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Crime dramas can sit on a pretty broad spectrum: some are campy, cosy and even comfortingly formulaic, whereas others make you need to sleep with the light on. The one guarantee is that in the UK at least, there’s such an appetite for detectives and crime stories that TV will never run out of new cases to solve.

We’ve already had some top examples in 2023, from the Happy Valley and Endeavour finales to the excellent Belfast-based Blue Lights, but there are plenty more fresh crime dramas on the way, from police procedurals to true crime and murder mysteries. See what’s coming up below.

After The Flood

Very much what it says on the tin, After The Flood begins… after a flood, which devastates a town, but when the waters clear they leave behind an unidentified dead man in the lift of an underground car park. PC Joanna Marshall is on the case,...

The road to redemption can be difficult to walk and even harder to leave behind. Riddled with scandal and scrutiny over the past two years, the HFPA has made blundering attempts to repair its credibility. No surprise, this week’s Golden Globes nominations announcement was mostly met with an unenthusiastic shrug. While the org dropped the ball by snubbing women directors, some choices are worth applauding.

Most notable was the group’s unapologetic embrace of populist titles. It took to the biopic “Elvis” and its star Austin Butler in a big way, handing out best picture (drama) and lead actor nods to the Warner Bros. flick. The multiverse of A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” didn’t seem to confuse members, judging by the film’s strong showing. Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis’ recognition in the acting categories and the Daniels’ mentions for directing and writing are especially encouraging,...

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The allegedly new-and-improved Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed its nominations for the 80th Golden Globe Awards on Monday morning. Chosen by 96 of the organization’s members (a figure that suggests some members may have lost their voting rights since a count was last made public) and 103 international voters (who, unlike members, are not all journalists, include quite a few Black people and won’t be paid a five-figure salary in the wake of the organization shifting from a non-profit to a for-profit), the announcement of the picks was not aired or streamed live. That’s a departure from tradition and not exactly a ringing endorsement of the Globes telecast from NBC, which recently found its way out of a Globes broadcasting deal with the HFPA that was supposed to run through 2026, but will now end after the ceremony celebrating 2022 films and TV shows airs on a Tuesday night,...

The 12th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards unveiled its Industry Awards in Sydney on Monday, celebrating the best of the Australian film and television industry across a spectrum of creative arts categories. It will be followed by the star-studded main ceremony, which will take place at The Hordern in Sydney’s iconic Entertainment Quarter on Wednesday, December 7, hosted by acclaimed Aussie comedian and actress Amanda Keller.

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Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) and his team behind musical biopic “Elvis” cleaned up at the creative arts event, taking home seven trophies, including for 2022 Aacta Longford Lyell Award recipient (and two-time Oscar winner) Catherine Martin, who claimed the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. “Elvis” Dp Mandy Walker also shattered records Monday when she became the first woman ever to win the Best Cinematography award.

“Elvis” is...

Mark Strong (1917), Jade Anouka (His Dark Materials), and Chris Mason (Broadchurch) have been added to the cast of the the HBO Max series Dune: The Sisterhood (which is a prequel to the Dune feature films), joining previously announced cast members Emily Watson (Punch Drunk Love), Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Indira Varma (Obi-Wan), Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Tourist), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (The Colony), Faoileann Cunningham (The Northman), Aoife Hinds (Normal People), Chloe Lea (Foundation), and Travis Fimmel (Raised by Wolves).

Just last week, it was announced that series creator Diane Ademu-John, who previously worked on The Haunting of Bly Manor, Empire, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, Medium, and Crossing Jordan, had stepped down as co-showrunner on Dune: The Sisterhood. Alison Schapker is now the sole showrunner on the show. Schapker’s previous credits include Westworld, Altered Carbon, Scandal, The Flash, Almost Human, Fringe, Brothers & Sisters, Lost, Alias,...

The 61st Monte-Carlo Television Festival opened Friday with a phalanx of stars and TV industry execs walking the blue carpet for the event, attended by Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene.

The opening screening was the world premiere of thriller “Last Light,” produced by MGM Intl. TV Production. The show’s cast attended, led by Matthew Fox (“Lost”), Joanne Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”), Tom Wlaschiha (“Game of Thrones”), and Amber Rose Revah (Marvel’s “The Punisher”), as well as director Dennie Gordon, and junior cast members Alyth Ross and Taylor Fay.

During the opening ceremony, Princess Charlene presented the first International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent to French actor Théo Christine.

