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She expects "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" will create more than 2,000 jobs. A strong Australian dollar buoyed by a mining boom has made Australia less attractive to Hollywood as a filmmaking location in recent years. It wasn't known how much the payment would offset the film's budget. The securing of this film is a huge coup for the Australian film industry and for the near 1,000 local businesses that will be providing goods and services for the film," Gillard said in a statement. "The Wolverine" in 3-D opens in July in the United States, Australia and other countries.
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