Wolf Creek 2

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Wolf Creek 2

Theatrical film poster
Directed by Greg McLean
Produced by Helen Leake
Greg McLean
Steve Topic
Written by Greg McLean
Starring John Jarratt
Ryan Corr
Shannon Ashlyn
Music by Johnny Klimek
Cinematography Toby Oliver
Editing by Sean Lahiff
Studio Duo Art Productions, Emu Creek Pictures
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Release dates
  • August 30, 2013 (2013-08-30) (Venice Film Festival)
Country Australia
Language English
Budget $7 million

Wolf Creek 2 is a 2013 Australian horror thriller film by Greg McLean and is a sequel to his 2005 film Wolf Creek. The film was first released on August 30, 2013 at the Venice Film Festival and has John Jarratt returning to portray serial killer Mick Taylor.

Synopsis

Excited by the idea of roughing it in the Australian Outback, Rutger (Phillipe Klaus), Katarina (Shannon Ashlyn), and Paul (Ryan Corr) decide to visit the infamous Wolf Creek Crater. Once there they run into Mick Taylor (John Jarratt), who picks off the campers one by one until only one is left to try to outlast the bloodthirsty killer.

Cast

  • John Jarratt as Mick Taylor
  • Ryan Corr as Paul Hammersmith
  • Shannon Ashlyn as Katarina Schmidt
  • Phillipe Klaus as Rutger Enqvist
  • Gerard Kennedy as Jack
  • Annie Byron as Lil
  • Shane Connor as Senior Sergeant Gary Bulmer Jr
  • Ben Gerrard as Cop #2
  • Chloé Boreham as Lucille

Production

Despite the success of the first film, McLean chose to begin work on the film Rogue as opposed to immediately beginning work on a sequel to Wolf Creek , which he later stated that he regretted as "If I'd known then what I know now about how long it would take to get this up, I'd probably have said yes to a sequel earlier."[1]

In 2010 McLean officially announced that he was in the process of developing a sequel to his Wolf Creek and confirmed that Jarratt would be returning to portray Mick Taylor.[2] Geoffrey Edelsten initially signed on to invest in the production of Wolf Creek 2, but later withdrew his support of the film and alleged that McLean had misled him to believe that Edelsten would not be the largest single private investor.[3] Once the funding deadline had passed, Emu Creek Pictures then sent Edelsten's Millennium Management a statutory demand for A$4.923 million, which prompted Edelsten to request that the Supreme Court of Australia set aside the demand so he could seek further legal action.[4] McLean and Emu Creek Pictures denied that they had misled Edelsten,[5] and stated that they had shown Edelsten documents that showed that the production would receive A$5.2  million from private investors (A$5 million of which would be from Edelsten) and any balance left over from that point would be made up by Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC).[6]

The loss of Edelsten as a backer caused the production to become delayed, as filming was initially set to begin in 2011 and McLean risked losing the funding from the government funding bodies if he did not find another private investor.[6] As a result, in 2012 Wolf Creek 2 lost its initial funding from the SAFC.[7] In September of that same year Wolf Creek 2 was able to receive new funding from the SAFC in the sum of A$5.5 million, which allowed production to resume on the movie.[8]

Filming officially began in 2012 and continued into early 2013 in Australia.[9] While creating the script and the film, McLean chose to focus on Mick Taylor, as the character was "the most interesting thing about the first movie."[10] Like the first film, McLean states that the movie is based upon a true event, which he said would be "pretty obvious when [viewers] see the film".[10]

Reception

Critical reception for Wolf Creek 2's initial release at the Venice Film Festival has been mostly positive,[11] and The Hollywood Reporter commented that the movie was "A psychopathic serial killer and his knife carve out an edge-of-seat gorefest that follows safely in the tracks of its predecessor."[12] Variety remarked that the movie was "neither as striking nor as fundamentally scary as its predecessor" but that it was "still quite a ride, and one that genre-inclined distribs should have no qualms about hitching."[13]

References

  1. ↑ Quinn, Karl. "Outback serial killer takes the Mickey". The Age. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  2. ↑ "John Jarratt to return to Wolf Creek for sequel". Herald Sun. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ Hadfield, Shelley (24 December 2011). "Wolf Creek sequel a horror for Dr Geoffrey Edelsten". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). 
  4. ↑ "Geoffrey Edelsten in court bid to back out of Wolf Creek II". News.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  5. ↑ "'Wolf Creek 2' In Flux As Investor Backs Out...". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The private wars of Geoffrey Edelsten". AFR. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  7. ↑ "Production delayed on Wolf Creek 2 and ABC's Resistance". IF.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  8. ↑ "Predestination and Wolf Creek 2 Find Funding". Dread Central. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  9. ↑ Turek, Ryan. "Three Experience Outback Terror in Wolf Creek 2". STYD. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Wolf Creek 2 set to scream into Australian theatres". News.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  11. ↑ Lewis, Martha. "Wolf Creek 2 slaughters critics at Venice Film Festival world premiere". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  12. ↑ Young, Deborah. "Wolf Creek 2: Venice Review". THR. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  13. ↑ Lodge, Guy. "Venice Film Review: ‘Wolf Creek 2’". Variety. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 

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