Paramount+ is bringing all the thrills and spills that will keep you glued to your screen all month long.
If you’ve got the need for speed… get ready to buckle up and experience the ultimate thrill ride, as Paramount+ welcomes Top Gear Australia. Hosts Blair Joscelyne, Beau Ryan and Jonathan LaPaglia will deliver everything fans have come to love about the beloved franchise - a turbocharged blend of entertainment, information, and pure automotive passion – but with an unmistakable Aussie twist.
Streaming from Friday, Paramount+ welcomes comedy-crime drama series Elsbeth – a spin-off of The Good Wife and The Good Fight, from which Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston originated the role of Elsbeth Tascioni.
The groundbreaking docuseries Behind The Music returns for a brand-new season, taking an intimate look at the personal lives of the music scene’s greatest and most influential artists, revealing their joys, misfortunes and rise to the top.
Don’t miss the final season of the fan-favourite and critically acclaimed original series, Evil.
From kids animation, to romantic comedies and horror features – settle in for one of our new feature films including PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris, Bros and Halloween Ends.
Plus, its football finals fever! There’s plenty of local and international football action on offer this month.
Very weird they’ve gone for acquired content from 20th Century TV. Disney must be selling to other outlets.
But then P+ got rid of that good content in February.
I can’t believe lots of the Australian dramas have gone. I was hoping to view some of them. They also got rid of Tokyo Vice. I was mid season of that. There’s a season 2 and now no sign of that on any service. It’s become a shit show.
Paramount+ Aus have acquired content from outside the Para ecosystem since launch locally to supplement their offering, nothing new despite what happened in Feb which was for the most part were their own shows and local series.
Charlotte Crosby was on The Project this evening to talk about her starring role in Aussie Shore.
Charlotte Crosby has spent a lot of time in Australia thanks to her Geordie Shore days, but she tells us the one bizarre name Aussies keep telling her we call Jacuzzis. pic.twitter.com/tzt9XpV72H
Sometimes the studios who produce them, sometimes its the streamer. Really depends on a show by show basis.
Many Netflix originals are actually owned by their studios. To use your example, The Crown is actually owned by Sony. Netflix just holds first run and streaming rights. Maybe there’s a clause in the contract that prohibits a linear run, or Netflix owns them too. But these rights usually end at some point, and then Sony can do whatever they want with it. It’s why the Marvel Netflix shows (Daredevil, Jessica Jones etc.) moved to Disney.
Netflix has been increasingly moving to outright owning their originals, usually by paying full production costs plus a fee to the studio actually producing the content. Since many streamers are owned by major studios they usually produce in house and hold the rights anyway.
But things get removed because back-end royalties still have to be paid outright when a show is on a streamer, and if a show isn’t being watched then it’ll be cheaper to remove it than to keep it up. Sometimes these removed shows are then licensed out elsewhere, or released on discs where royalties are paid per unit sold, sometimes they just disappear.
Paramount+ has picked up a docuseries exploring the history and impact of the Lollapalooza music festival. Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza will premiere on P+ in Australia on May 22.
Paramount+ Debuts Official Trailer For Third Season Of Mayor Of Kingstown, Starring Oscar® Nominee Jeremy Renner.
Mayor Of Kingstown, Premieres Exclusively On Paramount+ From Monday, 3 June.
Paramount+ today debuted the official trailer and key art for the highly anticipated third season of the original series Mayor Of Kingstown, which will premiere exclusively on platform on Monday, 3 June. Starring Oscar® nominee Jeremy Renner, Mayor Of Kingstown is co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, and is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions exclusively for Paramount+.
In season three, a series of explosions rock Kingstown and its citizens, as a new face of the Russian mob sets up shop in the city, and a drug war rages inside and outside prison walls. The pressure is on Mike McLusky (Renner) to end the war but things get complicated when a familiar face from his incarcerated past threatens to undermine the Mayor’s attempts to keep the peace among all factions.
In addition to Renner, Mayor Of Kingstown stars an impressive ensemble cast, including series regulars Hugh Dillon, Taylor Handley, Emma Laird, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Nishi Munshi, Hamish Allan-Headley and Michael Beach.
The series is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, Hugh Dillon, Jeremy Renner, Antoine Fuqua, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Michael Friedman, Dave Erickson, Regina Corrado, Christoph Schrewe and Keith Cox.
The first and second seasons of Mayor Of Kingstown are available to binge exclusively on Paramount+. Mayor Of Kingstown is part of Sheridan’s growing slate on Paramount+, which includes 1923, 1883, Lawmen: Bass Reeves and Special Ops: Lioness. Additionally, the second season of Tulsa King and the upcoming series Landman are both currently in production.
Paramount+ categories and interface is slowly getting better, noticed they have introduced a carousel with top 10 shows and movies - though have always been a bit dubious about how accurate these are.
Considering they are all broadcast procedural type shows it seeems legit to me - if P+ was curating that top 10 to influence users viewing choices - the top 10 would be full of P+ originals they want to push
Exploring Icon Cyndi Lauper’s Cultural Impact And Legacy. Premieres Exclusively On Paramount+ On Wednesday, 5 June.
Paramount+ today announced that Let The Canary Sing, the feature-length documentary exploring the remarkable life and career of Cyndi Lauper, will premiere exclusively on Wednesday, 5 June. Directed by Emmy® Award-winning documentarian Alison Ellwood, the film made its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.
Produced by Fine Point Films and Sony Music Entertainment in association with Concord Originals, Let The Canary Sing chronicles Lauper’s meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. The documentary takes the audience on an engaging exploration of a renowned and pioneering artist who has left a remarkable legacy with her art.
Cyndi Lauper said: “Over the years I’ve been asked to do a documentary about my life and work, but it never felt like the right time. Until now. When I first met Alison Ellwood, I knew right away I could trust her to tell my story honestly, which was incredibly important to me, and she succeeded in that. I’d like to thank Alison, the producers, and all of the amazing documentary participants who agreed to be interviewed!”
Let The Canary Sing is produced by Fine Point Films (THE GO-GO’S, No Stone Unturned, Elián) with Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill, Andrew Tully and Alison Ellwood serving as producers. Lisa Barbaris and Gregory P. Cimino II, Esq. are executive producers. Tom Mackay, Richard Story and Rebecca Teitel serve as executive producers for Sony Music Entertainment. Sophia Dilley and Wesley Adams are executive producers for Concord Originals. Sony Music Vision is the distributor.
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will be releasing a companion product to the documentary of the same name. The Let The Canary Sing companion album is a career-spanning collection that follows Lauper’s career, starting from her days in Blue Angel to her breakout single Girls Just Want to Have Fun to the iconic pop stardom that followed. With hits True Colors, I Drove All Night and more, this collection is a staple for any Cyndi Lauper fan. The album will be released on vinyl and as a digital expanded edition and is available for pre-order here.
