Wolf Creek and Django Unchained's John Jarratt has written and plans to star in an Aussie comedy Western.
John Jarratt's serial killer Mick Taylor squared off against Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana and Emile Hirsch as Navy SEALs in Afghanistan in Australian cinemas last weekend.
Australia's most watched film reviewers, Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, have refused to review Wolf Creek 2 despite the film nabbing the top spot in last weekend's box office.
The long-standing etiquette among filmmakers here and internationally is that they don't usually bad mouth each other's work.
The profile of Australian films in the US looks set to rise in the next two months with the debuts of Wolf Creek 2, The Railway Man and Tracks.
Greg Mclean's Wolf Creek 2 opened in 10 cinemas in the US last Friday, one month after being released on Video-on-Demand platforms.
Producer Helen Leake has been appointed to the Screen Australia board for a three-year term.