NXIVM Survivor Bonnie Piesse Will Reprise Her ‘Star Wars’ Role in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series

In today’s Global Bulletin, “Minari” star Han Yeri signs with Echo Lake Entertainment in the U.S.; Beijing and Cairo announce hopeful in-person festival details; AMC Plus snags Berlin-set Cold War drama “Spy City”; Cineflix Rights will distribute Israeli cop drama “Manayek”; Deepika Padukone steps down as head of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image; Australia’s Screenwest unveils Rikki Lea Bestall as its new CEO; “The Last Five Years” gets a West End run; Harry Collet to star in mental health

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading producers Tony Ayres and Belinda Chayko have assembled an extraordinary Australian cast for Fires, a drama series that presents personal tales from the front lines of the country’s recent catastrophic fire season.The series, which is now shooting in Victoria state is produced by NBCUniversal -backed Tony Ayres Productions and Matchbox Pictures. Australian Broadcasting Corporation is on board as local broadcaster.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian drama series Fires has put together its cast.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian drama series Fires has put together its cast.

Having recently wrapped a four-year stint living in Los Angeles, Josh Thomas is still trying to get comfortable in the colorful Melbourne home that he returned to earlier in 2021. The 33-year-old Australian creator and star of family dramedy Everything's Gonna Be Okay (season two premieres April 8 on Freeform and Hulu) is pulling American workdays on a 17-hour time difference — and it's starting to take a toll.

Christopher Vourlias Australia’s Goalpost Pictures and South Africa’s Quizzical Pictures are teaming up on the crime series “Detective Cooper” for South African broadcaster M-Net, marking the first TV co-production between the two countries.The series will be adapted from the book “A Beautiful Place to Die,” part of the multi-award-winning Detective Emmanuel Cooper book series by Australian-South African writer Malla Nunn (pictured).

Queen Elizabeth II has made her first public appearance of the year.

Queen Elizabeth made her first appearance in 2021.

Marvel movie Thor: Love And Thunder.The forthcoming film is set to be released in May 2022, starring Chris Hemsworth as the titular character alongside Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman and Christian Bale.The Taika Waititi-directed film has now officially added Crowe to its cast list, with Deadline reporting that producers had been hoping to keep the A Beautiful Mind actor’s role under wraps.However, following the recent emergence of photos from Australia which showed Crowe hanging out with

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Russell Crowe has joined the cast of Marvel’s Thor: Love And Thunder joining Chris Hemsworth, who is reprising his role as the God of Thunder, Natalie Portman and Christian Bale, who will be playing the villain. The role is being kept under wraps and the hope was to surprise fans with this fun cameo when the film was released but following recent photos of Crowe hanging out with the cast all over Australia, Deadline has confirmed he is in the movie.

NXIVM, has been cast in the Disney+ original series , starring Ewan McGregor as the Jedi Master. The Australian actress and singer-songwriter most recently appeared on TV in the HBO docuseries , which chronicled her escape from NXIVM and her attempts to get others out while exposing founder Keith Raniere’s personal development company as a pyramid scheme and cult.  Prior to being associated with NXIVM, Piesse was most famous for being part of the film franchise.

Brandi Glanville got very vulnerable on Twitter after fans started wondering why her appearance seemed different during her March 24 appearance on Australia’s The Morning Show. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 48, took to social media on March 25 and posted a photo of her face, which appeared to have suffered severe burns. Along with the image, Brandi also shared what happened to cause the intense skin reaction.

EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Game of Thrones alum Alexander Siddig has been tapped to star opposite Charlie Hunnam in Apple’s sweeping international drama series Shantaram, based on Gregory David Roberts’ bestselling novel. It hails from Anonymous Content and Paramount Television Studios.

Hulu is growing its adult animation slate with an eight-episode order to Koala Man, a family comedy about a powerless superhero in an Australian suburb created by and starring Aussie animator Michael Cusack and executive produced by Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland and Pokémon Detective Pikachu co-writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit. 20th Television Animation is the studio.