The final cast of the 1978 Australian cult horror remake Patrick has been announced.
Mark Hartley and Antony I. Ginnane are set to shoot the film next year in Melbourne
After focussing on TV dramas, David Caesar plans to direct a conspiracy thriller, his first feature since Prime Mover in 2009.
Ivan Sen's Mystery Road posted solid results on 16 screens while Mark Hartley's Patrick had a limited opening at six cinemas in Australia last weekend.
Mark Hartley's Patrick will get a theatrical release in the US, handled jointly by Phase 4 Films and Uncork'd Entertainment.
Prolific screenwriter Everett De Roche, who died yesterday, was one of the instigators of the Ozploitation genre movement of the 1970s and 80s.
All US rights for the new doco on Cannon Films have just been picked up by Drafthouse Films
Rechristened Patrick: Evil Awakens, Mark Hartley's re-imagining of Richard Franklin's 1978 cult horror film Patrick opens in the US today.