Image Entertainment’s Wolf Creek 2 was awesome. In fact, I like it way better than its Sundance Film Festival predecessor (here’s my review).

While the franchise isn’t a big deal here in the States, it’s quite successful in its home country of Australia.

So, when word came out that a third film was in the works, I wasn’t the least bit surprised. Still, I’m beyond elated.

Manly Movies caught up with John Jarratt, who plays the Freddy Krueger-esque Mick Taylor in Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek films. When asked about a third film, Jarratt had this to say: “It’s being developed, should shoot it next year. Great plot, secret of course.”

In the 2005 Wolf Creek, stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman (played by Jarratt) who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive. The outback once more becomes a place of horrorin the 2013 sequel as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-hunter Mick Taylor.

The sequel went for a more comedic and fun spin, so it’ll be interesting to see where McLean takes Taylor in the third.