The Pack: baying at the South Australian moon

Michael Robertson gives the world audience killer dogs and remains resolutely non-nationalistic, all to create dynastic continuity
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Image: part of the poster art to pitch The Pack. It is hard to make a big dog look scarey unless it has expensive fangs.

Michael Robertson is about to launch into The Pack, a five week shoot about killer dogs and an isolated farm, to be made in South Australia as part of his growing partnership with Kent Smith and Kojo Films.

The budget, he claims, is a bit south of $3m. He also claims to to have a “new financial model which allows me to more readily get into his lower budget genre world. If you get it right, it is very lucrative. And if anyone can get it right, I think I can.”

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.