In his welcoming speech, Prince Albert II said: “Our festival has always showcased on the one hand creativity, quality fiction production, and on the other hand, journalistic work for a better understanding of the real challenges,...

TV academy voters are faced with a daunting task when they fill out their 2022 Emmy Awards nominations ballot in that they have to consider 171 shows for Best Drama Series. This is up by 38 from last year. As has been the case since 2017, members do not have to winnow their choices down to a set amount and are instead being told to “vote for as many achievements in this category that you have seen and feel are worthy of a nomination.”

Last year’s champ, “The Crown,” will not return to seek another victory, as no new episodes of the Netflix series have aired since its fourth season finale in November 2020. Of its seven 2021 rivals, three – “The Boys,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and “The Mandalorian” – also did not return in time to meet the eligibility window of June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022. Another two – “Lovecraft Country” and “Pose” – ended their runs in October 2020 and June 2021, respectively.

Keshet Interntional (Ki) has scored a raft of deals across its slate of foreign-language dramas, including the action-packed procedural series “Blue Moon” and the coming-of-age comedy-drama “Dreaming of England.”

Ki closed a multi-title deal with AMC Networks International for its channels in Spain and Portugal for “Blue Moon,” “Dreaming of England” (“Sommaren 85”), as well as “Pørni,” Monster Scripted’s heartwarming Norwegian hit show which was created by and starring Henriette Steenstrup for Viaplay. The pact with AMC Networks International includes pay TV and subscription-based VOD rights on all three seasons of “Blue Moon,” as well as “Dreaming of England” and the first two seasons of “Pørni,” for the group’s channels in Spain and Portugal.

Produced by Aetios Productions and commissioned by the French-Canadian streamer Club Illico, “Blue Moon” was penned by Luc Dionne and stars award-winning actor Karine Vanasse (“Cardinal”).

“Dreaming of England,” is a retro comedy-drama produced by...

In this edition of Career Watch, IndieWire’s occasional vocational checkup of actors and directors and those who hope to get there, we take on Johnny Depp.

As a maligned victim of slander, the 58-year-old’s most recent performance played well with the trial jury as well as the court of public opinion. He won 10 million in compensatory damages and 350,000 in punitive damages against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who wrote in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed a year after their divorce that she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” The jury ruled that she failed to prove that he physically abused her.

Since then, Depp has discovered TikTok and gratefully calls his fans his “employers,” but of course they don’t write the checks. Those who do are less likely to be swayed by viral social memes — or at least, as Sony recently learned through the spectacular failure of its “Morbius” re-release,...

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Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s awards columnist Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself. There will be regular updates to reflect new developments.

*Best Drama Series*

Frontrunners

Succession (HBO)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Ozark (Netflix)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

This Is Us (NBC)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Yellowstone (Paramount)

Severance (Apple)

Major Threats

Euphoria (HBO)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Winning Time (HBO)

Bridgerton (Netflix)

The Morning Show (Apple)

Pachinko (Apple)

Possibilities

Killing Eve (BBC America)

Tokyo Vice (HBO Max)

Loki (Disney+)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Showtime)

Evil (CBS)

The Good Fight (Paramount+)

*Best...

At the Hollywood Film Awards in Hollywood. Johnny Depp to try to stage a Hollywood comeback after winning defamation suit against Amber Heard. Johnny Depp is an American actor, producer and musician. He has appeared in films, television series and video games. He made his film debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984.[1] In the two following years, Depp appeared in the comedy Private Resort (1985), the war film Platoon (1986), and Slow Burn (1986). A year later, he started playing his recurring role as Officer Tom Hanson in the police procedural television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990) which he played until the middle of season 4, and during this time, he experienced a rapid rise as a professional actor.] In 1990, he starred as the title characters in the films Cry-Baby and Edward Scissorhands. Throughout the rest of the decade, Depp portrayed lead roles in Arizona Dream (1993), What’s Eating Gilbert Grape...

Actor Jamie Dornan says it was one of the hardest roles he had performed, but ‘The Tourist’ was worth it. The six-part limited series, which debuted on BBC before dropping on HBO Max, follows Dornan’s character, who wakes up in the hospital after an accident with no memory of his past life, which was a […]...

Jamie Dornan says it was one of the hardest roles he had performed, but “The Tourist” was worth it. The six-part limited series, which debuted on BBC before dropping on HBO Max, follows Dornan’s character, who wakes up in the hospital after an accident with no memory of his past life, which was a messy one.

