Mclean’s Emu Pictures is developing the 6-part series with Screentime’s writer/producer Peter Gawler, writer Felicity Packard and executive producer Greg Haddrick. A film is successful these days if it is sold to every territory in the world.” It’s unusual for a horror film to go to a festival and sell for more than $1 million. “The way films are being distributed has changed so much in the past four or five years,” he says. launched the first Wolf Creek on more than 1,700 screens in 2005, grossing a healthy $US16.2 million. While he hasn’t seen the final US figures he says, “Everyone was pretty happy with the business.' He’d be willing to pursue a similar distribution approach in the US for the third chapter, noting that it’s hard now for indie films of any origin to secure wide theatrical release.īy comparison, The Weinstein Co. Mclean is encouraged by the audiences' responses to WC2 and the strategy of releasing the film in the US on a limited number of screens and on premium VOD, followed by standard VOD and DVD. He’s working on several concepts before deciding on the writing team and says the next edition will take a “left-hand turn” after the action-chase elements of Wolf Creek 2. Mclean tells IF he may produce the third movie while entrusting the directing to one of Australia’s rising genre directors. Greg Mclean is mulling ideas a for third feature about the exploits of the serial killer played by John Jarratt as well as developing the Wolf Creek TV series for streaming service Stan.

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