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THE X-FILES - Season 11

From Thursday 4 January at 8.30pm AEDT

Express from the US and exclusive to Foxtel

Foxtel announced today it has secured the latest Season 11 of worldwide TV phenomenon The X-Files returning exclusively to Foxtel’s showcase channel Thursdays from January 4 at 8.30pm Express from the US.

The hit drama series once again stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in their iconic roles as FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as they investigate unexplained “X-Files” cases involving paranormal activity. Mitch Pileggi also returns as FBI Asst. Director Walter Skinner. The all-new episodes will also feature guest-star appearances by Haley Joel Osment, Barbara Hershey, Annabeth Gish, Robbie Amell, Lauren Ambrose, Karin Konoval and William B. Davis, who reprises his role as “Cigarette Smoking Man.”

Foxtel’s Executive Director of Television, Brian Walsh said, “We are committed to increasing our content slate in 2018 with sought after, first run programs and in the New Year our customers will begin to see more new shows on Foxtel and Foxtel Now than ever before. Season 11 of The X-Files is the first to launch from the new series we’ve acquired for 2018 and we’re thrilled to deliver The X-Files fans new episodes on the same day as the US broadcast.”

“The Truth” is still out there and the highly anticipated Season 11 kicks off in explosive form with Mulder and Scully searching for their long-lost son William. The latest instalment will move on from the 14-year hiatus of the series delivering the twisted and supernatural episodic stories The X-Files is known for.

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This is the first show to move from Ten to Foxtel since 20th Century Fox terminated its output deal with the FTA network. Could this be a sign of things to come?

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Well obviously, since Ten no longer has a contract with Fox. Foxtel have an opportunity to pick up anything they want.

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Big Little Lies has been renewed for a second season by HBO. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon are returning.

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Mosaic

Starts Wednesday 24 January at 8.30pm AEDT

Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller Mosaic starring Sharon Stone comes to Foxtel

On Wednesday, January 24 at 8.30pm AEDT, Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh’s new HBO thriller Mosaic, starring Oscar-nominee Sharon Stone, premieres express from the US on Foxtel’s showcase.

Mosaic is a twisting tale of passion, intrigue and deception, conceived and directed by Soderbergh, one of the top directors of our generation.

The six-part series focuses on a successful children’s author and illustrator, played by Sharon Stone, whose rural idealism gets submerged by an avalanche of deception, lies, corruption and murder.

The story follows the brutal New Year’s Eve disappearance of a high-profile resident of picturesque Summut, Utah – and the four-year effort of law-enforcement officers and civilians to arrive at the truth behind the crime.

Joining Sharon Stone are cast members Garrett Hedlund, Frederick Weller, Beau Bridges, Paul Reubens, Jennifer Ferrin, Devin Ratray, Michael Cerveris, James Ransone, Jeremy Bobb and Maya Kazan.

Following its live broadcast on Foxtel’s showcase channel, Mosaic will be available to watch from Foxtel’s on demand library, or streamed on demand on Foxtel’s streaming service, Foxtel Now.

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Westworld - Season Two

Starts Monday 23 April Express from the US at 11.00am

Primetime encore at 8.30pm

The highly anticipated second season of HBO’s critically acclaimed series Westworld returns for season two, express from the US, on Monday, April 23 at 11.00am AEST with a primetime encore at 8.30pm AEST, only on Foxtel’s showcase.

Season one of Westworld attracted a strong audience for showcase when it premiered in October 2016, establishing the addictive western thriller series as one of Foxtel’s great cult hits for that year.

Featuring an exceptional cast including Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Thandie Newton and Ed Harris, the provocative Emmy-nominated dark odyssey explores the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin.

