Lionsgate will release the film in the U.S. and the U.K. and is handling international sales at the upcoming Festival de Cannes. Other films on Lionsgate’s Cannes slate include “Saw IV,” “Repo! The Genetic Opera” and “The Eye.”

“Daybreakers” will be produced by Chris Brown of Australia-based Pictures in Paradise and Sean and Bryan Furst of Furst Films. Todd Fellman is co-producing. The Film Finance Corporation Australia is co-financing the film with Queensland’s the Pacific Film & Television Commission.

Peter Block and Jason Constantine will oversee production for Lionsgate. Hawke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting turn in “Training Day,” also earned an Oscar nom as a writer of “Before Sunset.” He next stars in Sydney Lumet’s “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.” Hawke most recently wrote and directed the indie “The Hottest State,” based on his novel, which premiered last year at the Venice Film Festival.

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