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The new mystery drama comes from the producers of ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘Nine Perfect Strangers.’

Liane Moriarty’s page-turning mysteries are never too far away from a screen adaptation. The bestselling novelist is following up her previous adaptations of “Big Little Lies,” “Apples Never Fall,” and “Nine Perfect Strangers” with AMC+’s new “The Last Anniversary.” The Australian mystery drama series, based on Moriarty’s 2005 novel of the same name, takes place on a remote island, where three generations of family secrets are housed. The six-episode adaptation of “The Last Anniversary” premieres this Sunday, March 30, exclusively on AMC+ — watch with a subscription to AMC+!

How to watch ‘The Last Anniversary’ When: Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:01 a.m. Et TV: AMC+ Stream: Watch with a 7-day free trial to AMC+ From anywhere: Watch with a subscription to a Vpn. Everything you need to know to watch ‘The Last Anniversary’

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The AMC+ Original mystery drama, The Last Anniversary, is set to premiere in the US and Canada on Sunday, March 30, with new episodes dropping weekly on Sundays, exclusively on AMC+. The series is based on the #1 New York Times best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty and from the producers of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers.

The captivating six-episode drama stars Teresa Palmer as Sophie Honeywell, a young woman finding herself drawn into a complex web of family secrets after inheriting a house on a remote island.

The Last Anniversary is set on the remote, but beautiful Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets. The one that made it famous — the disappearance of a young couple decades ago — might have made the island a destination for true crime tourists, but when Sophie Honeywell (Palmer) inherits a house on the island, it’s the fresh start she’s craving.

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Prime Video sets premiere date for Étoile

Étoile, the latest venture from legendary TV producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, is coming to Prime Video on April 24. The French word for "star," Étoile (pronounced "ey-twal") is an eight-episode dance dramedy that's set in both New York and Paris. The plot follows two ballet companies that swap artists in order to survive. The cast of Étoile includes Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou de Laâge, Gideon Glick, David Alvarez, Ivan du Pontavice, Taïs Vinolo, David Haig, Simon Callow, and Yanic Truesdale. This is the third show from the Palladinos after The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Gilmore Girls — and all three will be honored at the upcoming PaleyFest.

The Mid-Century Modern trailer introduces three gay besties

Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, the Emmy-winning creators of Will & Grace, are back with a new TV sitcom centered...

AMC+ dropped the first official trailer for The Last Anniversary, an upcoming drama launching on March 30, 2025. Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestseller, the trailer shows A Discovery of Witches‘ Teresa Palmer arriving on a remote island, stirring up a hornet’s nest of feelings among the populace.

Miranda Richardson (Good Omens), Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist), Claude Scott-Mitchell (Hotel Portofino), Helen Thomson (Colin from Accounts), Uli Latukefu (Laid), Susan Prior (The Rover), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Return to Paradise), and Xavier Samuel (Apple Cider Vinegar). The cast also includes Angela Punch McGregor (Troppo), Charlie Garber (Barons), Leon Ford (Elvis), Nikki Shiels (Prosper), Elizabeth Cullen (Elvis), Josephine Blazier (Audry), and Ines English (The Last Days of the Space Age).

Poster for ‘The Last Anniversary’ (Photo Credit: AMC+)

“The Last Anniversary is set on the remote but beautiful Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets. The one that made it famous — the disappearance...

"Maybe it was just all meant to be." Vertigo Releasing has debuted an official trailer for Audrey, an indie dark comedy from Australia about motherhood. Tons of films being made nowadays about being a mother. This first premiered at last year's SXSW Film Festival, and it also played at the London & Melbourne Film Festivals in 2024. Self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie has given her daughter Audrey everything, so when Audrey selfishly falls into a coma, Ronnie has no choice but to keep their dreams alive by assuming her identity and keeping her life gonig. "Live your best life. Again." Ha ha. And she's not the only one in the family who sees Audrey’s comatose state as an opportunity in this awkward comedy about dysfunctional families. This stars Jackie Van Beek as Ronnie, Josephine Blazier as Audrey, with Jeremy Lindsay Taylor as Cormack, and Hannah Diviney. The film will be...

The innate vulgarity and impassioned realities of a toxic mother-daughter relationship are put on blast in the dark comedy film Audrey, a more relatable story than most of us may want to admit. Taking things a wild step further, Audrey plays with the idea that an unfulfilled stage mother can create a spoiled monster daughter, only to wish her headache-inducing creation was no longer around.

