Stan, Australia’s leading regional streaming service and incomparable home of initial productions, revealed 25 Stan Originals throughout tv, movie and documentaries throughout an intimate Stan Originals Showcase held at the renowned Sydney Opera House. Today’s slate statement shows the quality and depth of Australian stories, with fresh commissions Critical Incident, Watching You and Sunny Nights, also Good Cop/Bad Cop starring leading Hollywood stars Leighton Meester and Clancy Brown. The slate likewise sees the return of much-loved fan-favourites, consisting of the blockbuster Black Snow with the return of Travis Fimmel, seasonal crowd-favourite Bump, Poker Face with Natasha Lyonne, Ten Pound Poms with Michelle Keegan and Scrublands. L to R, T to B: Stan Original Series Invisible Boys, Critical Incident, Exposure, Thou Shalt Not Steal Four brand name brand-new Original Documentaries, were revealed, consisting of Trailblazers, the transformational journey of Australian ladies’s football and 3 documentaries from Stan’s investigatory Revealed slate; Revealed: Bribe, Inc., revealing international corruption in the oil market, Revealed: KillJoy, the story of a household murder and Revealed: Malka Leifer, a painful abuse scandal in Melbourne. The Revealed slate is a cooperation with Australia’s leading documentary filmmakers, consisting of Nine’s acclaimed reporters, from 60 Minutes, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Alice Englert, Essie Davis and Thomas Weatherill will star in the strong Stan Original Series, Exposure, a raw mental thriller that follows a professional photographer who goes back to her home town after the death of her pal. The LGBTQIA+ Stan Original Series, Invisible Boys, presently recording in Western Australia will see emerging Australian Joseph Zada, Aydan Calafiore, Zach Blampied and Joe Klocek, along with Pia Miranda and David Lyons. Considering that launch, Stan has actually commissioned over 90 Originals throughout drama, truth, funny, functions and documentary. The leading industrial commissioner of Australian drama titles in FY23, Stan has actually tripled its Australian material over the previous 3 years and commissioned more Australian scripted material than any other banner or business broadcaster in FY23. Stan Chief Executive Officer Martin Kugeler stated: “Stan is incredibly well placed in a developing SVOD landscape, with a plainly distinguished technique concentrating on successful development.” “Our substantial financial investment in Australian premium Stan Originals is a crucial part of our success and we continue to get worldwide hits like Yellowstone and The Walking Dead for Australian audiences.” “This year, for the very first time, we will likewise stream the Olympic and Paralympic Games live and on-demand on Stan.” “The breadth and depth of our premium special material, and the method which we market them, supported by the reach of the Nine Group, permits us to take on worldwide banners and strengthens our position as one of the most effective single area SVOD banners on the planet.” Stan Chief Content Officer Cailah Scobie stated: “Stan has actually constantly promoted extraordinary storytelling and premium Australian material throughout all categories, and this first-rate slate of 25 titles exhibits this.” “We stay unfaltering in our dedication to promoting fresh and recognized creatives, and raising Australian storytelling through our cooperations with the very best regional and global skill.” “While our focus is constantly on Australian audiences, Stan continues to display our initial productions on an international phase through our worldwide collaborations with the world’s greatest studios and suppliers.” “Stan Originals get in touch with Australians, and with this varied and substantial line-up, we continue to provide what audiences have actually informed us they desire on their screens.” Stan Head of Originals Amanda Duthie stated: “Curating, establishing and commissioning a slate of such varied greatness counts on the bold, enthusiasm and massive will of a series of screen creatives. Thankfully for Stan, this remains in abundance with all our partners.” “The Stan Originals slate supports the strong and the courageous, drawing throughout skilled and brand-new skill, and diving into screen stories — documentaries, functions and series — that do not inform us what we believe we understand, however what we require to understand.” These brand name brand-new productions sign up with an existing suite of Stan Originals still to best, consisting of funny criminal offense thriller Population 11 starring Ben Feldman premiering Thursday, all episodes simultaneously. A co-production with SKY, the Stan Original Series The Tattooist of Auschwitz, premieres May 2, and stars Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey, Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak and Jonas Nay. Household function Windcatcher starring Jessica Mauboy in her very first movie function in twelve years premieres March 28. Premiering on Stan will be mental thriller The Surfer led by Hollywood star and Academy Award ® winner Nicolas Cage, and roadway journey series Thou Shalt Not