Set in the not-too-distant future, Westworld is a futuristic adventure park modelled after America’s Wild West. For over 30 years, guests have paid exorbitant amounts to be immersed in the Westworld universe, where every detail and scenario – including those involving the android ‘hosts’ that are virtually indistinguishable from humans – have been planned, scripted and executed by a team of brilliant scientists and programmers working in close proximity to the park. However, a group of the android hosts soon begin to deviate from their programmers’ carefully planned scripts, in a disturbing pattern of aberrant behaviour.

Westworld was inspired by the 1973 motion picture of the same name, written and directed by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park). Season one of the HBO series received 22 Emmy Award nominations.

Following its live broadcast on Foxtel’s showcase channel, Westworld will be available to watch from Foxtel’s on demand library, or streamed on demand on Foxtel’s streaming service, Foxtel Now.

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According to The Australian, Foxtel has bought the rights to American Horror Story and American Crime Story, as part of the new deal with 20th Century Fox. Both shows, which had aired on Network Ten, will now broadcast on Showcase.

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The Undoing

Nicole Kidman and David E. Kelley bring The Undoing to HBO

New limited series to air on showcase

HBO is teaming up once again with Big Little Lies star Nicole Kidman and writer David E. Kelley for a new limited series, The Undoing, with the psychological thriller to air exclusively on Foxtel’s showcase.

Based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s bestselling book You Should Have Known, The Undoing has been adapted by Kelley and centres on Grace Sachs (Kidman), who is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. She’s a successful therapist on the brink of publishing her first book, has a devoted husband and young son who attends an elite private school in New York City.

Weeks before her book is published, a chasm opens in her life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, and horrified by the ways in which she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and herself.

Kelley will write and executive produce along with Kidman and Per Saari through Blossom Films and Bruna Papandrea through Made Up Stories. Kelley is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television writer and producer. Blossom Films, created by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari, executive-produced the Emmy-winning limited series Big Little Lies for HBO.

Casey Bloys, President HBO Programming, said: “We’re thrilled to continue our creative relationships with both Nicole and David and can’t wait to bring this show to life.”

Nicole Kidman said: “David has created another propulsive series with a fascinating, complicated female role at its centre. I’m excited and honored to continue collaborating with HBO and David E. Kelley.”

Foxtel Executive Director of Television, Brian Walsh, said: “We’re delighted to be the exclusive Australian broadcaster of Nicole Kidman’s next television project, which is set to be another smash hit series for both HBO and Foxtel. Nicole and David E. Kelley are an unbeatable combination, and we’re looking forward to bringing both The Undoing and the second series of Big Little Lies to showcase.”

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Fear the Walking Dead

From Monday 16 April

Express from the US on showcase at 2.30pm; Primetime encore at 8.30pm

The cult following American post-apocalyptic series Fear the Walking Dead returns for a fourth season – and will be available to stream, alongside the US broadcast, on Foxtel Now from Monday April 16.

The series will premiere express from the US and ad-break free, on Monday April 16 at 2.30pm AEST with a primetime encore at 8.30pm AEST, only on Foxtel’s showcase, the new home of FX Originals.

In a first for the series, episode one will see the long awaited cross over with hit series The Walking Dead, when Lennie James’ character Morgan Jones appears in the storyline bridging the two series together.

In season four of Fear the Walking Dead, we will see the world of Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and her family through the eyes of Morgan Jones (Lennie James). The characters’ immediate past mixes with an uncertain present of struggle and discovery as they meet new friends, foes and threats. They fight for each other, against each other, and against a legion of the dead to somehow build an existence against the crushing pressure of lives coming apart. There will be darkness and light; terror and grace; the heroic, mercenary, and craven, all crashing together towards a new reality for Fear the Walking Dead.

Produced by AMC Studios, Fear the Walking Dead is executively produced by Scott M. Gimple, showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg, as well as Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Gale Anne Hurd and Greg Nicotero.

Fear the Walking Dead Season four premieres on Monday April 16, express from the US at 2.30pm and encore screening at 8.30pm. From Monday April 23 it will screen express at 1.30pm and encore at 7.30pm, only on Foxtel’s showcase and streamed on Foxtel Now.