Directed by Natalie Bailey and written by Lou Sanz, Audrey follows has-been soap star, Ronnie Lipsick (Jackie van Beek) as she attempts to mold her impudent teenage daughter Audrey (Josephine Blazier) into the famed actress she always aspired to be. When Audrey suddenly falls into a coma, Ronnie does what any self-proclaimed "Mother of the Year" would do: she assumes Audrey's identity, subsequently reviving her previously dead acting dreams while posing as a 17-year-old.

Good Riddance to Audrey

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Self-appointed Mother of the Year...

Nicholas Hoult continues to rise as one of the most exciting young actors in Hollywood, and while he has some exciting projects on the horizon, he has already built a strong career for himself. Hoult has been around for a while, considering his recognition came fairly early with the 2002 Hugh Grant comedy-drama, About a Boy. Since then, Hoult has starred in both independent features and big-budget blockbusters, finding success in most of them.

At only 32, his filmography is already filled with some of the best movies of the last 20 years. He has appeared in smaller independent movies while also taking part in some big franchise movies. He has played the heroic lead the audience roots for and has been just as effective as the chilling villain. With a number of high-profile movies on the horizon, including playing Lex Luthor in James Gunn's Superman, it is a perfect time to look back on Hoult's career.

Ultra pitch black in tone, Audrey from debut feature filmmakers, director Natalie Bailey and writer Lou Sanz hits the sweet spot in sardonic Aussie humour from the opening scene, making no apologies whatsoever for tackling controversial family dynamics with blunt delivery. Like many working-class Antipodean comedy offerings, the setting is chaotic and the characters are sweary as they scramble around for purpose, but there is always a sense of united achievement after a battle is won. It is this heady mix that Audrey delivers in spades but with a deviant twist not for the easily offended.

Drama instructor and has-been TV actor Ronnie Lipsick (a delightful Jackie van Beek in full flow) continues to live her fame dream vicariously through her talented but wayward teenage daughter Audrey (Josephine Blazier) who is both spiteful and dismissive of the limelight her mother is trying to create for her. Ronnie’s full attention...

When we first meet Ronnie and Cormack Lipsick (Jackie van Beek and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor), the Australian couple has respectively reached what seems like the most miserable depths of female and male existence. She feels her dreams were stolen from her when an unwanted pregnancy forced her to abandon her acting career and devote her life to traumatizing her eldest daughter. And in an equally tragic turn of events, he can’t get an erection without jerking off into a cornucopia of increasingly elaborate sex toys.

It’s a bleak state of affairs that’s only made worse by the couple’s fraying relationships with their two teenage daughters. Audrey (Josephine Blazier) responds to her mother’s demands to become “an actress or dancer or voiceover artist” with the same enthusiasm that any high schooler puts into a task being forced upon them. Audrey’s apathy for her extracurricular activities...

New Zealand’s funniest export Jackie Van Beek returns to SXSW atop the cast of “Audrey,” an Australian dark comedy that is headed to SXSW.

Van Beek, whose 2018 “The Breaker Upperers,” was a previous SXSW hit, portrays a forgotten former soap star whose career and life have been derailed by motherhood and suburban boredom. But when an accident puts her 18-year-old child in a coma, the woman takes on her daughter’s identity and gets a second chance at the life she actually wanted.

Other cast also include: Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (“Puberty Blues,” “The Diplomat”), Josephine Blazier (“True History of the Kelly Gang”) and disability advocate and actress Hannah Diviney (“Latecomers”).

“What begins as a light, sex-fuelled comedy about family soon takes a twisted journey into horror as, like a classic Greek tragedy, our protagonists decide that the only way to find happiness is to destroy their firstborn,” says director Natalie Bailey.

The SXSW Film & TV Festival said Wednesday that Universal’s The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling will serve as the 2024 edition’s Centerpiece film, and Netflix’s 3 Body Problem from David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo will open the fest’s opening-night TV premiere.

The news comes as the festival, whose 31st edition runs March 8-16 in Austin, unveiled first titles in its Feature and Short Competitions, Midnighters, Global and Xr Experience categories. See the list below, which includes berths for the world premiere of Pamela Adlon’s Babes, the Daisy Ridley-starring Magpie, Prentice Penny’s docuseries Black Twitter, Season 3 of Hacks and the final season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Organizers said today that more titles, including the opening- and closing-night films, will be announced early next month across Headliner, Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighter, Global, 24 Beats Per Second,...

The 2024 SXSW Film and TV Festival has announced its lineup, with Netflix’s splashy sci-fi series 3 Body Problem opening the fest and the Ryan Gosling and Emily Bunt action comedy The Fall Guy acting as a centerpiece screening.

