Hulu Buys U.S. Rights to Miranda Otto-Led Comedy Heist Drama ‘The Unusual Suspects’ (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: Audible is launching a Cold War-era scripted comedy podcast series from Paul Young’s Make Good Content.

A HarperCollins book out later this month from an award-winning Australian journalist claims the US funded the Wuhan, China lab suspected of being the source of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films has boarded “Blaze,” the feature directorial debut of award-winning Australian painter Del Kathryn Barton, which stars Simon Baker (“High Ground”) and Julia Savage (“Sweet Tooth”).Now in post-production, the film stars Savage as Blaze, a teenager who is the sole witness to a shocking crime. Struggling to make sense of what she saw, she unleashes the wrath of a dragon coming from her wild imagination.

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentTVNow, RTL Deutschland’s streaming service, high-flying Berlin-based production house X Filme Creative Pool and production-distribution powerhouse Beta Film are partnering on what looks like one of the biggest German drama series productions of 2021: “House of Promises.”Beta Film is handling world sales and will present first moving images of the series at October’s Mipcom trade fair in Cannes, it said Friday.Described by Beta Film as a “high-end”

BERLIN -- German prosecutors said Thursday that they have filed charges against six suspects in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in 2019, accusing them of organized robbery and arson.The men, German nationals aged 22 to 27, are accused of breaking into the eastern city's Green Vault Museum on Nov.

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based distributor Dekanalog has added two foreign-language titels to its slate.

Angelique Jackson Former football star Ricky Williams is telling his story with a new biopic, titled “Ricky Williams in Australia,” produced by Modern Magic.Williams will co-write the movie — which explores the former NFL star’s life and year of sabbatical in Australia — with Modern Magic co-founder and Academy Award-winner Rodney Rothman.

Jamie Lang Keshet International (KI) has closed its first international pre-sale for ZDF and Viaplay’s upcoming nationalist domestic terrorism thriller “Furia” to Australian broadcaster SBS, announcing the sale on the occasion of the show’s world premiere at Lille’s Series Mania.“Furia (“The Furies”)” was inspired by, but not based on, real events of domestic terrorism in Norway and across Europe, most notably the 2011 attacks carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik.The

trolls online who branded her a "cheap ass" for freezing a discounted cake she bought for her daughter's birthday. The mum, who was chuffed with her purchase, took to social media to flaunt her bargain but was targeted by trolls.

Annika Pham International sales and aggregation outfit LevelK has picked up darkly funny feature “The Cake Dynasty,” toplining Anders Thomas Jensen regular Nicolas Bro (“Riders of Justice,” “Adam’s Apples”).

@abcnews pic.twitter.com/D1dWfjOYhMThe clip was later posted to Twitter, where it went viral. “ABC’s satanic slip-up.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock is heading down under for its latest straight-to-series order.

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Jamie Lang Netflix has unveiled that actors Miguel Ángel Silvestre (“Sky Rojo”), Patrick Criado (“Riot Police”) and José Manuel Seda (“23-F: la película”) will appear in the fifth and final season of its hit Spanish series “Money Heist,” (“La Casa de Papel”) launching globally on Sept.

Melissa McCarthy, 50, shared a playful moment she had on the set of her Hulu show, Nine Perfect Strangers, with Nicole Kidman, 54, in her latest Instagram post. The comedic actress took a playful air swing at the Australian while standing outside on a dirt road and surrounded by trees before she did an air kick to fight back.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorFreeform has canceled the Josh Thomas comedy “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay” after two seasons.The quirky Australian auteur starred as a young man who is suddenly tasked with raising his two half-sisters after the death of their father. Thomas confirmed Tuesday in a tweet that the series would not be back for a third season.“Freeform has been a dream to work with — so cool and open and sincerely progressive,” Thomas wrote.

Still Game's Ford Kiernan thanked a Canadian fan for buying his and Greg Hemphill's Jack and Victor whisky despite the huge cost of additional taxes. Ford and Greg recently made their show themed whisky bottles available to fans and whisky drinkers living in the UK, certain US states, Canada, Ireland, Australia and beyond.