Steal from director and co-creator Dylan River. Stan continues to partner with Hollywood studios and the world’s most significant worldwide suppliers consisting of All3Media, AMC, Banijay, BBC, Fremantle, ITV, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros Discovery to bring special premium material from around the globe to Australian audiences. Together with the existing slate of international drama, Stan reveals it is the unique home of a slate of brand name brand-new acquisitions, consisting of action-packed thriller Nightsleeper, a high-octane series following the hacking of a train from Fremantle, Joan starring Sophie Turner as real-life criminal mastermind Joan Hannington from All3Media, history-bending drama series Spartacus: House of Ashur, a follow up series from STARZ/Lionsgate showing up more than a years after the initial series’ conclusion, Red Eye from Sony Pictures Television, a high-octane thriller set on a red-eye flight with Richard Armitage and Jing Lusi in lead functions, and thriller drama Hunting Wives from Lionsgate, based upon the successful book. Stan is likewise the home of 3 brand name brand-new series in the Walking Dead Universe– Dead City, Daryl Dixon and The Ones Who Live, with Dead City and Daryl Dixon currently verified for a 2nd season. Other highlights from Stan’s unique slate consist of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, in addition to returning favourites such as Hacks, All American, Sullivan’s Crossing, Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars, Bel Air, From, Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book IV: Force and Twisted Metal. And this November, the last season of the international phenomenon Yellowstone starring Oscar ®- winner Kevin Costner will premiere specifically on Stan, seeing the conclusion of a series that rapidly ended up being an around the world hit and the # 1 drama on U.S. cable tv. Stan Originals SCRIPTED: NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS Stan reveals 5 brand-new Stan Originals. CRITICAL INCIDENT From developer Sarah Bassiuoni, mental drama series Critical Incident follows a policeman who, in pursuit of a teenage suspect onto a hectic train platform, knocks a spectator onto the train tracks, seriously hurting him. As an extreme examination begins, the lives of the pursued and the pursuer are tossed into chaos. Premiering in 2024 and starring Akshay Khanna, Zoë Boe, Roxie Mohebbi, Hunter Page-Lochard, Jai Waetford, Jackson Heywood and Zindzi Okenyo, with Simone Kessell and Erik Thomson. Directed by Neil Sharma and Daniel Nettheim, the series is produced by Matchbox Pictures, which belongs to Universal International Studios, a department of Universal Studio Group. Significant production financial investment from Screen Australia and Stan. Funded with assistance from Screen NSW. International sales by All3Media International. Post, digital and visual impacts supported by Screen NSW. Established with support of Screen Australia. BRIGHT NIGHTS Starting production in 2024, darkly-comedic series Sunny Nights has to do with how a bit of sun, a modification of landscapes, and a touch of violent criminal offense can assist an individual discover their real self. The series follows 2 brother or sisters who venture to Sydney identified to grow their having a hard time spray tan company, however when they get captured up in the city’s criminal underworld, they should find out how to survive, out of jail, and in the black. Directed by Trent O’Donnell, with authors Marieke Hardy, Lally Katz, Clare Sladden, Niki Aken, Ty Freer and Nick Keetch. A Jungle Entertainment and Echo Lake Entertainment Production, with significant production financial investment from Stan in association with Screen Australia. Extra financing offered by Screen NSW through the Made in NSW Fund. International sales by Cineflix and Echo Lake Entertainment. ENJOYING YOU Based on J.P Pomare’s unique The Last Guests, the Stan Original Series Watching You is a gripping mental thriller. After her enthusiastic casual sex is caught by surprise electronic cameras, Lina sets out to unmask a perilous voyeur who threatens to ruin her life. Viewing You is adjusted for tv by developers Alexei Mizin and Ryan van Dijk and produced by Lingo Pictures’ Jason Stephens and executive produced by Lingo Pictures’ Helen Bowden. Produced in association with ITV Studios, who will handle worldwide circulation. GREAT COP/ BAD COP Stan continues its worldwide partnership with worldwide material leaders, with comical procedural series Good Cop/ Bad Cop co-commissioned with The CW and Roku and starring Leighton Meester ( Gossip Girl) and Clancy Brown ( Dexter: New Blood). The series follows Lou (Meester) and Henry, a sis and bro investigator group in a little Pacific Northwest police who should compete with vibrant locals, a severe absence of resources, and their really complex vibrant with each other and their authorities chief, Big Hank (Brown)– who occurs to be their dad. From Will & Grace author John Quaintance, with Stan Original Series Population 11 developer Phil Lloyd as co-executive manufacturer, production for the eight-part series is because of begin