Avenue 5 is a good show. Very funny.
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Westworld Season 3
Westworld returns for its highly anticipated third season
Features new series regulars Aaron Paul and Vincent Cassel
Starts Monday, March 16 from midday AEDT
The critically acclaimed sci-fi drama series Westworld returns for a third season that is more enthralling and timelier than ever before and will launch express from the US on Monday, March 16 from midday , streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.
The Emmy-nominated series about the dawn of artificial intelligence and the birth of a new form of life on Earth features new series regulars Aaron Paul ( Breaking Bad ) and Vincent Cassel ( Black Swan ).
Following the aftermath of last season’s Westworld massacre, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) begin a new chapter - outside of the park - exploring the “real world”.
Since its 2016 debut, Westworld has garnered 43 Emmy® nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series two years in a row. In its second season, critics continued to praise the daring series.
Joining Aaron Paul and Vincent Cassel as new cast members in Season 3 are Lena Waithe ( Master of None ), Scott Mescudi ( How to Make it in America ), John Gallagher, Jr. ( The Newsroom ) and Tommy Flanagan ( Sons of Anarchy ).
Inspired by the 1973 film of the same name, Westworld was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Among S3’s other executive producers are J.J. Abrams, Athena Wickham, Richard J. Lewis, Denise Thé and Ben Stephenson.
Westworld Season 3 is an HBO series and is exclusive in Australia to Foxtel. The 8 x 60-minute series will air on Mondays from midday AEDT with a primetime encore at 8.30pm AEDT.
The Plot Against America
Starring Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan and John Turturro
Starts Tuesday, March 17 at 8.30pm AEDT express from the US
The six-part miniseries The Plot Against America , starring Winona Ryder , Zoe Kazan and John Turturro premieres express from the US on Tuesday, March 17 at 8.30pm AEDT , streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Philip Roth and created by the team behind The Wire , The Plot Against America imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey in 1940. The story follows the family as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation towards fascism.
The stunning ensemble cast includes Academy Award nominee Winona Ryder as Evelyn Finkel. Evelyn is unmarried, her plans arrested by 10 years of caring for her infirm mother and is hungry to find her own place in life. The sudden attentions of a key Lindbergh supporter - the politically ascendant clergyman, Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf - are exhilarating and transformational for her.
Zoe Kazan portrays Elizabeth “Bess” Levin, younger sister to Evelyn. An insightful mother and homemaker, who fears for the future as she tries to protect her family from the escalating political climate and plan a possible escape from the forces that seem to be threatening her world.
Emmy winner John Turturro stars as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf , a conservative rabbi from South Carolina where he gained his first synagogue pulpit and became a widower with the death of his affluent wife. Bengelsdorf seizes the reins of history to become a key figure in the emergent Lindbergh administration, despite growing opposition within the Jewish community.
The cast also includes Morgan Spector, Anthony Boyle, Azhy Robertson, Caleb Malis.
The Plot Against America is based on the novel by Philip Roth and created by David Simon and Ed Burns; executive produced by Simon, Burns, Nina K. Noble, Joe Roth, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Susan Goldberg and Jeff Kirschenbaum; co-executive produced by Philip Roth and Dennis Stratton.
The Plot Against America is an HBO series and is exclusive in Australia to Foxtel. The six-part miniseries will air on Tuesdays at 8.30pm AEDT, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE
Watchmen season 1 is currently screening on Fox Showcase on late night Wednesdays.
Run
Thursdays at 8.30pm from April 17
Run , a brand-new comedy thriller from the powerhouse creative team of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones, streams on Foxtel and screens on FOX SHOWCASE on Thursdays at 8.30pm AEDT from April 17 .
Written by Jones, this 7 x 30-minute comedy series follows on from Jones’ and Waller-Bridge’s hugely successful collaborations on Fleabag and Killing Eve .
Starring Emmy® winner Merritt Wever ( Nurse Jackie ) and Domhnall Gleeson ( Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ), Run tells the story of Ruby Richardson (Wever) who walks away from her ordinary life in the suburbs to revisit her past with her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), with whom she made a pact 17 years prior that if either one of them texted the word “RUN” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together.
