Editing Peter Weir (section)

=== 2010s ===
In 2010, Weir resurfaced with the historical epic ''[[The Way Back (2010 film)|The Way Back]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/peter-weir-finds-his-way-back-1117994186/|title=Peter Weir find his 'Way Back': Australian helmer to write, direct fact-based film – Variety.|date=17 October 2008 |access-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609153457/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994186.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|archive-date=9 June 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> about escapees from a Soviet [[gulag]]. The film, while generally well-received critically, was not a financial success.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wayback.htm |title=The Way Back (2011) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2022-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135919 |title=Empire's The Way Back Movie Review |publisher=Empireonline.com |access-date=2022-09-27}}</ref>

In 2012, it was reported that Weir would direct his own adapted script of [[Jennifer Egan]]'s gothic thriller ''[[The Keep (Egan novel)|The Keep]]'' the following year and shoot in Europe. Weir described the project as, "Basically, ... a studio-shoot movie."<ref>{{cite web|last=Dang|first=Simon|title=Peter Weir Returns With Adaptation Of Jennifer Egan's Contemporary Gothic Thriller 'The Keep'|website=[[IndieWire]]|date=May 20, 2012|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/05/peter-weir-returns-with-adaptation-of-jennifer-egans-contemporary-gothic-thriller-the-keep-251984/|access-date=April 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Trumbore|first=Dave|title=Peter Weir to Direct Adaptation of Contemporary Gothic Thriller THE KEEP|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=May 21, 2012|url=https://collider.com/peter-weir-the-keep/|access-date=April 22, 2023}}</ref> As the years passed, however, without an official announcement, he started to be described as "retired".