Instead of homing in on the memory loss and the fact that, well, he’d done some things that have caused a lot of trouble and made a few people want to have him offed, “The Tourist” leans into the humor.

“I think the way it plays with tones, often so abruptly swinging from drama to comedy,” Dornan notes about what sets the series apart — and about what kept him interested. “Just when you think you have a handle on what’s going on, you’re proven wrong.”

As his character, mostly referred to as “The Man,...

Danielle Macdonald has been cast in the Natasha Lyonne-led Peacock series “Poker Face,” which hails from creator Rian Johnson.

Macdonald is the latest addition to the growing cast. In addition to Lyonne, previously announced cast members include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Benjamin Bratt, Stephanie Hsu, and David Castañeda. Plot and character details for the series are being kept largely under wraps, though sources say the show will follow a procedural format and see Lyonne’s character working to solve different murders in each episode.

Macdonald broke out in her starring role in the 2017 film “Patti Cake,” in which she played the title role. She has since gone on to star in films like “Lady Bird,” “Bird Box,” “Dumplin’,” and “French Exit.” She most recently appeared in the BBC One/HBO Max series “The Tourist” as Helen, while her past TV roles include “American Horror Story: Roanoke,” “Unbelievable,” and “2 Broke Girls.

The long-awaited fourth season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” isn’t the only new thing coming to Amazon Prime Video in February. Below we’ve assembled a full list of every new movie and TV show being added to the streaming service this month, including both Prime Video originals and library titles.

The new season of the Emmy-winning “Maisel” arrives on Feb. 18, the same day the first season of the new animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina” drops. But on Feb. 4, Prime Video will debut the brand new original series “Reacher,” based on author Lee Child’s beloved Jack Reacher book series. The new show stars Alan Ritchson in the titular role, putting a new spin on the character who was previously played by Tom Cruise in two feature films.

In terms of library titles, Feb. 25 sees the addition of the action thriller “The Protégé,” which was released in...

February 2022 is a big month for Prime Video. We’re talking “hands the size of dinner plates” big.

Highlighting Amazon Prime Video’s list of new releases for February 2022 is Reacher, the saga of one very large boy. Reacher premieres on Feb. 4 and is based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child. The titular hero (played by Alan Ritchson) is a former major in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps who now travels the country looking for trouble to get into. His hands are very large.

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Also coming to Prime Video this month is the return of one of Amazon’s biggest originals. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel premieres on Feb. 18. Season 4 will find Midge seeking creative freedom in the 1960s. The one big Prime Original Movie of note...

The BBC has launched the official trailer for the Jamie Dornan led thriller series ‘The Tourist.’

Dornan stars as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat and mouse chase unfolds and the man later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive. Except he has no idea who he is. With merciless figures from his past pursuing him, The Man’s search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback.

The character-driven six-part thriller is created and written by acclaimed writers Harry and Jack Williams.

The series also stars Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Alex Dimitriades. Damon Herriman has also joined the series playing Lachlan Rogers.

Also in trailers – David Tennant is in for one hell of an adventure in trailer...

Stan Original The Tourist, starring Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Damon Herriman, will premiere January 2.

The six-part mystery-thriller is created and written by Harry and Jack Williams of Two Brothers Pictures, producers of Fleabag whose credits also include Baptiste, The Missing and Lair.

Dornan stars as a British man (‘The Man’) who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat and mouse chase unfolds and The Man later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive – except he has no idea who he is. With merciless figures from his past pursuing him, The Man’s search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback.

Also starring are Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Trapped, The Missing) and Alex Dimitriades (The End, The Cry) and Damon Herriman (Mindhunter, Justified).

The Williams brothers executive produce with Christopher Aird,...

Jamie Dornan-starring series ‘The Tourist’ and Jodie Comer- and Stephen Graham-starring serie ‘Help’ have both been licensed to Chinese companies by international distributor All3Media International.

The deals were announced on Tuesday, on the eve of the Asia TV Forum and Market in Singapore, which runs from Wednesday to Friday.

“The Tourist,” in which Dornan’s character survives a massive car crash in the Australian outback was pre-sold to Pumpkin Films. Over six episodes, he must embark on a journey of self-discovery and stay one step ahead of the people trying to kill him.

Huanxi Media Group, which has its own streaming service as well as relationships with other platforms, licensed the Rose d’Or-winning “Help,” about the Covid-19 care home crisis. It was written by Jack Thorne and directed by Mark Munden. It tells the timely story of the relationship between a young care home worker (Comer...

