The veteran distributor is now behind Australia’s newest full service genre studio.
Great news for fans of horror, action, and action/horror. Monster Pictures, in partnership with Head Gear Films and White Hot Productions, have launched Monster Pictures Studios. The new venture is “…a full-service genre film studio, designed to deliver bold and distinctive features that speak directly to audiences.”
Monster is a familiar brand to genre fans. The distributor has been bringing wild and wonderful indie fare to eager audiences for a while now, along with their regular Monster Fest genre festival. This development represents a big leap forward for the company.
Speaking to BLUNT, Monster founder Grant Hardie said, “Monster Pictures Studios is built to champion bold, original films and give them real momentum, through development, financing, production, and release. It’s about backing filmmakers we believe in and creating a direct path to audiences who are hungry for this kind of cinema.”
Hardie is joined by an experienced and savvy team, including Phil Hunt (Head Gear Films), Ian Kirk (White Hot Productions, Roar Digital), Loretta Kindness (Monster Pictures, Monster Fest) & Robert Kindness (Monster Pictures, Monster Fest).
The first cab of the rank is the action thriller Seven Snipers. Directed by Sandra Sciberras and starring Radha Mitchell, Tim Roth, Ioan Gruffudd, and Ryan Kwanten, the film sees Mitchell’s former covert killer team up with her old squad after Roth’s vengeful warlord tracks her down to her outback property. It’s currently in post-production.
Other upcoming projects include new films from Dangerous Animals director Sean Byrne, Wolf Creek director Greg McLean, and actor Matt Day, who’ll be making his feature directing debut. Kristian Moliere, producer of Wolf Creek and The Babadook, has several projects on the production slate.
Seems its been a good week for Aussie genre fans. With Monster Pictures Studios launching and Umbrella’s screenwriting initiative (currently open to submissions! Get on it!) it looks like we’re going to be sorted for wild and wonderful genre flicks for the foreseeable future.
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