Just hours ahead of its season one finale on FX, Mr Inbetween, the new Aussie drama series from Scott Ryan and Nash Edgerton, has been renewed for a second season. Season 2 will premiere in 2019, broadcasting day-and-date on FX in the U.S. and Foxtel in Australia. Mr Inbetween is written by Ryan and Edgerton, who also…

The Crown's Harriet Walter and Mr Selfridge's Frances O'Connor are set to star in The End, a family drama for Sky and Australia's Foxtel. It is produced by The King's Speech and Top of the Lake indie See-Saw. The show, which will air in 2019, is about three generations of a family with separate but intersecting…

Australian comedian and performer Tim Minchin, who is set to star as Friar Tuck in Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment's Robin Hood: Origins, is fronting a piano-moving road-trip comedy drama for the UK's Sky and Australia's Foxtel. Minchin stars in Upright, an eight-part series about two misfits, thrown together by chance…

FX has ordered a six-episode first season of Mr Inbetween, a half-hour drama series from Scott Ryan and Nash Edgerton, inspired by Ryan’s 2005 cult film The Magician, for premiere on FX and Foxtel in Australia this fall. FX and Foxtel have commissioned a writers room for a second season. Created by and starring Ryan…

Foxtel has cast numerous roles in Picnic at Hanging Rock, its 21st century re-imagining of Joan Lindsay’s literary classic. Game of Thrones‘ Natalie Dormer will star as English headmistress Mrs Hester Appleyard in the project produced by FremantleMedia Australia and co-financed by Screen Australia and Film…

Game of Thrones alumna Natalie Dormer has been tapped to star in Picnic At Hanging Rock, a drama series based on Joan Lindsay’s classic novel, from FremantleMedia Australia. Production is scheduled to get underway later this month in Victoria, with premiere set for later this year on Australia’s Foxtel. The six-part…

Australia's Foxtel has greenlit a drama series based on the classic novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic At Hanging Rock. FremantleMedia Australia will produce it as a re-imagining of the book which Peter Weir turned into a 1975 Bafta-winning feature. Eyed as a six-part event series, with investment from Screen Australia, it…

In an effort to drive box office of its films outside China, the Chinese government is said to be lining up incentives for Middle Kingdom pictures which perform above a certain threshold overseas. Reports in local media today say the word comes in a circular from a special film industry commission under the auspices…

BBC Programming Heads Down Under With Foxtel Australia's Foxtel is getting a burst of BBC programming beginning in August. The BBC First channel will be the new home of premium British drama and comedy in Oz, grouping a bevy of shows together in one place for the first time. Launch titles include recent British hits Th…

‘War Witch’ Actress Granted Visa For Oscars Rachel Mwanza, who won best actress prizes in Berlin and Tribeca last year for her lead performance in War Witch, has been granted a visa to travel from Congo to North America in order to attend the Oscars on Sunday and other awards shows. War Witch is nominated for a Best…

‘Pulp’ Director Lines Up ‘Anomaly’ Adam Hamdy, who co-directed Brit indie Pulp, the first feature to premiere on the Xbox platform, has inked a deal for his next film. He'll write and direct sci-fi thriller Anomaly for L.A.-based production firm Alexander Content and UK-based Dare Productions. Principal photography is…

Australia’s Foxtel Rejigs Packages And Pricing Responding to subscriber complaints that it had reduced its movie channels on January 1 without reducing fees, News Corp.-controlled Foxtel has unveiled new packaging and pricing. More than 1,000 viewers complained on the paybox's Facebook page after it axed seven…