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Luke Hemsworth has joined the cast of Australian cop comedy Deadloch‘s second season on Prime Video.

The actor has been filming in his native Australia, joining leads Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama and Alicia Gardiner in the comedy series, which has been hit for Amazon’s streaming service.

Hemsworth will play Jason Wade, creator and star of ‘Jason Wade’s Adventures Down Under’ and the owner of ‘Jason Wade’s Land of Crocs and Other Animals’ Wildlife Park.

The show follows Dulcie (Box) and Eddie (Sami), a pair of mismatched detectives. In the new season, they are investigating the death of Eddie’s former policing partner, Bushy. When a body is discovered in a remote town, they are flung into a new sweatier, stickier investigation.

Filming has wrapped in the croc-infested waters of the Northern Territories and moved to Brisbane’s studios in Queensland.

MIPCOM Cannes‘ Diversify TV Awards kicked off Tuesday afternoon at the Grand Palais, with A Different Man actor and activist Adam Pearson, drag star Nicky Doll and host Femi Oke.

The Behind the Scenes Impact Award went to Banijay Launch, a program that works to spotlight emerging women in the industry and pair them with the best of Banijay’s global network of creatives. Endemol Shine North America CEO Sharon Levy said: “Thank you so much. It was super important for us to try to really open up opportunities for women. We really wanted to help women come up with some new ideas and have a seat at the table that maybe they don’t normally get.”

The Representation of Disability in the scripted category was awarded to French series One of Us which airs on TF1. “Authentic representation of disability enhances storytelling,” Pearson said before announcing the winner. “It...

“Thou Shalt Not Steal,” an upcoming Australian series that premiered three of its eight episodes at the Toronto International Film Festival, is an entertaining road trip that cleverly tells an Aboriginal tale through use of humor and dozens of instantly recognizable Australia stereotypes.

It is packaged as eight half-hour episodes that will upload to Australian streamer Stan on Oct. 17. International rights are handled by Dcd Rights.

Told through the eyes of a young Aboriginal delinquent woman, “Thou Shalt Not Steal” races through a 1980s-medley of toxic masculinity, functioning alcoholics, snags on the barbie, reverence for the Outback and the quiet wisdom of the indigenous population.

But it is a fun and inviting ride as Robyn and an awkward white teenager (played by fellow “Heartbreak” star Will McDonald) flee her small central desert community in a stolen taxi. On their heels – and sometimes ahead of them – are a snake-like ex-hooker and the boy’s domineering father,...

Exclusive: Australian streamer Stan has today unveiled a 25-strong slate, adding scripted titles from Matchbox Pictures and the producers behind Colin From Accounts, acquisitions from the UK and U.S. and a new version of Drag Race to its ranks.

Content from the likes of All3Media, AMC, Banijay, the BBC, Fremantle, ITV, Lionsgate, Universal Internatational Studios, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros Discovery is on the slate, which was showcased at the iconic Sydney Opera House as Stan’s latest salvo in Australia’s competitive streaming market.

Among the key scripted originals is Critical Incident, a psychological crime thriller from Matchbox, the Australian production subsidiary of Universal Studio Group-owned Universal International Studios. Written by Sarah Bassiuoni (The Secrets She Keeps), it recently completed production in Western Sydney, with major production investment from Screen Australia.

The six-part show depicts life in the Western suburbs of Sydney and delves into the complex...