Recurring guest stars for season one include Emmy®, Golden Globe and SAG winner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge ( Fleabag ) as Laurel, a woman who Ruby and Billy meet on their journey; Rich Sommer ( Mad Men ) as Laurence, Ruby’s husband; Tamara Podemski ( Coroner ) as police detective Babe Cloud and Archie Panjabi ( The Good Wife ) as Fiona, Billy’s former PA.
Executive produced by Vicky Jones, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jenny Robins, Kate Dennis, Emily Leo and Oliver Roskill of Wigwam Films, Run is produced by eOne, the studio behind acclaimed HBO series Sharp Objects. Executive producers Jones and Waller-Bridge founded the DryWrite Theatre Company. In 2013, Jones directed Waller-Bridge’s stage production Fleabag , which was later adapted into an Emmy®, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning television series on which Jones was also a writer. Jones also served as a writer on Killing Eve , the Emmy® nominated drama series, which was created by Waller-Bridge.
The Undoing
From Monday 11 May AEST
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Starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant
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Directed by Susanne Bier and written by David E. Kelley
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Executive produced by Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Susanne Bier, David E. Kelley,
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Bruna Papandrea, Stephen Garrett and Celia Costas
The highly anticipated six-part psychological thriller The Undoing , starring Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman and Emmy-nominee Hugh Grant , premieres at the same time as the US on Monday, May 11 AEST, streaming on Foxtel and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.
Kidman, also an executive producer, joins forces with Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning director Susanne Bier and reunites with Emmy-winning Big Littles Lies creator David E. Kelley for the HBO six-part limited series.
The Undoing follows Grace Fraser (Kidman), a successful New York City therapist, and her husband Jonathan (Grant) who are living the only lives they ever wanted for themselves. Overnight, a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death, a missing spouse and 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 her family.
“David has created another propulsive series with a fascinating, complicated female role at its centre,“ said Kidman.
Joining Kidman and Grant on screen are Edgar Ramirez ( The Assassination of Gianni Versace) , Ismael Cruz Cordova ( Mary Queen of Scots ), Matilda De Angelis ( Il Premio), Lily Rabe ( American Horror Story ), Noma Dumezweni ( Mary Poppins Returns ), Noah Jupe ( A Quiet Place 2 ) as Henry Fraser, Jonathan and Grace’s 12-year-old son and Donald Sutherland ( The Hunger Games ) as Grace’s protective father.
Based on The New York Times bestselling novel You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Undoing is directed by Susanne Bier and created and written for television by David E. Kelley, who also serves as showrunner. The series is executive produced by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari through Blossom Films, Susanne Bier, David E. Kelley through David E. Kelley Productions, Bruna Papandrea through Made Up Stories, Stephen Garrett and Celia Costas.
The Undoing is an HBO series and is exclusive in Australia to Foxtel. New episodes of the 6 x 60-minute series will premiere at the same time as the US on Mondays from May 11 AEST, with a primetime encore each Monday at 8.30pm AEST.
Mrs AMERICA
Tuesday 21 April at 8.30pm on FOX SHOWCASE
Foxtel presents the new nine-part FX limited series MRS AMERICA , based on the true events of the movement to ratify the American Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, played by Cate Blanchett in her first US television role.
The series explores one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the 1970s which helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted the US political landscape.
Mrs America features an all-star cast and is depicted by the women of the era from ‘sweetheart of the silent majority’ Schlafly, to the second wave feminists such as Gloria Steinem ( Rose Byrne ) the most recognizable leader of the women’s movement, who played a major part in the effort to pass the ERA.
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) plays “Alice,” a fictional character and Phyllis’ best friend who joins her to block the ERA.
Margo Martindale ( The Americans ) plays Bella Abzug, a three-term US Congresswoman, trailblazer in the feminist movement and leader in the effort to pass the ERA.
Uzo Aduba ( Orange is the New Black ) plays Shirley Chisholm, the first African American Congresswoman and, when she launched her unprecedented 1972 campaign, the first African American candidate to run for President from a major political party.
Elizabeth Banks ( The Hunger Games) plays Jill Ruckelshaus, a pro-choice, socially progressive Republican who was appointed by President Ford to run a presidential commission to advance women’s rights and push for ratification of the ERA. She fought to keep the Republican Party from being taken over by the Religious Right.
