Daybreakers did really well: M. Spierig

Director Michael Spierig says last week’s comments about the performance of Daybreakers were blown out of proportion, and all he and brother Peter want is to build a local industry, not alienate it.

“It was a little bit too harsh but we sorted it out with [head of Hoyts Distribution] Robert Slaviero. I know how hard distributors work and I how difficult and risky it is to release a movie, so it’s unfortunate that it got so blown out of proportion,” Spierig told Encore.

“Daybreakers did really well, it’s profitable and nobody lost money.

“The last thing I want is for the industry to be pissed at me for making some comments, when all I want to do is build an industry here. We could easily go to LA and make movies, but we so desperately want to stay in Australia and give our crews work and build an industry! We want to be part of a new kind of genre industry in Australia, where we’re making movies that people actually want to go and see,” explained Spierig. “Our goal is to create films like The Power of the Dark Crystal that become big, fun cinema experiences. The last thing we want to do is alienate the industry.”