By Travis Johnson
Lionsgate has snagged the North American and Latin American rights to the Wolf Creek TV series, Australian streaming service Stan announced today. This follows the news that Fox UK will be broadcasting the series in August, where villain protagonist Mick Taylor’s anti-immigration views should prove popular with Brexit supporters.
“Wolf Creek is world-class, premium Australian drama made for a global audience. The series has been a smash hit locally, and through the acquisitions by Lionsgate and Fox UK is now set to thrill audiences around the world,” Stan CEO, Mike Sneesby, said. “The Lionsgate deal is one of the biggest international distribution deals for an Australian show. By generating significant licensing revenues for our Stan Original Series we are able to reinvest into the local production industry.”
Wolf Creek has been a huge hit for Stan, with the expansion of the prominent horror franchise netting half a million views within days of dropping, making it the provider’s biggest premiere thus far.
The series sees John Jarratt’s iconic murderer, Mick Taylor, put on the back foot when one of his would-be victims (Lucy Fry) survives the massacre of her family and sets out for revenge.
