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Prime Video, Guesswork Television, and Ok Great Productions today announced that Australian actor Luke Hemsworth has joined lead cast members Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama, and Alicia Gardiner in Season 2 of the Prime Video global hit series Deadloch.

In the new season, Dulcie and Eddie are in Darwin 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.

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In the series, created and written by powerhouse comedy minds Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, Luke 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.”

Having completed filming in the Northern Territory, the Deadloch production has now moved to Queensland, utilizing the Brisbane studios and, for cast safety,...

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.

Prime Video, Guesswork Television, and Ok Great Productions, with the support of Screen Queensland and Screen Territory, today announced that production has started on Deadloch Season 2. Filming on the six-part season is currently taking place in the Northern Territory, including Darwin and surrounds, before production moves to Brisbane, Queensland.

While a premiere date has not been announced yet, Deadloch Season 2 will launch globally on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories.

Created and written by powerhouse comedy minds Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, the second season features the return of lead stars Kate Box and Madeleine Sami in their roles as detectives Dulcie Collins and Eddie Redcliffe, along with Nina Oyama as Abby Matsuda and Alicia Gardiner as Cath York.

This season will also introduce new cast members, including Steve Bisley, Shari Sebbens, writer Jean Tong in their acting debut role, Genevieve Morris, Byron Coll, Nikki Britton, Anthony J Sharpe,...

Deadloch is heading north. Amazon Prime Video Australia’s hit comic murder mystery drama has begun production on its second season, and relocates the action from Tasmania to the sweltering heat and humidity of the Northern Territory.

In June, it was revealed that Amazon had renewed Deadloch. On Friday, the streamer offered up more details including a first-look production image and casting news for season two, which sees Detective Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami) and Senior Sergeant Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) travel to Darwin to investigate the death of Eddie’s former policing partner, Bushy. However, Eddie and Dulcie are drawn into a bigger mystery when the body of a local icon is discovered in a remote town right in the middle of croc country.

From left: Madeleine Sami, Kate Box, Kate McLennan, Kate McCartney, Nina Oyama and Alicia Gardiner

The six-episode second season of Deadloch will feature some familiar faces,...

Exclusive: Many people decided the office was no longer for them after the Covid-19 pandemic, but not so Felicity Ward, or her new alter-ego, Hannah Howard. Comedian and actress Ward is starring in The Office Australia, one of the most hotly anticipated series outside of the U.S., marking the first time a woman has played the iconic (mis)manager role that Ricky Gervais first made famous on the BBC.

Sarah Christie, Senior Development Executive at Amazon MGM Studios in Australia, which is working on The Office for the Prime Video streaming service, is aware of the weight of expectation and the need to try something new. “It is huge, iconic IP,” she told Deadline. With NBC’s Michael Scott joining Gervais’ David Brent in the annals of TV comedy history, and other incarnations in countries as wide apart as Germany and Chile, the challenge is sizeable.

“We want to...

Prime Video, Guesswork Television, and Ok Great Productions, with the support of Screen Queensland and Screen Territory, have announced that Amazon Original Deadloch has been renewed for a second season.

Season one of the award-winning crime comedy, from co-creators Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, garnered widespread global success in 2023. Production on the six-part second season will commence later this year and will be released globally on Prime Video.

Deadloch became a bona fide breakout hit, reaching the Top 10 TV Shows in over 165 countries and territories on Prime Video, including the U.S., UK, and Canada. The first season, set in Tasmania, saw two very different detectives thrown together to solve a man’s murder.

The series won five Aacta Awards earlier this year, including Best Acting in a Comedy for Kate Box and Best Screenplay in Television for Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. The series recently scored three nominations in...

Deadloch, a critically acclaimed murder mystery, is renewed for season 2 on Prime Video. Lead stars Kate Box and Madeleine Sami return as Dulcie Collins and Eddie Redcliff. Season 2 focuses on a new investigation in Australia's Northern Territory, featuring returning actors Nina Oyama and Alicia Gardiner.

Deadloch, the murder mystery with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, nabs a season 2 renewal at Prime Video and reveals plot details in addition to returning cast members. Created by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, and debuting in June 2023, the Australian dark comedy unfolds in the titular settlement and follows what happens after the body of a local man turns up on the beach. Two detectives soon reluctantly take care of the charge. Following the Deadloch season 1 ending, the critical favorite has now received a major update.

