Netflix Hires Director Of Originals In Australia

What’s the story?The series follows main character Sofie, as an Australian citizen struggling with mental health issues who is detained after fleeing a cult.As with many Netflix series, this is based on a true story.Stateless loosely chronicles the life of Cornelia Rau, an Australian-German woman who, fifteen years ago, was unlawfully detained for a period of ten months between 2004 and 2005 as part of the Australian Government's mandatory detention program.Like her on-screen version, Rau was

Gogglebox Australia's Anastasia has taken to social media to share a very emotional post - letting fans know she's been mourning the death of her sister in law who passed away from breast cancer a few weeks ago. "It’s taken me a while to process that you are gone.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorAustralian producer and distributor Beyond International has taken full control of 7Beyond, the LA-based producer that it ran as a joint venture with broadcaster Seven Network.Beyond International has acquired Seven Network’s 50.98% stake in 7Beyond, which makes shows including HGTV’s My Lottery Dream Home and Food Network’s Holiday Gingerbread Showdown.

drowned Wednesday while he was spearfishing in an artificial reef on Australia's Gold Coast. He was 32 years old.A nearby snorkeler first noticed Pullin's body the morning of the incident and reported it to local authorities.

Stateless (now streaming) that I just can't get out of my head. It's said by Ameer (Fayssal Bazzi), an Afghani refugee seeking Australian protection visas for both himself and his young daughter, Mina (Soraya Heidari).

Naman Ramachandran Welsh actor Luke Evans (“Midway”) has revealed details of Hulu’s quarantine plans for the Australia shoot of limited series “Nine Perfect Strangers.”“We all have to be quarantined in a hotel room,” said Evans in an interview for the July 14 episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”“I can’t see anyone for two weeks. I have to be tested every other day.

Like a cockroach, or a cat with nine lives, Kieran has survived nomination after nomination (six so far, to be exact) and in a recent interview with Nick, Jess and Ducko on Hit 106.9 Newcastle, Marissa reveals his survival streak may continue.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticNetflix’s new acquisition “Stateless” gets to its subject only circuitously. We meet Sofie (Yvonne Strahovski) as she’s running through the Australian desert trying to escape from something, then zoom back in time to see her as a polished flight attendant whose attempts at escape are somewhat less literal.

Stateless.Inspired by myriad real-life stories — including the high-profile story of Cornelia Rau — about the mistreatment of asylum seekers in an Australian detention center, the trailer for the series, which is co-created by and stars Cate Blanchett, strangely presents it as about the plight of a single white woman (Yvonne Strahovski) who is mistakenly detained.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix has tapped marketing veteran Bozoma Saint John, a former senior exec at Apple, Uber and most recently Endeavor, as its new CMO.Saint John replaces Jackie Lee-Joe, the one-time CMO of BBC Studios, who had only been at Netflix for 10 months.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has appointed Bozoma “Boz” Saint John to be its new Chief Marketing Officer. She leaves Endeavor, where she has served as CMO since 2018.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorBest known for playing Captain Boomerang in “Suicide Squad,” Jai Courtney first gained attention in 2010 portraying Varro on Starz’s “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.” Since then, the Aussie actor has appeared in “Jack Reacher” and “A Good Day to Die Hard,” followed by “Divergent” and its sequel, “Insurgent.” He’ll next be seen in “Stateless” as Cam Sanford, a guard at an immigration detention center in the Australian desert.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Nut Job writer-director Peter Lepeniotis is joining US-Canada-Australia co-production Nullaboo Hullabaloo.Lepeniotis will write and direct the animated film, which is being produced by Jay Ahn of Astro-Nomical Ent alongside Tristan Barr and David Gim of Continuance Pictures.Fleur Ferris’s children’s book, which was released in 2019, follows Janomi, a fairy that is forbidden to talk to humans.

Yvonne Strahovski looks confused as to where she is in this still from her new Netflix show, Stateless.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefGlobal streaming giant Netflix has hired Que Minh Luu as its director of local originals for Australia. She was previously an executive producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.The move is understood to signal a greater commitment by Netflix to commissioning more local content from Australia.

If 2020 manages to match a feature film debut as electrifying, devastating, hilarious, and original as Shannon Murphy’s “Babyteeth,” it will mark one of the strongest years in breakout director discoveries in recent memory. However, it seems highly unlikely.

Carole Horst Although born in the U.S., Toby Wallace grew up in Australia. He’s made a splash in films such as the critically acclaimed “Boys in the Trees” and TV series “Romper Stomper.” He can been seen on Netflix’s hit supernatural thriller series “The Society,” playing the evil teen Campbell Eliot.