this year in Queensland. Director and Executive Producer Trent O’Donnell will establish the series, together with Natalie Bailey, Gracie Otto and Corrie Chen. Signing Up With John Quaintance and Phil Lloyd are authors Steve Joe, Julie de Fina, Steve Toltz, Clare Sladden and Sarinah Masukor. A Jungle Entertainment and Future Shack Entertainment, supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy. Excellent Cop/ Bad Cop is produced in association with and dispersed by ITV Studios. NUGGET (Working Title) Stan continues its slate of homegrown Christmas productions in 2024, with the Stan Original Film Nugget going into production later on this year. When her cherished household pet Nugget falls ill over Christmas, a city skin doctor need to return home to challenge both her inefficient household, and the death of the one relative that brings them entirely. Principal production financing from Screen NSW. Shot and post produced in NSW with the help of Screen NSW. Directed by Imogen McCluskey, produced by Naomi Just, executive produced by Rob Gibson and Ian Collie, and composed by Vic Zerbst and Jenna Owen. Stan reveals the cast of 2 brand-new Stan Originals. Direct Exposure Alice Englert, Essie Davis, Mia Artemis, Thomas Weatherall, and Sean Keenan lead the cast of the Stan Original Series Exposure. A mental thriller recorded in Sydney and Port Kembla, Exposure follows a professional photographer going back to her home town after the death of her buddy, who finds the concealed tricks of their relationship and the fact of the disaster. Produced by film writer Lucy Coleman ( Hot Mess) and directed by Bonnie Moir ( Love Me), Exposure is produced through Thirdborn by executive manufacturers Nicole O’Donohue, with Shaun Grant and Justin Kurzel. Significant production financial investment from Screen Australia and Stan. Funded with assistance from Screen NSW. International sales by All3Media International. Post, digital and visual impacts supported by Screen NSW. UNNOTICEABLE BOYS From Logie and AACTA acclaimed creator/director Nicholas Verso, the Stan Original Series Invisible Boys will finish production this month in Perth and Geraldton, WA. Based upon Holden Sheppard’s multi-award winning LGBTQIA+ unique, Invisible Boys is a 10-episode LGBTQIA+ drama starring Joseph Zada, Aydan Calafiore, Zach Blampied, Joe Klocek, Pia Miranda and David Lyons, produced by Tania Chambers for Feisty Dame Productions and Nicholas Verso for Asphodel Films. Significant production financial investment from Screen Australia in association with Stan. Funded with assistance from Screenwest, Lotterywest, and the WA Regional Screen Fund. Dispersed worldwide by Banijay Rights. Established with help of Screen Australia. Stan Originals SCRIPTED RETURNING SERIES Five breakout Originals returning, special to Stan. BLACK SNOW S2 With production beginning in Queensland, the 2nd season of the Stan Original Series Black Snow, produced by Goalpost Pictures, will see Travis Fimmel repeat his function as Detective Cormack, as he takes on 2 different missing out on individuals cases. One is expert, as he examines the disappearance of Zoe Jacobs, who vanished from her own 21st birthday celebration in 2003. And the other is individual, as Cormack searches frantically for his own more youthful sibling, who went missing out on when they were kids. After a smash-hit very first season, Director Sian Davies, Executive Producer Rosemary Blight and Series Creator Lucas Taylor go back to the series and Helena Brooks signs up with as Director. Black Snow season 2 is produced in association with All3Media International and Sundance Now and with financial backing from Screen Queensland, Screen NSW and City of Gold Coast. BUMP S5 Australia’s preferred household will return, with the Stan Original Series Bump verified for a 5th season. Among Stan’s a lot of precious Originals considering that 2021, Nathalie Morris, Carlos Sanson Jr, Claudia Karvan and Angus Sampson will repeat their functions. Produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond and its creators Dan Edwards and John Edwards, in addition to co-creators Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro. Funded with assistance from Screen NSW. ITV is handling global sales. SCRUBLANDS S2 After an unbelievable launch on Stan in November 2023, the Stan Original Series Scrublands is returning. In this adjustment of Chris Hammer’s very popular 2nd unique Silver, to be shot in Western Australia, Martin Scarsden has actually gone back to his seaside home town, Port Silver, to establish a brand-new life with partner Mandy Bond. When he gets here to discover his youth pal Jasper extremely killed and Mandy the prime suspect, Martin makes it his responsibility to discover the genuine killer and discharge Mandy. While doing so, he challenges covert facts about Port Silver and his own long buried past. Directed by Ben Young, with authors Felicity Packard, Jock Serong and Fiona Kelly. Co-commissioned by Stan and the 9Network, from Easy Tiger and Third Act Stories, produced by Ian Collie, Rob Gibson, Martha Coleman and Felicity Packard. Executive Producers Michael Healy and Andy Ryan from the 9Network and Cailah Scobie