Ausfilm will convene a working group to address below-the-line workforce capacity with the Office of the Arts, Screen Australia, the state screen agencies, Aftrs and Nida, with aims to ultimately develop a national framework to support growth.

The organisation has also hired Susan Danta to the newly-created role of workforce capacity strategy executive in order to drive associated initiatives.

The move comes after Ausfilm commissioned an audit into Australian production infrastructure and capacity from Olsberg Spi.

Ordered after the Federal Government added an additional $400 million to the Location Incentive Program last July, the Olsberg report found Australia is facing capacity constraints in key roles such as line producers, 1st assistant directors, unit production managers and location managers, as well as positions across post-production, visual effects and animation, particularly VFX producers and supervisors, animators and technicians.

There are also shortages in specialist roles such as special effects supervisors and in special...

BBC drama director Piers Wenger has stressed the “public interest” in the network’s controversial Jimmy Savile project as he showcased eight upcoming shows that “don’t fit into the convention of genre.”

Featuring Steve Coogan in the lead role, ITV Studios’ four-parter The Reckoning (working title) will air as the decade since Savile’s crimes were exposed shortly after his death approaches and Wenger told a Q&a with journalists on Monday that the show will go further than any documentary has on the subject.

“Our primary intention is to give a voice to the victims and tell stories with the utmost respect,” said Wenger at an event showcasing eight dramas separate from The Reckoning.

“Documentaries [on Savile] take you so far in showing the heinous and appalling nature of his crimes but I’ve yet to see one that shows how he was able to render his victims so powerless or hide in plain sight.

As Mipcom rolled on at Cannes, U.K. public service broadcaster BBC held a preview of its upcoming scripted titles for journalists at an event on Monday presided over by Piers Wenger, director of BBC Drama.

A hot button topic of discussion in recent weeks has been the matter of “distinctively British content.” Hours before he was removed from office, John Whittingdale, then Minister for Media and Data, told the Royal Television Society convention at Cambridge that the government intended to introduce a White Paper that includes a requirement for such content.

“If it’s set in Britain and made in Britain by our public service broadcasters, then it should be distinctively British,” Whittingdale had said.

These proposals were rubbished during a BFI London Film Festival event last week by “Succession” writer Lucy Prebble and “His Dark Materials” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” writer Jack Thorne.

“We consider...

Woody Woodpecker has flown into Victoria, with the state housing production on the sequel to the 2017 family film.

From Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production arm of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, the next chapter in the Woody Woodpecker movie franchise is a CGI animated and live-action hybrid production that brings back the titular character’s signature laugh, wacky antics, and wisecracks.

The project has received a $2.7 million grant via the Federal Government’s Location Incentive Program with the expectation it will inject than $20 million into the Australian economy and provide employment for more than 700 Australian cast and crew, and more than 300 Australian extras.

Filming is underway in Melbourne and across regional areas of Victoria, with the production also funded by the Victorian Government via Film Victoria’s Victorian Screen Incentive.

Universal 1440 Entertainment general manager and executive vice president Glenn Ross said they were thrilled to bring the next chapter of the franchise to Australia.

The South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) and Mercury Cx have launched a second round of the Master/Apprentice Mentorship Program, which pairs experienced heads of department with emerging crew members.

Last year’s inaugural edition saw more than 60 per cent of participants go on to secure paid crew work on major productions.

Among them is Anastasia Comelli, who since finishing the program under 1st assistant director (Ad) mentor Brad Lanyon, has worked on See-Saw Films feature The Unknown Man, BBC One, HBO Max and Stan series The Tourist and season two of ABC and Hulu series First Day, which she wrapped earlier this month as 3rd Ad.

“Master/Apprentice is a really special program, it allows a lot of emerging crew like myself to see where they want to be in film; there’s people that really take their time to teach you and they really want to see you do well,...

Stan has announced a slew of new local commissions as it ramps up ambitious plans to have around a third of its first-run slate come from original production.

These include Hoodlum Entertainment feature film Christmas on the Farm, Matchbox Pictures drama Bad Behaviour, and a number of projects with Roadshow Rough Diamond, with whom the Nine-owned streamer has extended its partnership. With the latter it is readying a third season of Bump and a spin-off, Year Of, as well as a Gregor Jordan-helmed crime drama, Ironside.

