they want Sicily in the 1800's or something)