and Alicia Brown for Stan. Significant production financial investment from Screenwest, Lotterywest and the WA Regional Screen Fund. Established and Produced with the support of Screenwest and Lotterywest. International sales are dealt with by Abacus Media Rights. POKER FACE S2 After a star-studded, addicting very first season, Rian Johnson’s Stan Original Series Poker Face will return. Starring Natasha Lyonne, the mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie Cale, who has an amazing capability to figure out when somebody is lying. She strikes the roadway with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop experiences a brand-new cast of characters and odd criminal offenses she can’t assist however resolve. The very first season included an all-star visitor cast consisting of Adrien Brody, Chloë Sevigny, Benjamin Bratt and Nick Nolte. 10 POUND POMS S2 The blockbuster Stan Original Series Ten Pound Poms will return for a 2nd series, with Michelle Keegan, Warren Brown and Faye Marsay all set to repeat their functions along with Australian stars Rob Collins, Leon Ford and Stephen Curry. A co-production in between Stan and the BBC, Ten Pound Poms is produced by Eleven and composed and produced by the BAFTA acclaimed Danny Brocklehurst, who likewise executive produces. Signing up with Danny on the composing group is Australia’s Ryan Griffen along with Smita Bhide. Season 2 is directed by Australia’s Ana Kokkinos and the UK’s Tom McKay. The series is supported by Screen NSW through the Made in NSW Fund. Stan Originals UNSCRIPTED DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER The Stan Original Series Drag Race Down Under will return later on this year for a 4th season, with global icon Michelle Visage verified as the brand-new host. Revealed is the return of Aussie comic Rhys Nicholson, who will be signed up with on the primary phase by Down Under’s flashing drag royalty. This is the very first time Down Under queens have actually been employed for their proficiency to judge and coach a brand-new cast of strong regional queens all contending to be Down Under’s next Drag Race Superstar. A World of Wonder production in partnership with Warner Bros. NZ for Stan Originals in Australia, WOW Presents Plus all over else. Pioneers Showcasing the transformational journey of the Matildas, Australia’s precious nationwide Women’s Football group, the Stan Original Documentary Trailblazers will premiere on Stan ahead of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Developed by an all-female production group, the Stan Original Documentary Trailblazers includes previous Matildas legends consisting of very first captain Julie Dolan, and present stars: Captain Sam Kerr, Vice-Captain Steph Catley, Mary Fowler, Ellie Carpenter, Teagan Micah, Melissa Barbieri, Kate Gill and Moya Dodd. Pioneers likewise includes contributions from ex Socceroos Captain and Stan Sport analyst Craig Foster, Coach Tommy Sermanni and the very first Indigenous female gamer Karen Menzies. Trailblazers is a Savage Films, Milestone Films and LM Films Production. Principal Production Funding from Mecca. M-Power in association with Screen Australia and VicScreen. Established with the help of VicScreen. Stan likewise reveals 3 brand name brand-new Original Documentaries in its investigatory Revealed slate. REVEALED: BRIBE, INC. Extremely well-known The Age and 60 Minutes reporter Nick McKenzie reveals international corruption in the oil market in the Stan Original Documentary Revealed: Bribe, Inc. Analyzing Monaco-based service Unaoil’s worldwide bribery scandal and solely including the whistleblower who brought the criminal offenses into the open, Bribe, Inc. information the business’s adventurous corruption and resulting extensive damage, examining a multitude of multi-million dollar allurements paid on behalf of a few of the most significant business worldwide. An Australian Canadian cooperation, produced by 1441 Productions, directed by Peter Klein, composed and produced by Peter Klein and Calyn Shaw. REVEALED: KILLJOY The story of a household murder, Revealed: KillJoy provides the special view of household violence from the point of view of the kid. Kathryn Joy, whose dad eliminated their mom when they were 3 months old, start a journey to discover their mom’s buried story. Produced by Lisa Albert, with associate manufacturers Kathryn Joy and Jess Hill (See What You Made Me Do). Job Advisor Ivan O’Mahoney (Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra, Folau). Directed by Vincenzo Lamberti (Intervention: Stories from the Inside). A Fringe Dweller Films production for Stan. Principal production financing from Screen Australia in association with The Post Lounge, VicScreen and Shark Island Foundation. Established with support from Shark Island Foundation, VicScreen and Screen Australia. REVEALED: MALKA LEIFER Revealed: Malka Leifer checks out a traumatic abuse scandal in Melbourne. After years of offensive abuse at the hands of their headmistress, 3 sis near completion of a mission for justice twenty years in the making. Raised in a separated ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhood, concealed in plain sight in