MUMBAI: A sequel to the Australian horror film The Tunnel is on the cards. The film’s working will be on a similar funding model as the original. The Tunnel, created with the 135K Project, was intended to raise $135,000 by selling frames to the movie at a dollar a frame.

Based on the success of the scheme, the team, Distracted Media will produce a new film. Airlock is a claustrophobic science fiction film in the vein of Alien. The team has also received funding from Screen Australia to produce the sequel of The Tunnel, called The Tunnel: Dead End.

“The Tunnel: Dead End is a great opportunity to take Distracted Media into a different playing field but as producers we still very much believe in the basic principles of the 135k Project.

Having a more mainstream film in The Tunnel: Dead End will enable us to up the stakes significantly with “Airlock” which will hopefully raise the bar for our free internet releases and what we can put back into their success,” filmmakers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey have reportedly said.

Last year’s The Tunnel was released free online through bitTorrent on a subscription TV and on video on the same day. It was later followed by a limited theatrical release.