The producers of 'The Babadook' and US horror movie 'It Follows' are teaming up to adapt 'Small Space', a young adult novel by Australian author Sarah Epstein.
Screen Australia today announced the recipients of the second round of its Feature Enterprise program, providing $380,000 in support to feature film producers.
While more Australian films are securing distribution in the US - mostly limited theatrical combined with online release- generally the returns to producers are exceedingly modest.
Jennifer Kent's The Babadook launched in the US on DirecTV last Friday, hailed by several critics as among the most outstanding horror movies of the year and by one enthusiast as one of the genre's top 25 this century.
The decision by a number of recent productions to appoint foreign cinematographers has caused a wave of consternation across the local industry.
Predestination, The Babadook and Wyrmwood featured prominently in the Toronto After Dark Film Festival awards.
Jennifer Kent's The Babadook has raked in more money in its first weekend in the UK than in its entire theatrical run at home.
Natalie Erika James' debut feature, psychological horror movie 'Relic' will have its world premiere in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival.