SF Channel commissions first Australian feature film Arrowhead

Australian science-fiction channel SF has commissioned a feature film, Arrowhead, to be made by US-based production company Gorilla Pictures.

The film will be fully-funded by SF and was written and will be directed by Jesse O’Brien, who will also produce alongside Eric Machiela, Eric Johnson and Gabe Berghuis.

Arrowhead is an expansion of a short film which was released last year. The feature film is planned for release in 2014 and will be filmed in rural South Australia. Production starts this month.

The synopsis of the film, according to a release from SF, owned by TV1, is: “Arrowhead is a tale of survival set amongst the distant stars.