Tracey Ullman plays Betty Friedan, the author of The Feminine Mystique and founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus. She was an active proponent of the ERA.
The series also stars John Slattery, Ari Graynor , Jeanne Tripplehorn , Melanie Lynskey and Kayli Carter.
MRS AMERICA is executive produced by Emmy Award winner Dahvi Waller, who serves as creator and showrunner, Academy Award nominated Stacey Sher, Coco Francini, Cate Blanchett and Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, who directed four of the nine episodes, including the first two.
Run
Thursdays at 8.30pm from May 7
A brand-new comedy series from the team behind Fleabag and Killing Eve
With episodes directed by Australia’s Kate Dennis
Run , a brand-new comedy thriller from the powerhouse creative team of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones , streams on Foxtel NOW and screens on FOX SHOWCASE on Thursdays at 8.30pm AEST from May 7 .
Written by Jones and with several episodes directed by award-winning Australian director Kate Dennis , this 7 x 30-minute comedy series follows on from Jones’ and Waller-Bridge’s hugely successful collaborations on Fleabag and Killing Eve .
Starring Emmy® winner Merritt Wever ( Nurse Jackie ) and Domhnall Gleeson ( Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ), Run tells the story of Ruby Richardson (Wever) who walks away from her ordinary life in the suburbs to revisit her past with her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), with whom she made a pact 17 years prior that if either one of them texted the word “RUN” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together.
Recurring guest stars for season one includes Emmy®, Golden Globe and SAG winner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge ( Fleabag ) as Laurel, a woman who Ruby and Billy meet on their journey; Rich Sommer ( Mad Men ) as Laurence, Ruby’s husband; Tamara Podemski ( Coroner ) as police detective Babe Cloud and Archie Panjabi ( The Good Wife ) as Fiona, Billy’s former PA.
Executive produced by Vicky Jones, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jenny Robins, Kate Dennis, Emily Leo and Oliver Roskill of Wigwam Films, Run is produced by eOne, the studio behind acclaimed HBO series Sharp Objects. Executive producers Jones and Waller-Bridge founded the DryWrite Theatre Company. In 2013, Jones directed Waller-Bridge’s stage production Fleabag , which was later adapted into an Emmy®, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning television series on which Jones was also a writer. Jones also served as a writer on Killing Eve , the Emmy® nominated drama series, which was created by Waller-Bridge.
Kate Dennis earned an Emmy nomination in 2017 for directing The Handmaid’s Tale season one episode “The Bridge”. Other credits include GLOW , The Mindy Project , Tommy, New Amsterdam, Fear the Walking Dead and Suits among others. In Australia, Kate has been nominated for three Australian Directors Guild Awards for Love My Way, Rake and Secrets & Lies. She is also responsible for setting up several Australian TV dramas including Secret & Lies, Offspring, Party Tricks and BBC’s Rescue Me .
The premiere was pushed back to northern spring in the US.
A new Australian airdate is yet to be announced.
I’ve seen the first two episodes - its got potential
I’ve loved everything I’ve seen Merritt Wever in so I’m really looking forward to this. Nearly started watching Run last night but noticed the eps were only 30 minutes long so I might wait until closer to the end of the season and binge the series over a couple of nights. Added bonus is Waller-Bridge’s involvement. Didn’t think Fleabag would be my cup of tea but it turned out to be one of the best things I watched last year.
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HBO has renewed Westworld for a fourth season.
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I Know This Much Is True
From Monday, May 11 at 11am with a primetime encore at 8.30pm
Starring Mark Ruffalo
With Melissa Leo, Kathryn Hahn, Juliette Lewis, Rosie O’Donnell and Archie Punjabi
The highly-anticipated six-part series I Know This Much is True , starring three-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo premieres on Monday, May 11 at 11am AEST with a primetime encore at 8.30pm AEST, streaming on Foxtel NOW and screening on FOX SHOWCASE.
Based on the bestselling and highly acclaimed 1998 novel by Wally Lamb, the limited series follows Dominick Birdsey, as he struggles to care for his troubled twin brother, Thomas, while discovering the truth about his own family history.
