Asian Stereotypes to Be Challenged as Australian Hit Series ‘You Can’t Ask That’ Goes Wide in the Region

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentEstablishing itself as the most consistent buyers of top titles at Fantasia, Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired period horror feature “The Last Thing Mary Saw” ahead of its Aug. 15 world premiere at the Canadian genre fest.Directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, “The Last Thing Mary Saw” will be released by Shudder in the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 2022.

343 Industries‘ long-awaited Xbox shooter Halo Infinite still doesn’t have a firm release date, the game’s recent certification in Australia could hint it will still see release during 2021.As spotted by VGC, the Australian Classification board rated Halo Infinite ‘M’ for mature on August 10, citing “violence, online interactivity, and in-game purchases”.

Thomas Markle Jr. isn’t very fond of his half-sister, Meghan Markle.

IMDb TV has picked up the first season of Australian drama series Troppo, based on Candice Fox’s bestselling novel Crimson Lake, starring and executive produced by Thomas Jane (The Expanse The Vanished) via his Renegade Entertainment. The upcoming series comes from EQ Media Group, Beyond Entertainment and AGC Television, the television production and distribution division of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios. Production is currently underway in Australia.

Meghan Markle celebrated turning 40 on Wednesday by launching a women's mentorship initiative called 40x40. In a video message, the Duchess of Sussex asked mentors to donate 40 minutes of their time to help a woman get back into the workforce after the pandemic.

Cocktail star Bryan Brown and War & Peace’s Greta Scacchi are to play two strangers trekking on the road in the Australian outback in a new Australian drama series.

Home and Away star Lynne McGranger has revealed the strict Covid measures the soap has taken to be able to keep the cameras rolling during Australia's strict lockdown. Most of the country is now back under restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus, including Sydney where Lynne lives, but the Irene Roberts star explained how she and the cast were managing to stay at work.

popular ITV show were trying to arrange it so that the show could return to its natural home in Australia this season. But sources have conceded that this will once again be "too tricky" so the show will return to Gwrych Castle - as Mirror Online reports.

Afterpay offers a “buy now, pay later” credit option that allows users to purchase a product immediately and then pay for it later in four equal payments, an option that became increasingly popular during the pandemic. The sale will see Square adopt that option while Afterpay will gain a bigger foothold in the U.S.

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Showtime has headed down under for its latest drama series acquisition.

A wealthy Australian entrepreneur has revealed a plan to spend around $350,000 (£190,000) on his ultimate petrolhead funeral, so that when he is eventually laid to rest he will be alongside the love of his life - a rare sports car previously owned by Richard Hammond. Philip Allen told Retromotive magazine that he has already looked into the full cost of being buried with his Morgan Aeromax, of which only 100 were ever made, including his example first owned by the former Top Gear host.

Parcels have shared a special live performance of their latest single ‘Free’, which was filmed in the tiny town of Silverton in New South Wales, Australia.The five-piece first shared the track last month, marking the release of their first new original material since 2018.Parcels headed to Silverton, which lies in the traditional lands of the aboriginal tribal group the Wilyakali (or Wiljaali) and has a population of just 50 people, for the performance, which took place outside the Silverton

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