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Westworld Season Two

Monday 23 April at 11.00am AEST Same time as the US

The highly anticipated second season of HBO’s critically-acclaimed series Westworld is set to return for season two – with the first episode available to stream, the same time as the US, on Foxtel Now from 11.00am AEST on Monday, April 23.

Season two will also screen on Foxtel’s showcase on Monday, April 23 at 11.00am AEST with a primetime encore at 8.30pm AEST.

The season one premiere of Westworld in October 2016 attracted a strong audience for showcase, establishing the addictive western thriller series as one of Foxtel’s great cult hits for that year.

Featuring an exceptional cast including Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris and Jeffrey Wright, the provocative Emmy-nominated dark odyssey explores the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin.

Set in the not-too-distant future, Westworld is a futuristic adventure park modelled after America’s Wild West. For over 30 years, guests have paid exorbitant amounts to be immersed in the Westworld universe, where every detail and scenario – including those involving the android ‘hosts’ that are virtually indistinguishable from humans – have been planned, scripted and executed by a team of brilliant scientists and programmers working in close proximity to the park. However, a group of the android hosts soon begin to deviate from their programmers’ carefully planned scripts, in a disturbing pattern of aberrant behaviour.

Westworld was inspired by the 1973 motion picture of the same name, written and directed by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park). Season one of the HBO series received 22 Emmy Award nominations.

Season two of Westworld premieres on Monday, April 23 at 11.00am AEST with a primetime encore at 8.30pm AEST and can be seen on showcase or streamed On Demand on internet-connected iQ set-top-boxes and on streaming service Foxtel Now.

A Westworld season one marathon will also screen on showcase on Saturday, April 21 from 6.25am AEST. The Box Sets channel will screen season one on Sunday, April 22 from 12.00pm AEST.

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The Americans

From Wednesday April 18 at 8.30pm AEST

THE AMERICANS, the award-winning drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans during the Cold War, returns for its sixth and final season from Wednesday, April 18 at 8.30pm AEST – streamed on Foxtel Now and seen on Foxtel’s showcase, the new home of FX Originals.

In this action-packed final season of THE AMERICANS, the arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but as the pressures and demands of the job grow heavier, the personal toll becomes almost too exhausting to bear. Having revealed their true identities to their teenage daughter Paige (Holly Taylor), Philip and Elizabeth’s ability to protect their cover and their family’s safety deteriorates. After a particularly fraught mission, Philip and Elizabeth decide to end their tour and take their family home to Russia.

However, a game-changing development in one of their ongoing cases forces them to abandon those plans for the sake of the motherland. Now, Paige delves deeper into the family business, even as Philip takes a step back from it, and the Jennings struggle to maintain a smokescreen of normalcy, especially around their son, Henry (Keidrich Sellati), who remains blissfully ignorant of the spies in his midst. Their neighbour and Philip’s best friend, FBI Agent Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), has also yet to discover their true identities. Although he’s transferred divisions, Stan remains their greatest threat since his friend and former partner, Agent Dennis Aderholt (Brandon J. Dirden), leads the force tasked with uncovering the Soviet Illegals hiding in plain sight.

With Gorbachev in power in the Soviet Union, the winds of change are sweeping through both Russia and America, creating new perils. A growing rift within the KGB draws disillusioned former officer Oleg Burov (Costa Ronin) back into the fray, and may set Philip and Elizabeth on opposing sides as the Cold War reaches its boiling point.

The sixth and final season of THE AMERICANS premieres on Wednesday April 18 at 8.30pm and can be seen on showcase or streamed On Demand on internet-connected iQ set-top-boxes and on streaming service Foxtel Now.