David Benioff and Dan Weiss are behind 3 Body Problem, based on the book of the same name. David Leitch directed the Universal feature about a Hollywood stuntman (Gosling) who is tasked with tracking down the star of the latest movie he is working on.

The Pamela Adlon movie Babes will also act as a centerpiece screening. The narrative competition features include Crystal Moselle’s latest, The Black Sea, and Barbie Ferreira starrer Bob Trevino Likes It. Elsewhere in the lineup are a Cheech and Chong doc, Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut, Lilly Singh comedy Doin’ It, and My Dead Friend Zoe, exec produced by NFL star Travis Kelce.

The film...

"Your dreams shall soon be true, but your nightmares will be, too." Amazon's Prime Video has revealed an official trailer for an adaptation of the "Dream a Little Dream" books called Silver. The full title is Silver and the Book of Dreams, and it is a German production in English for Prime Video - streaming on the service as of today, on December 8th. "Five friends, five dreams, five nightmares." Liv moves to London with her mother Ann and little sister Mia. She meets the mysterious Henry, who belongs to a secret circle that possesses the ability of "lucid dreaming", but their dream fulfillment will come with a high price. She and her band of dream-wanderers conduct a ritual to make their biggest dream come true, but it will demand the gravest sacrifice. Of course this perfect "dream" life will fall apart. This stars Jana McKinnon as Liv, with Rhys Mannion,...

Exclusive: Amazon and German production and distribution force Constantin Film are teaming up on YA fantasy feature Silver (working title), based on the popular novel series of the same name by Kerstin Gier.

Silver will chart the story of 17-year-old Liv who moves to London with her mother Ann and little sister Mia. When Liv meets the mysterious Henry, everything changes. He belongs to a secret circle that possesses the ability of ‘lucid dreaming’. But little do they know that the fulfillment of their dreams comes with a high price.

The cast, largely made up of emerging and breakout actors and actresses, includes Jana McKinnon (We Children of Bahnhof Zoo) as Liv, Riva Krymalowski (When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit) as Mia, Rhys Mannion (It Is In Us All) as Henry, Chaneil Kular (Sex Education) as Arthur, Efeosa Afolabi as Jasper, Théo Augier as Grayson, Josephine Blazier as Anabel, Samirah Breuer...

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Originating in Australia and airing on the Starz cable channel in the United States, The Gloaming TV series is set in Tasmania and stars Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie, Martin Henderson, Aaron Pedersen, Rena Owen, Josephine Blazier, and Matt Testro. When a woman is found brutally killed, the clues surrounding her death connect to murders both past and present. Political corruption and shady business dealings are soon entwined with sinister crimes and...

The Gloaming series was produced in Australia and aired there more than a year ago. A second season was in development when the pandemic hit. It's unclear if season two will actually be made or if Starz will want to air it. Will The Gloaming be cancelled or officially renewed? Stay tuned.

A drama series, The Gloaming TV series was filmed and set in Tasmania, Australia. It stars Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie, Martin Henderson, Aaron Pedersen, Rena Owen, Josephine Blazier, and Matt Testro. When a woman is found brutally killed, the clues surrounding her death connect to murders both past and present. Political corruption and shady business dealings are soon entwined with sinister crimes and occult practices. At the center of this web are two detectives, Molly McGee (Booth) and Alex O'Connell (Leslie) who share a tragic past. In...

Will Molly and Alex uncover the truth in the first season of The Gloaming TV show on Starz? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Gloaming is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of The Gloaming here.

An Australian drama series that airs on Starz in the United States, The Gloaming TV series is set in Tasmania and stars Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie, Martin Henderson, Aaron Pedersen, Rena Owen, Josephine Blazier, and Matt Testro. When a woman is found brutally killed, the clues surrounding her death connect to murders both past and present. Political corruption and...

Network: Starz

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: March 22, 2021 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie, Martin Henderson, Aaron Pedersen, Rena Owen, Josephine Blazier, and Matt Testro.

TV show description:

An Australian drama series, the first season of The Gloaming TV series is set and filmed in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Starz has acquired the US and Canadian rights to The Gloaming, with the eight-episode drama to premiere across each of the cable network’s platforms next month.

Filmed in Tasmania, The Gloaming stars Emma Booth and Ewen Leslie as two detectives with a tragic past that investigate a brutal murder.

In a journey to find the truth, their fate is coerced by the ghosts of the unsettled dead that linger in the liminal space between life and death — known as “The Gloaming.”