Last year, Stan flagged it intends to invest in more than 30 productions per year within five years, drawing on Nine’s production facilities and co-productions with international partners including Hollywood studios and international networks.

Earlier this month, the service announced a children’s feature film initiative with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (Actf), and it has a lengthy list of upcoming local projects...

Foxtel has made its first commission specifically for streaming service Binge: six-part drama Love Me from Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia.

Currently shooting across Melbourne and regional Victoria, the adaptation of Swedish series Älska mig looks at modern love experienced by different family members at three distinct times of life.

Leading the cast is Hugo Weaving, acting alongside his co-star in The Tourist, Shalom Brune-Franklin, as well as Bojana Novakovic, Bob Morley, Heather Mitchell, Sarah Peirse, Celia Pacquola, William Lodder, and Mitzi Ruhlmann.

The series marks Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia’s first TV drama production, to be made in association with Aquarius Films. Emma Freeman will direct, while Alison Bell is the lead writer with Leon Ford, Adele Vuko and Blake Ayshford.

Aquarius’ Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford produce, with WB’s Michael Brooks and Hamish Lewis executive producing. Foxtel Group EPs are Brian Walsh, Alison Hurbert-Burns and Lana Greenhalgh.

The Nsw production sector has received a welcome boost amidst the ongoing Greater Sydney lockdown, with the news that HBO Films’ Days of Abandonment, starring Natalie Portman, will commence filming in the state this month.

The adaption of Elena Ferrante’s novel has received a $3.4 million grant via the Federal Government’s Location Incentive Program, with the expectation it will inject more than $25 million into the local economy and create more than 200 jobs for cast and crew.

The production, which will shoot in Sydney and regional parts of the state, is also being supported through the Nsw Government’s Made in Nsw Fund.

Adapted for the screen by Maggie Betts, who is also directing, the story follows Tess (Portman), a woman who abandoned her own dreams for a stable home life, and in turn, is abandoned by her husband. As a result, her world is thrown off axis. The cast...

“Queenie” author Candice Carty-Williams[/link], “Everything I Know About Love” writer Dolly Alderton, “The Virtues” creator Shane Meadows and Michaela Coel are among the creatives delivering the next slate of dramas for the BBC.

Piers Wenger, drama controller for the BBC, teased a new project with Coel on Tuesday during a showcase of the Beeb’s upcoming drama offerings, though details were sparse. The “Chewing Gum” creator’s recent BBC collaboration, “I May Destroy You,” a searing portrayal of a woman rebuilding her life following her rape, has won international acclaim.

Other forthcoming dramas include Alderton’s adaptation of her popular autobiography “Everything I Know About Love” and BIFA-winning “Rocks” writer Theresa Ikoko’s adaptation of her forthcoming novel “Wahala.” (Details on all new commissions below.)

BBC drama has been on a steady clip of high-profile, critically lauded commissions in the last year. The public broadcaster recently topped the BAFTA TV...

Here’s your first look at 50 Shades Of Grey star Jamie Dornan in The Tourist, the mystery thriller limited series from Fleabag production company Two Brothers Pictures.

The story centers on a British man (Dornan) who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat-and-mouse chase unfolds, and the man later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive. Except he has no idea who he is. With merciless figures from his past pursuing him, The Man’s search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback.

Other cast includes Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin’), Shalom Brune-Franklin (Line of Duty), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Trapped), and Alex Dimitriades (The End). Hugo Weaving (The Lord of The Rings) has exited the series, however, due to a scheduling issue. He has been replaced by...

Stan has launched a matched development fund with the South Australian Film Corporation (Safc), putting out a call for “bold and distinctive” scripted series.

The aim is to develop shows with complex characters set in unusual worlds or situations that merit high production values, resulting in scripted series of “world-class scope and scale”.

The projects must be original, serialised, returnable, and intended for production and post-production in South Australia.

Stan has shot a number of its originals in Sa, including Wolf Creek, A Sunburnt Christmas, Gold and current production The Tourist, a co-order with the BBC and HBO.

Its development fund with the Safc follows funds with other state agencies Film Victoria and Screen Queensland.

Applications are open from today for the first round, taking selected projects from concept to pitch-ready stage.

Following pitching to Stan, two of the projects will then be selected for a further round of development and commissioning consideration,...

With production booming around the country, the South Australia Film Corporation (Safc) has launched a new initiative to bolster local crew.