Ruffalo appears in the double-role of the identical twin brothers, in an extraordinary story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness. The series explores the vastly different lives the twins have lived, throughout the different stages of their lives.
Ruffalo is joined on screen by an outstanding ensemble cast: Academy Award-winner Melissa Leo as the twins’ mother; Emmy Award-winner Archie Punjabi as Thomas’ new psychologist and Rosie O’Donnell as a social worker at the forensic institute where Thomas is staying. Rounding out the cast are esteemed actors Kathryn Hahn , Imogen Poots and Juliette Lewis .
I Know this Much is True is executive produced by Ruffalo, alongside writer and director Derek Cianfrance ( The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine ). Ben Browning, Glen Basner, Wally Lamb, Gregg Fienberg and Anya Epstein also serve as executive producers. The series is made in partnership with FilmNation Entertainment.
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Wednesday, May 6 at 8.30pm
A revealing new documentary Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind , exploring the life of iconic Hollywood actor Natalie Wood, streams on Foxtel NOW and screens on FOX SHOWCASE on Wednesday, May 6 at 8.30pm AEST.
The feature-length documentary film delves in to actor Natalie Wood’s life and career through the unique perspective of her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner and others who knew her best.
The film features previously unseen home movies, photographs, diaries, letters and artefacts, as well as intimate interviews with her friends, family, co-stars and colleagues; re-examining her personal and professional triumphs and challenges, which have often been overshadowed by her tragic death at age 43.
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind is from Amblin Television, produced by Gregson Wagner and Manoah Bowman (author of Natalie Wood: Reflections on a Legendary Life ), with Lauren Bouzereau directing and producing. Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey are executive producing for Amblin Television.
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind is an HBO documentary film and is exclusive in Australia to Foxtel. The documentary is available to watch on FOX SHOWCASE and to stream for Foxtel subscribers On Demand via internet connected IQ boxes, on smartphones and tablets using the Foxtel GO app, and via Foxtel NOW.
The film features on Foxtel’s Wednesdays at 8.30pm documentary timeslot, screening on FOX SHOWCASE and streaming on Foxtel NOW. The following exclusive documentaries will also premiere in May:
Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
Wednesday, May 13: this HBO documentary investigates the ongoing threat caused by the phenomenon of ‘fake news’, focusing on real-life consequences that disinformation, conspiracy theories and false news stories have on the average citizen both in an election cycle and for years to come.
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Election
Wednesday, May 20: this HBO documentary looks at the lead up to the 2020 presidential election, taking a deep dive in to the weaknesses of today’s election technology, an issue that is little understood by the public or even lawmakers.
Bad Education
Starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney
Sunday, May 17 at 8.30pm
Australia’s own Hugh Jackman delivers an extraordinary performance alongside esteemed co-star Allison Janney in the feature length film Bad Education , streaming on Foxtel NOW and screening on FOX SHOWCASE from Sunday, May 17 at 8.30pm AEST.
Bad Education is inspired by the incredible true story of a fraud scandal that erupted at a respected Long Island high school in 2002, described as the biggest school embezzlement case in US history.
The film tells the story of Frank Tassone (Academy Award nominee Jackman), who serves as the charismatic superintendent of Roslyn’s school district. Serving alongside him is his hardworking assistant, superintendent Pamela Gluckin (Academy Award winner Janney).
Together, they reign over the Long Island school district on the verge of the nation’s top spot, spurring record college admissions and soaring property values. But they also collude to pull off an extraordinary embezzlement crime, while maintaining order and secrecy – by whatever means necessary.
Co-starring are Ray Romano as school board president Bob Spicer and Geraldine Viswanathan as high school student Rachel Bhargava.
Bad Education is an HBO Film directed by Corey Finley with the screenplay by Mike Makowsky. It is produced by Automatik, Sight Unseen Pictures and Slater Hall. Executive producers Leonid Lebedev and Caroline Jaczko.
Bad Education is exclusive in Australia to Foxtel. It is available to watch on FOX SHOWCASE and to stream for Foxtel subscribers On Demand via internet connected IQ boxes, on smartphones and tablets using the Foxtel GO app and via Foxtel NOW.
Dave debuted on Fox Showcase in March.