The series also features Martin Henderson (Grey’s Anatomy), Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road), Rena Owen (The Orville), Josephine Blazier (True History of the Kelly Gang), and Matt Testro (Nowhere Boys).

Written and created by Victoria Madden, who also serves as showrunner, The Gloaming is a co-production between Sweet Potato Films and John Molloy’s 2 Johns Productions and ABC Signature, a division of Disney Television Studios.

There are directorial contributions from including Greg McLean,...

In today’s TV news roundup, “South Park” is back with a new Covid-19 vaccine special, and Amazon Prime Video offered a first look at animated series “Invincible,” starring Steven Yeun.

Casting

The Feb. 22 episode of “The Good Doctor” will feature Southern California Special Olympics global messenger Caley Versfelt, Variety has learned exclusively. She portrays Jamie Chabner, a patient suffering from end-stage liver disease. Dr. Morgan Reznick (Fiona Gubelmann) forms a special with Jamie and takes it upon herself to try to find a matching donor in time to save her life.

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Starz announced “The Gloaming” will debut on March 21 at 9 p.m. Over eight episodes, detectives Molly McGee (Emma Booth) and Alex O’Connell (Ewen Leslie) endure a harrowing journey to find the truth about a woman who is brutally killed, but they end up coerced by the ghosts of the unsettled dead. The limited series, written by showrunner Victoria Madden,...

Hold onto your hats, TV Fanatics, because this will be a long ride to the finish.

There is so much news out of the TCA Winter Press Tour today that we can hardly keep up.

Here's a roundup of some new and returning shows that you do not want to miss. What a way to start the weekend!

Starz announced today that their upcoming limited series, The Gloaming, will premiere on Sunday, March 21, across all available platforms.

When a woman is found brutally killed, the clues surrounding her death connect to murders both past and present. Political corruption and shady business dealings are soon entwined with sinister crimes and occult practices.

At the center of this web are two detectives, Molly McGee and Alex O’Connell, who share a tragic past.

In a harrowing journey to find the truth, their fate is coerced by the ghosts of the unsettled dead that...

‘The Gloaming’.

Screen Tasmania has put funding towards the development of a second season of Stan original series The Gloaming, created by Victoria Madden.

The money comes via the state government’s Covid-19 cultural sector support package, which facilitated, inter alia, additional advanced development funding. Stan will match the funding as the virtual writers’ room begins developing a possible new season.

The Gloaming is the first of four projects to be approved through accelerated assessment, with the government’s hope that projects will be in a position to seek finance to start production when the current restrictions are eased.

Produced by Madden, 2 Jon’s Jon Molloy and Fiona McConaghy, the first season of the crime drama starred Emma Booth, Ewen Leslie, Aaron Pedersen, Rena Owen, Matt Testro and Josephine Blazier. It spent $7.5 million on Tasmanian cast, crew and services.

“John Molloy and I are excited to be collaborating once more...

George MacKay in ‘True History of the Kelly Gang.’

Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang will open in Australian cinemas on January 9, just 18 days before its Australia Day premiere on Stan.

The short window and limited theatrical release were virtually inevitable after Stan announced the bushranger epic starring George MacKay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult and Essie Davis would premiere in summer as a Stan Original.

The major chains are determined to protect the traditional 90 day window and will not screen the film so distributor Transmission Films this week will start booking the title at the independent cinemas that are screening the Netflix productions The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes and Amazon Studios’ The Report and Brittany Runs a Marathon.

The Netflix titles are screening at the Eddie Tamir family-owned Randwick Ritz Cinemas and Melbourne’s Lido, Classic and Cameo cinemas plus Mel Gibson...

Back in 1970, Tony Richardson’s “Ned Kelly” hit upon a neat idea: What if you got an honest-to-God rock star, Mick Jagger, to play Australia’s most notorious 19th-century folk hero? A neat idea is all it was, though, and the listless, unconfidently acted movie that resulted was duly forgotten. Nearly half a century later, however, Justin Kurzel’s thrilling new take on the legend gives Kelly some glam-rock swagger without any need for stunt casting. Lithe and volatile and recklessly stylized to the hilt, “True History of the Kelly Gang” has moves like Jagger, but a head still teeming with language and history. Adapted from Peter Carey’s Man Booker-winning 2000 novel, Kurzel’s roughhousing, ripely acted interpretation does full justice to the book’s rugged dirt-poetry vernacular and rich biographical particulars, while staging Kelly’s criminal rise and fall as a vision all its own: a wildly gyrating sensory assault of blood,...