Melbourne’s southeast, the sis are lastly set to face their tormentor in court. It marks the conclusion of a legend of betrayal, conspiracy, worldwide intrigue and deep injury that has actually taken a big individual toll. Will the sis get justice and if so, at what cost? Principal production financing from Screen Australia in association with Stan. Funded with assistance from Screen NSW, VicScreen and philanthropy by means of Documentary Australia. The movie is produced by Ivan O’Mahoney for In Films, Joel Pearlman and Edwina Waddy Roadshow Films, and directed by Adam Kamien, in association with Fremantle, who will likewise manage global circulation of the series. Stan Originals STILL TO PREMIERE POPULATION 11 Premiering Thursday, American star and executive manufacturer Ben Feldman leads the Stan Original Series Population 11, a funny criminal offense thriller recorded in Western Australia’s Kimberley Region. Influenced by real occasions, Population 11 has to do with a male who goes missing out on from a small wilderness town of just twelve citizens, and his separated kid, who travels from the U.S. to discover him. The 2nd series to be co-commissioned by Stan and Lionsgate, Trent O’Donnell (New Girl, Hacks) directs and executive produces the series from Jungle Entertainment. THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ Premiering May 2, and starring Harvey Keitel and Melanie Lynskey, the Stan Original Series The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a six-part minimal drama series based upon the global very popular book by Heather Morris, and motivated by the real-life story of Lali and Gita Sokolov, who satisfied while detainees in the Auschwitz prisoner-of-war camp throughout the Holocaust of World War II. WINDCATCHER After twelve years, Jessica Mauboy goes back to the screen in her very first movie because The Sapphires. A heartfelt household function, the Stan Original Film Windcatcher premieres March 28 and follows the not likely relationship in between Percy Boy and his 2 pals as they unite to take the regional school sports day title from a group of grade 5 bullies. Stan’s very first co-commission with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation. THE SURFER A mental thriller starring Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon and Miranda Tapsell, the Stan Original Film The Surfer is an extremely unnerving function movie shot in Yallingup, WA. When a male go back to Australia to redeem his household home after several years in the U.S. he is embarrassed in front of his teenage boy by a group of regional web surfers. Injured, he defies them and stays at the beach. Dispute intensifies and he is given the edge of his peace of mind. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL Directed by AACTA Award-winning filmmaker Dylan River, the Stan Original Series Thou Shalt Not Steal stars Sherry-Lee Watson, Will McDonald, Miranda Otto and Noah Taylor. An eight-episode roadway series embeded in Central and South Australia throughout the 1980s, the series follows a young Aboriginal overdue looking for the reality behind a strange household trick, who leaves from detention and unwillingly coordinate with an uncomfortable teen. Together they leave her little main desert neighborhood on a treacherous journey throughout the wilderness. REVEALED: OTTO BY OTTO Inspired to make an intimate household picture, Gracie Otto directs this feature-length Stan Original Documentary Revealed: Otto by Otto about her daddy, Barry Otto, whose profession in Australian theatre, movie and tv has actually covered more than 50 years. Including interviews with Barry’s partners, Revealed: Otto on Otto takes audiences on a journey through Australia’s theatre market in the 70s and 80s. REVEALED: HOW TO POISON A PLANET Revealed: How To Poison A Planet, (formerly entitled Safe To Drink), exposes the stunning contamination of hazardous chemicals that triggered a worldwide ecological disaster and informs the story of the terrible effect on polluted neighborhoods who are defending justice. In cooperation with Walkley Award-winning reporter Carrie Fellner and The Sydney Morning Herald, covering from the United States to a little Aboriginal neighborhood in Australia, handling its own David and Goliath fight, Revealed: How to Poison A Planet examines how making use of an item as relatively safe as firefighting foam, has actually led to contamination of neighborhoods all over the world. Exposed: How to Poison A Planet is produced by iKandy Films in association with Screen Australia, Shark Island Foundation and Screen NSW. REVEALED: RENEE GRACIE Revealed: Renee Gracie follows Australia’s very first female race automobile chauffeur as she tries to return to V8 racing after being pressed out of the sport and ending up being a multi-millionaire through online adult home entertainment. Composed and directed by Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe, produced by Cody Greenwood, and executive produced by Nick Batzias and Charlotte Wheaton. Produced by Rush Films. International sales by Rush Films.
STAN Continues To Lead Australian Storytelling With 25 New And Returning Originals – Television Blackbox
