Saw creator in Film Vic’s latest funding round

Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson’s The Mule is one of 18 productions to receive funding from Film Victoria.

Whannell and Sampson are co-writing and co-producing the black comedy with Paul Clarke and Tony Mahony directing.

Whannell is one of the creators of the Saw horror film series. Sampson was cast in the recent telemovie Beaconsfield as well as Insidious and is currently on Andrew Denton’s Randling.

The Synopsis: “Ray Jenkins, an unlikely drug mule from Sunshine, Victoria, takes on all the authority figures in his life using the only option within his control – holding on!”