Via funding from Skilling South Australia, a state and federal government program, 25 skilled workers from adjacent industries such performing and visual arts, festivals and events, accountancy, trades, construction and more will undergo training to join the screen industry for the first time.

Twenty-five existing crew will also be upskilled to fill key and specialised roles to meet the demands of the sector.

Training will be delivered by the Australian Film Television and Radio School (Aftrs).

The initiative follows five consecutive years of growth in drama production expenditure in Sa, including its largest production ever, New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat.

Other recent productions in the state include Anthony Hayes’ Stan feature Gold, starring Zac Efron; Thomas M. Wright’s The Unknown Man, starring Joel Edgerton, as well as Stan,...

Imagine thinking you’re diverse because your 87-person exclusive club has a few people from Bangladesh, the Philippines, Japan and a smattering of other countries. That’s what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s defense for their lack of members of color has been until very recently. You might as well just say you’re not racist because you have a “Black friend.” According to HFPA member Jenny Cooney in an interview with Australia’s Today Show earlier this month, the lack of Black journalists was “not anything we focused on.”

Following an avalanche of scrutiny regarding the complete lack of Black members since at least 2002, HFPA members have continued to put their Golden feet in their mouths. The last known Black member of the HFPA was Lowell Staine, a native of Belize who died in February 1998, and no evidence has emerged to suggest any other Black members belonged to the group before that time.

Exclusive: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Alex Dimitriades are set as leads opposite Jamie Dornan in HBO Max’s The Tourist, the six-episode limited series from Fleabag production company Two Brothers Pictures for the BBC, in association with Highview Productions, All3Media International, the South Australian Film Corporation, HBO Max, Stan and Zdf.

Written by Two Brothers Pictures founders Harry and Jack Williams, The Tourist is set in a world populated by quirky, enigmatic characters as off-beat comedy punctuates high-stakes action. At its heart however, is a story of self-discovery with a ticking timebomb underneath: as The Man (Dornan) starts to uncover the mystery of who he was, he’s also forced to ask who he is now – and fast. Will he unlock the secrets of his identity before those who are trying to kill him catch up with him?

Ólafsson will play Billy,...

Universal Pictures rom-com Ticket to Paradise, starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney, is the latest international project to be lured to Australia, with production to start in Queensland in November.

The film has received a $6.4 million grant via the Federal Government’s Location Incentive Program, with the expectation it inject $47 million into the local economy and create more than 270 jobs for cast and crew. Screen Queensland has also supported the project via its Production Attraction Strategy.

Directed by Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) and produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, alongside Sarah Harvey and Deborah Balderstone, the film will shoot across the Whitsundays and Southern Queensland.

The film follows Wren Butler, a recent University of Chicago graduate who accompanies her best friend Lily to a post-graduation jaunt to Bali. Lily’s abrupt decision to marry a Balinese local triggers her parents (Clooney and...

Hopefully March will bring respite from crippling snow storms and frigid temperatures for much of the globe. And if it doesn’t? Well, Hulu’s got some new streaming options at least!

Hulu’s list of new releases for March 2021 are relatively slight on Hulu originals. Thankfully, one beloved original of note is coming back this month. Solar Opposites will premiere all episodes of its second season on March 26. This sci-fi animated comedy from Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is a breath of fresh alien air.

On the movie side of things, Hulu is premiering Boss Level on March 5. This actioner will star the delightful Frank Grillo and the decidedly less delightful Mel Gibson. Speaking of delightful though, the documentary Kid 90 will arrive on March 12. This comes from Punky Brewster star Soleil Moon Frye and features hours of footage she shot in the ’90s that will depict what...

Queensland has snared the second season of Amazon Prime Video’s The Wilds from across the ditch.

Thanks to $9.8 million from the Federal Government and support from theQueensland Government’s Production Attraction Strategy, the ABC Signature series, starring Aussies Rachel Griffiths, Mia Healey and Shannon Berry, will shoot on the Gold Coast in April. The expectation is the production will create 270 jobs for cast and crew and add $73 million to the local economy.

The young adult drama is the second international production announced for Australia this week via the government’s Location Incentive Program, with Netflix’s God’s Favourite Idiot set to shoot in Nsw’s Northern Rivers.

Since the government topped up the incentive with $400 million last July, the program has attracted 11 productions, with the others Australian Survivor, The Tourist, Thirteen Lives, Escape From Spiderhead, Pieces of Her, Blacklight, Irreverent, Joe Exotic and Young Rock.