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Westworld star James Marsden to visit Australia

Westworld Season Two starts Monday 13 April 11.00am/8.30pm AEST on showcase

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Leading Hollywood actor and star of HBO’s smash-hit series Westworld, James Marsden, will visit Sydney from April 30 to May 1 to promote the launch of the highly-anticipated second season of Westworld on Foxtel.

The internationally-renowned actor has enjoyed a hugely successful career spanning over 25 years, with credits including The Notebook, Superman Returns, Hairspray, Enchanted, 27 Dresses, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, The Best of Me, The Butler, Bachelorette and X-Men, where he played the character of Cyclops across the entire X-Men franchise.

Marsden’s latest role sees him play lead character and mysterious android host Teddy in the Emmy-nomated television series Westworld - a handsome transient with a quick draw and a dark past, who longs for a simpler life. He joins an exceptional cast including Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris and Thandie Newton.

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Expect multiple radio and television programs to have ‘exclusive’ interviews.

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The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

From Thursday 24 May at 8:30pm AEST on showcase

The highly anticipated second instalment of the acclaimed, award-winning American Crime Story anthology series The Assassination of Gianni Versace is coming to Foxtel and available to stream on Foxtel Now from Thursday May 24 and screen at 8:30pm AEST, on Foxtel’s showcase, the new home of FX Originals.

The hugely popular season, which has captivated audiences in the US, features an A-list cast including Édgar Ramírez as Gianni Versace, Darren Criss as Andrew Cunanan, Ricky Martin as Antonio D’Amico and Penélope Cruz as Donatella Versace.

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story profiles spree-killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss), whose cross-country path of destruction earns him a spot on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List, before his murder of international fashion icon Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramirez) on the steps of Versace’s South Beach residence in 1997. Based on the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth, the series examines how cultural homophobia and prejudice delayed law enforcement’s search for Cunanan, as well as Versace’s relationship with his sister and muse Donatella (Penélope Cruz). The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story is a story of failed ambition, about how the pursuit of an “American Dream” ended in murder and suicide.

Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Alexis Martin Woodall, Dan Minahan, Tom Rob Smith, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are Executive Producers of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. It is written by Tom Rob Smith, and Ryan Murphy directed the premiere episode of the series, which stars Darren Criss, Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz and Ricky Martin. The series is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story can be streamed from Thursday May 24 through Foxtel On Demand on internet-connected iQ set-top-boxes and on streaming service Foxtel Now. It will also screen at 8.30pm AEST on Foxtel’s showcase, the new home of FX Originals.

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Sharp Objects

Starring Amy Adams and based on the bestselling novel by Gone Girl’s Gillian Flynn

The eight-part series premieres July 2018

Express from the US

The brand new eight-part HBO thriller series Sharp Objects, starring five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams and based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), is set to premiere on Foxtel in July.

The minute-long preview showcases the eerie world of Wind Gap, Missouri, home to reporter Camille Preaker (Adams), who rekindles relations with her estranged family as she investigates the murders of two young girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely.

Sharp Objects co-stars Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Elizabeth Perkins, Matt Craven and young Australian actress Eliza Scanlen (Home and Away) in her breakout role as Adams’ 13- year-old half-sister, Amma. The series is directed by Jean-Marc Vallee (Big Little Lies) from scripts by Gillian Flynn and Marti Noxon.

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Darren Criss to visit Australia

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The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story starts Thursday 24 May at 8:30pm AEST on showcase

American actor Darren Criss, star of the upcoming FX Originals series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, will visit Sydney next week to promote the launch of the highly anticipated series on Foxtel.

The second instalment of the acclaimed, award-winning American Crime Story anthology series The Assassination of Gianni Versace will be available to stream on Foxtel from Thursday May 24 and will screen at 8:30pm AEST on showcase, the new home of FX Originals.

An Emmy®-nominated artist with an illustrious career spanning television, film, music and stage, Darren Criss has scored acclaimed reviews for his captivating portrayal of spree-killer Andrew Cunanan in the series.

