Wolf Creek (TV series)

Wolf Creek is an Australian horror television series which screens on Stan. The series is a spin-off of the movies Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek 2. John Jarratt, who portrayed Mick Taylor in the films, reprises his role for the show.

The first season of Wolf Creek consisted of six episodes and was released on 12 May 2016. It follows Eve, a 19-year-old American tourist, who is targeted by the crazed serial killer Mick Taylor, but survives his attack and embarks on a mission of revenge. The show was renewed for a second season of six episodes in February 2017, which was released on 15 December 2017. The story centres around Taylor meeting a coach full of international tourists.

Main

 * John Jarratt as Mick Taylor

Season 1

 * Lucy Fry as Eve Thorogood
 * Dustin Clare as Sullivan Hill

Season 2

 * Tess Haubrich as Rebecca Michaels
 * Matt Day as Brian

Season 1

 * Deborah Mailman as Bernadette O'Dell
 * Maya Stange as Ingrid Thorogood
 * Damian De Montemas as Inspector Darwin
 * Miranda Tapsell as Fatima Johnson
 * Robert Taylor as Roland Thorogood
 * Matt Levett as Kevin Small
 * Richard Cawthorne as Kane Jurkewitz
 * Rachel House as Ruth Ngata
 * Jessica Tovey as Kirsty Hill
 * Eddie Baroo as Ginger Jurkewitz
 * Alicia Gardiner as Janine Howard
 * Fletcher Humphrys as Jesus (Ben Mitchell)
 * Liana Cornell as Ann-Marie

Season 2

 * Felicity Price as Nina Webber
 * Julian Pulvermacher as Oskar Webber
 * Jason Chong as Steve Cham
 * Adam Fiorentino as Johnny Rossi
 * Charlie Clausen as Danny Michaels
 * Christopher Kirby as Bruce Walker
 * Laura Wheelwright as Kelly Yeoman
 * Elsa Cocquerel as Michelle Scott
 * Josephine Langford as Emma Webber
 * Elijah Williams as Wade Cheti
 * Ben Oxenbould as Ian "Davo" Davidson
 * Stephen Hunter as Richie
 * Chris Haywood as Tom
 * Cohen McRae as Danny

Production
In October 2016, Jarratt suggested that Wolf Creek would be returning for a second season and a later film. Stan officially announced that Wolf Creek had been renewed in February 2017 and would be released in late 2017. Filming began in South Australia in July 2017. The six-episode second season saw John Jarratt reprise his role as Mick Taylor, alongside new cast members Tess Haubrich, Matt Day, Ben Oxenbould, Laura Wheelwright, Stephen Hunter and Chris Haywood. The story centres around Taylor meeting a coach full of international tourists – a complete departure from the first season's storyline which sees the show become an anthology style program, and won't see Fry reprise her role as Eve Thorogood. The second season was released on 15 December 2017.

Greg McLean returned as showrunner and director, along with Kieran Darcy-Smith and Geoff Bennett. Lisa Scott and Kerrie Mainwaring were producers for the series. Executive producers were Rory Callaghan, Greg Haddrick, Greg McLean, Nick Forward and Rob Gibson. Writers on the series were Nick Parsons, Shanti Gudgeon and Mark Dapin.

Reception
The series has received generally positive reviews. Nikole Gunn of Decider TV wrote, "It’s beautifully filmed with cinematography usually reserved for the 'Big Screen'" and that "It's chilling and unforgettable". David Knox of TV Tonight awarded the premiere four out of five stars and wrote, "If there's a box Wolf Creek hasn’t got checked, it's hard to find here".

Within the first four days of the first season being made available, more than 500,000 viewers sampled the program, including 40,000 subscribers who watched all six episodes.

Broadcast
Broadcast rights for Wolf Creek in North American and Latin American markets were acquired by Lionsgate, and the show aired in the United States albeit for a limited time from 14 October to 18 November 2016 on the Pop network which Lionsgate held a stake in at the time. In the UK, the series aired on Fox in August 2016.