Created by Sarah Streicher and showrun by Amy B.

Netflix workplace comedy God’s Favorite Idiot, produced by and starring Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy, is set to shoot in Nsw’s Northern Rivers.

The 16-episode series is the latest recipient of the government’s Location Incentive Program, receiving a $10 million grant to head Down Under.

It follows mid-level tech support employee Clark Thompson (Falcone) who finds love with co-worker Amily Luck (McCarthy) at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God.

Announced supporting cast include Yanic Truesdale, Usman Ally, Ana Scotney, Chris Sandiford and Steve Mallory, with the latter also an EP. Falcone created the series, with Michael McDonald attached to direct.

McCarthy is familiar with Byron Bay, having recently starred in Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers, from Blossom Films/Made Up Stories.

Falcone and McCarthy, a husband and wife team, said: “To have the opportunity to safely film our show in a beautiful country...

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been an organization that has had noteworthy recognitions in its history, especially in the comedy categories and undoubtedly some questionable judgment calls. Oftentimes, we look to the international group to recognize films and performances that don’t get a worthwhile look from the Academy and other major awards bodies.

Josh Greenbaum’s “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” was released on PVOD on Feb. 12, and with the hilarious turns by Academy Award nominees Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, and a scene-stealing turn from Jamie Dornan, critics and audiences seem to be buzzing about it being the perfect movie during a pandemic. Unfortunately, the film is caught in a “Covid-awards loophole” under the current rules and guidelines for the Golden Globes and SAG Awards and is not eligible for either award in 2022.

The Lionsgate comedy was originally scheduled to be released theatrically on...

Just when this awards season was starting to look like one that might be almost bereft of surprises, a few nominations and some shortlists have thrown some wild cards into the mix. And that’s added a small note of uncertainty to a year that badly needed one.

Granted, nothing earthshaking came out of last week’s Golden Globes and SAG nominations or this week’s Oscar shortlists in nine different categories. The Best Picture front runners are still the ones we’ve known about since the fall: “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Nomadland” and a handful of others.

But in small ways, some weirdness entered the race over the past week and a half. If you’d have asked me on Tuesday morning which films would receive the most notice on the Oscar shortlists — which cover original score, original song, makeup and hairstyling and visual effects, along with international feature,...

Amanda Duthie will depart Sbs this week, where she has been acting as head of scripted since late 2019.

If understands Duthie will join Stan, though the streamer is yet to publicly confirm the role.

Duthie joins the Nine-owned platform as it ramps up its local commissions, having recently announced an ambitious plan to invest in more than 30 productions per year within five years.

On Stan’s upcoming slate is a second season of Roadshow Rough Diamond’s hit series Bump; Anthony Hayes’ feature film Gold, starring Zac Efron; Every Cloud Productions series Eden, and BBC co-production The Tourist, about to shoot in South Australia with stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Hugo Weaving.

While at Sbs, Duthie helped to steer its largest ever drama slate, including Goalpost Pictures’ New Gold Mountain and Aquarius Films’ The Unusual Suspects.

A spokesperson for the broadcaster told If: “Amanda has made...

The Golden Globes have sounded off with the first big take on the film year that has included anything but stability and normalcy. Netflix ruled the nominations day as expected with 22 nods for the film side, with David Fincher’s “Mank” leading with six. Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” was also right behind with five with Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman,” Florian Zeller’s “The Father” and Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” nabbing four apiece.

But what does it all mean to the larger Oscar conversation? Especially with the more important and telling SAG Awards announcing Thursday, could this all be a momentum builder or a “voter cooler” for would-be contenders seeking Academy recognition? With more than a month left until Oscar voting begins, this all could mean nothing in the grand scheme of awards recognition. Academy members have always marched to their own drum, and...

The Golden Globes last year was blasted for completely ignoring women in its Director category, and this year they made up for that with a record-breaking three of five nominees, and on top of that it nominated Sia’s weird directorial debut Music for Best Picture – Musical/Comedy, but more on that curio below.

Still, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s track record towards diversity in other areas, like representation of the Black filmmaking community, did nothing to improve itself with both Best Picture -Drama and Best Picture – Comedy/Musical categories including not a single film from a Black filmmaker this year despite a more bountiful list of possibilities than ever. The prestigious AFI Top 10 Movies list for instance included four: Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, One Night In Miami and Judas and the Black Messiah. None of those...