Best known for playing Blaine Anderson on Twentieth Century Fox Television’s global phenomenon Glee, his previous screen credits also include Girl Most Likely, American Horror Story, Web Therapy and Eastwick. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions, most recently his critically-acclaimed performance as “Hedwig” in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Last year he debuted his indie-pop band Computer Games, with the lead single from his EP Lost Boys Life debuting at number two on the Billboard “Hot Singles” charts.

While in Sydney, Darren will also perform Intimate & Live, a one night only concert in Sydney on Friday May 18, at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst for the Michael Cassel Group. For further information and ticket sales go to www.michaelcassel.com

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FAHRENHEIT 451

Premieres Monday 28 May at 9:30pm AEST

HBO Films present a modern take on a literary classic

Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther, Creed) and Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water, Boardwalk Empire, Oscar® nominee for Nocturnal Animals and Revolutionary Road) star in HBO Films’ Fahrenheit 451. Directed and co-written by Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes) the film is based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of the same name, depicting a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and “firemen” burn books.

Jordan portrays Montag, a young fireman who forsakes his world and struggles to regain his humanity as he battles his mentor, fire captain Beatty, played by Shannon. Sofia Boutella (The Mummy, Kingsman: The Secret Service) stars as Clarisse, an informant caught between the competing interests of Montag and Beatty.
The cast also includes Lilly Singh (Bad Moms) as Raven, a tabloid reporter who works with the fire department to spread the ministry’s propaganda by broadcasting its book-burning raids to fans.

“I have always loved Ray Bradbury’s prophetic novel Fahrenheit 451,” says Bahrani. “Two years ago, as I looked at the world around me, it seemed like the ideal time to do a modern interpretation. I am grateful to HBO for helping me bring my vision of the film to audiences with this incredible cast.

To coincide with the HBO release, HarperCollins will re-issue the dystopian classic which was originally published in 1953, with a special cover to celebrate the movie.

Fahrenheit 451 can be streamed from Monday May 28 through Foxtel On Demand on internet-connected iQ set-top-boxes and on streaming service Foxtel Now. It will also screen at 9:30pm AEST on Foxtel’s showcase.

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The Affair - Seaon 4

From Tuesday 19 June at 9.30pm AEST

Express from the US and only on Foxtel

The highly anticipated fourth season of the worldwide hit series The Affair is set to return, with the first episode streaming express from the US from 9.30pm AEST on Tuesday, June 19. Season four will also premiere on showcase on Tuesday, June 19 at 9.30pm AEST.

Starring Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Joshua Jackson and Maura Tierney, the Golden Globe Award-winning series is both deeply observed and intriguingly elusive, exploring the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship on the people involved.

Noah (West) is a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years, Helen (Tierney) and four children. Alison (Wilson) is a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy shared with her husband, Cole (Jackson).

Over the past three seasons, the provocative drama has unfolded separately from multiple perspectives, using the distinct memory biases of each of the four lead characters to tell the story.

In season four, long past the secrets that brought them together and tore their lives apart, Noah, Alison, Cole and Helen are on separate journeys with the promise of new relationships and a fresh start. But as the past continues to surface, they begin to question what they’re holding on to, as their lives keep crashing back in to one another.

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Snowfall

A storm is coming and its name is crack

Wednesday 4 July at 8.30pm AEST

All ten episodes available to stream on Foxtel and screen weekly on showcase

All ten episodes of the confronting and compelling drama series Snowfall, will be released to stream on Foxtel from Wednesday July 4 at 8.30pm AEST and also available to screen each week on showcase, the home of FX Originals.

Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Snowfall is a one-hour, ten-part drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it.

The story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course, including: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo “El Oso” Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), a CIA operative running from a dark past who begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras; and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.

Snowfall is created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron and Executive Produced by Singleton, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Amadio, Michael London and Trevor Engelson. Andron will serve as showrunner. It is distributed by 20th Century Fox Television Distribution.