Deadline confirms that Prime Video will be moving forward with Deadloch season 2. Lead stars Kate Box and Madeleine Sami...

There’s more in store for fans of Amazon’s Australian crime comedy Deadloch. The producers of the breakout show revealed Tuesday that a six-episode second season will go into production later this year and be released globally on Prime Video.

Co-created by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, the first season of Deadloch followed a pair of odd-couple detectives — played by stars Kate Box and Madeleine Sami — who are thrown together to solve the murder of a man in Tasmania. Amazon says the title became “a bonafide breakout hit” on Prime Video, reaching the service’s list of Top 10 TV Shows in more than 165 countries and territories, including the U.S., UK, and Canada.

Season two sees the return of Box and Sami as detectives Dulcie Collins and Eddie Redcliffe, as the duo is drawn to Darwin in northern Australia to investigate the death of Eddie’s former policing partner,...

Exclusive: Prime Video has handed Darwin detective duo Dulcie Collins and Eddie Redcliffe another case.

We can reveal the streamer has greenlit a second season of Deadloch, the Australian crime comedy that was a breakout hit for Amazon last year, with leads Kate Box and Madeleine Sami returning.

Production on a six-part season 2 will begin later this year and the show releases globally. Prime Video is making the show with Guesswork Television and Ok Great Productions, with the support of Screen Queensland and Screen Territory. Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan return as co-creators.

Season 2 will see Detectives Collins (Box) and Redcliffe (Sami) heading to the Top End in Australia’s Northern Territory. They are initially in Darwin investigating the death of Redcliffe’s former policing partner Bushy, when the bodies of two Top End icons are discovered in a remote town, flinging open a new “sweatier, stickier” investigation. Also reprising...

This year has seen the release of several new comedic golds, including Beef, Mrs. Davis, and Apple TV+'s Shrinking, as well as a slew of returning shows, like Ted Lasso, Succession, and Barry. While most of these have been hugely successful as they captivated audiences from the start through the end with flawless comedic timing, a handful of them have kept viewers coming back for more. To add more to the year's collection, Prime Video is releasing an exciting comedy series, Deadloch.

Deadloch is an upcoming comedy series co-created by Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan that will star Kate Box and Madeleine Sami. The series, produced by Amazon Studios, Guesswork Television, and Ok Great Productions, will combine a riveting mystery storyline with the Kates' signature sense of humor. That said, here's everything you need to know about Deadloch, the forthcoming mystery comedy series on Prime Video.

Deadloch: The Plot...

Production has begun in Tasmania, Australia on “Deadloch,” a noir comedy that will be an Amazon original series.

The story is set in the once sleepy seaside hamlet of Deadloch and begins after a man’s dead body is found on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case, one fastidious, the other a more rough and ready type from out of town. Along with an over-eager junior they have to pool forces to solve the case while the town is putting on its annual crafts, culture and cooking festival.

The eight-part show was conceived by comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan and will star Kate Box, Madeleine Sami “The Breaker Upperers”), Alicia Gardiner (“Wakefield”) and Nina Oyama (“Utopia”), as well as an ensemble cast.

“Deadloch” is to be directed between February and May by acclaimed Australian directors Ben Chessell, Gracie Otto and Beck Cole.

Unscene competition winners with 'Offspring' star Alicia Gardiner, who hosted the Gala..

Marie Kelly has taken out the top prize in Village Cinemas' Unscene short film competiton..

The inaugural comp, run in partnership with Event Cinemas and Open Channel, tasked filmmakers with making a film based around the .effects of piracy on the industry.. Finalists had their films screened at the Unscene Film Festival Gala earlier this week at Village Cinema Rivoli..

Kelly took home the $10,000 top prize for her film Pirating a Film Irl. A short of the film will also now play across cinema pre-shows, as well as in selected foyers. Kelly will also receive membership and a mentoring session at Open Channel. .

Michael Campbell came in second with The Cost of War, taking home $2,000, while Elizna van der Walt, Ellie Betramin and Ben Bellette won the $1,000 third prize for their film Midnight..Their films will also screen in foyers.