The Tourist has its star. Jamie Dornan (above) has been cast in the thriller series headed to HBO Max. Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, and Hugo Weaving will star alongside the actor in the new drama series set in Australia. Per Variety, production will start on the series soon, but a premiere date for The Tourist is not currently set.

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After breaking out in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, Jamie Dornan has made a concerted effort to take a wide variety of roles. He appeared in the biographical drama A Private War, went medieval with a new take on Robin Hood, dug into his Irish roots in an odd way with Wild Mountain Thyme, […]

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Jamie Dornan will play the lead role in Harry and Jack Williams’ The Tourist, a thriller Stan is touting as its “biggest series yet”.

The six-parter was originally co-commissioned by the streamer with the BBC. Announced today, HBO Max joins the production as the US partner, together with Zdf in Germany.

Dornan will play a British man who finds himself in Australian outback, being pursued by a truck trying to drive him off the road. Following a cat and mouse chase, the man later wakes in hospital hurt but alive. However, he has no idea who he is, and merciless figures from his past continue to pursue him.

Starring alongside will be Danielle MacDonald, to play Helen Chambers, a fledgling Probationary Constable; Shalom Brune-Franklin, as a waitress swept into the man’s journey for answers, and Hugo Weaving, starring as Agent Lachlan Rogers, one of the most highly regarded detective inspectors in Australia,...

Jamie Dornan will play an amnesic man being hunted by bad guys in The Tourist, a limited series being co-produced by HBO Max, BBC One and Australia’s Stan.

Penned by Harry and Jack Williams of Two Brothers Pictures, the six-episode limited series stars Dornan (you say Fifty Shades, I say Once Upon a Time) as a British man who finds himself in “the glowing red heart of the Australian outback,” pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat-and-mouse chase unfolds and the man later wakes in hospital, hurt but somehow alive...

Cast also includes Danielle Macdonald, Hugo Weaving, Shalom Brune-Franklin.

Jamie Dornan will lead the cast of BBC One’s upcoming thriller series The Tourist, which HBO Max has joined as US broadcaster.

The series will start production in Australia in 2021, produced by brothers Harry Williams and Jack Williams for their UK company Two Brothers Pictures, in association with Highview Productions, All3Media International and the South Australian Film Corporation.

BBC One commissioned six 60-minute episodes of The Tourist last year in association with Australian co-commissioning partner Stan. Zdf will broadcast the series in Germany.

Dornan stars a British man who finds...

Jamie Dornan has been cast as the lead of “The Tourist,” a limited series from BBC One and HBO Max.

Harry and Jack Williams are writing the series, which follows one man’s search for his identity. Along with Dornan, the six-episode show will star Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Hugo Weaving.

“The Tourist,” which will be filmed in Australia, centers on a British man (Dornan) who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat and mouse chase unfolds and the man later wakes in hospital, hurt, but somehow alive. Except he has no idea who he is. With merciless figures from The Man’s past pursuing him, his search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback.

Macdonald will play as Helen Chambers, a fledgling probationary constable,...

Jamie Dornan has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming limited series “The Tourist.” In addition, HBO Max has boarded the project and will co-produce along with Two Brothers Pictures as well as serve as the show’s streaming home in the U.S.

Alongside Dornan, the six-episode series will star Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, and Hugo Weaving. Filming is set to begin soon in Australia. The show was commissioned last year by BBC One, Stan, and Zdf. It hails from writers Harry and Jack Williams.

“Harry and Jack’s talents are as vast as the Australian outback, and this thriller will leave viewers on the edge of their seat piecing together the puzzle,” said Jeniffer Kim, senior vice president of international originals at HBO Max. “We are delighted to have Jamie, Danielle, Hugo and Shalom join the cast for this compelling addition to our slate of international original series.

Jamie Dornan (A Private War) has been tapped as the lead of The Tourist, the six-episode limited series from Fleabag production company Two Brothers Pictures.

HBO Max has come on board to co-produce and be the US streaming home for the mystery thriller, which also has cast Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin’), Shalom Brune-Franklin (Line of Duty) and Hugo Weaving (The Lord of The Rings).

Along with the WarnerMedia streamer, Germany’s Zdf also has joined The Tourist’s commissioning partners BBC One and Stan. The series, written by Two Brothers Pictures founders Harry and Jack Williams, will be filmed in Australia this year.

The Tourist, which is not related to the 2019 Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp film, centers on a British man (Dornan) who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback, being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. An epic cat-and-mouse chase unfolds,...