Perry Mason
Stream on Foxtel NOW or watch on FOX SHOWCASE from June 22
Mondays at 11am with a primetime encore on FOX SHOWCASE at 8.30pm
Emmy Award winner Matthew Rhys stars in the highly anticipated new series Perry Mason , streaming on Foxtel NOW and screening on Fox SHOWCASE from Monday, June 22 at 11.00am AEST, express from the US.
Set in 1931 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origins of American fiction’s most legendary criminal defence lawyer Perry Mason, based on Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels. Living as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage.
L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression – but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.
Joining Rhys as Perry Mason is a stunning ensemble cast, including John Lithgow as E.B. Jonathan, a personal attorney at the lowest point in his career and a semi-regular employer of Perry Mason. Tatiana Maslany ( Orphan Black ) plays Sister Alice, the leader of the Radiant Assembly of God.
Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Juliet Rylance, Nate Corddry, Veronica Falcon, Jefferson Mays, Gayle Rankin, Lili Taylor, Andrew Howard, Robert Patrick and Stephen Root also feature.
Timothy Van Patten – whose directing credits include the Game of Thrones pilot along with episodes of The Sopranos , Boardwalk Empire , Sex and the City , The Wire , The Pacific , Rome and Deadwood – directs and executive produces the series.
The series is executive produced by: Amanda Burrell, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Ron Fitzgerald, Joe Horacek, Rolin Jones and Timothy Van Patten. Co-executive producer Aida Rodgers; producer Matthew Rhys; created by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald; based on the characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Perry Mason is an HBO series. It is available to watch on FOX SHOWCASE and to stream for Foxtel subscribers On Demand via internet connected IQ boxes, on smartphones and tablets using the Foxtel GO app and via Foxtel NOW.
Watch or stream a stellar lineup of sports documentaries in July
Sports Documentary Wednesdays
Every Wednesday in July at 8.30pm
Throughout the month of July, Foxtel will showcase five powerful HBO documentaries exploring the extraordinary, inspiring and sometimes controversial world of sport and those who inhabit it, streaming On Demand on Foxtel Now and screening on Fox Showcase, on Wednesdays at 8.30pm AEST.
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth – Wednesday, July 1
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and legendary filmmaker Spike Lee bring Tyson’s hit one-man stage show to the screen in this documentary special. Raw, honest, powerful and full of humour, “Iron Mike” opens up about his troubled youth, landmark boxing career, key people in his life, time in prison, self-examination, family and new beginnings.
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes – Wednesday, July 8
See boxing superstar Muhammad Ali through a news lens, as the documentary film uses Ali’s many appearances on the Emmy-winning The Dick Cavett Show from 1968 – 1979 to give insight in to his legacy, in and out of the ring. Ali used his appearances as opportunities to have candid conversations with the host about racial, religious and political injustice. The film explores how Ali came to symbolise something greater than boxing.
The Scheme – Wednesday, July 15
On September 26, 2017, an extensive two-year undercover FBI investigation into a basketball corruption scandal led to the arrest of executives at Adidas and assistant coaches at major college programs. At the centre of it was Christian Dawkins, an unassuming and unknown 25-year-old who was allegedly part of a criminal enterprise that infiltrated college basketball teams and funnelled hundreds of thousands of dollars to steer recruits to prominent athletic programs. For the first time ever, Dawkins speaks.
Women of Troy – Wednesday, July 22
The documentary explores the transcendent career of the Cheryl Miller-led USC Trojans and their impact on women’s basketball. Their ability to overcome adversity on and off the court propelled them in to national prominence, winning two national titles and becoming the first women’s collegiate team to visit the White House during the Ronald Reagan presidency. The film features interviews with all-time USC greats and illustrates how a pivotal moment in sports history impacted their lives and future generations.
State of Play: Inherent Violence – Wednesday, July 29
Is it possible that violence is an inherent part of sports? This documentary explores combat sports through two unique father-son relationships: an American professional MMA fighter combat training his young son, and in Florence, Italy, a retired player of Calcio Storico who has trained his son to compete in this violent form of soccer.
The HBO documentaries listed are available to watch on Fox Showcase and to stream for Foxtel subscribers On Demand via internet connected IQ boxes, on smartphones and tablets using the Foxtel GO app and via Foxtel NOW.