Netflix Hires Que Minh Luu to Head Originals in Australia

Tom Hanks has said he felt like a “canary in the coalmine” after he became one of the first high-profile figures to test positive for coronavirus.

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

However, shoppers who’ve spent thousands of dollars building up “mini supermarkets” in their homes are defending their behaviour by saying that stockpiling is very different to panic buying. "“I am not only a stockpiler, I also am a prepper,” one woman wrote on Facebook.

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).

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.

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Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Following news last week that Stage Mother, Thom Fitzgerald’s comedy starring Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu, had sold to Momentum Pictures for North America and Altitude for UK, sales agent Film Mode Entertainment has inked a series of further Cannes deals on the title.The pic has now gone to Australia and New Zealand (Madman), Italy (Eagle Pictures), Japan (Regents), Taiwan (Deepjov), Middle East (Eagle Films), and South Africa (African Entertainment

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.

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

Tom Grater International Film ReporterNetflix has appointed Que Minh Luu as Director, Local Originals for Australia. She is joining from broadcaster ABC and will be based in Sydney.The exec announced the news on twitter, thanking her former ABC colleagues and adding that she was “ready to get crackin’ on this streaming biz”.

Tommy Lee ended a radio interview abruptly earlier this week when the host asked him to rank his ex-lovers.The Motley Crue drummer was chatting with Australia’s Moonman in the Morning co-host Jess Eva on Thursday when she asked him which of his former girlfriends and wives was best in bed: “You are a hero to many men around the world because you’ve romanced some hotties in your time,” posited Eva, before asking: “Heather Locklear, Pamela Anderson, Naomi Campbell, Pink, out of all your loves, who

Rebel Wilson continued overeating as she was paid to maintain her larger frame for a film role.

and mental health.‘It’s not like I want to lose weight and get to around a certain number,’ she explained.‘It’s more than that, it’s about dealing mentally with why I was overeating.’‘I had a job where I was paid a lot of money to be bigger at times, which can kind of mess with your head a bit.’While lockdown has proved challenging at times with the closure of gyms and public workout spaces, Rebel told Australian breakfast TV show Sunrise on Monday that she has been loyal to her workout

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.