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Hulu’s new Australiab police drama, “Critical Incident,” arriving Friday, December 6, 2024, with all episodes of its first season, isn’t your typical cops-and-robbers fare. The series opens with a seemingly straightforward pursuit: Senior Constable Zilifcar ‘Zil’ Ahmed (Akshay Khanna) chases a teenage suspect, Dalia (Zoë Boe), through the streets. When the pursuit ends in a […]

Hulu’s Australian Crime Drama “Critical Incident” Premieres Friday December 6...

The Hulu December 2024 premiere schedule has been announced and can be viewed below. The streaming service has also revealed the titles that will leave next month.

The Hulu originals for the month include The Bravest Knight Season 2A, Ilana Glazer: Human Magic, Light Shop, Paris Has Fallen, and Wild Crime. National Geographic’s Blink and Sugarcane will also be available.

In addition to the first 20 seasons of Law & Order, Hulu will launch 1,796 episodes of your favorite reality TV programs throughout the month of December!

Paris Has Fallen Highlights

A look at the originals, exclusives, and premieres that are part of the Hulu December 2024 lineup.

Light Shop: Four-Episode Series Premiere (Hulu Original – Streaming December 4)

An adaptation of Kangfull’s hit webtoon of the same name, Light Shop follows six strangers, each grappling with a traumatic event from their past. As they go about their daily lives, they slowly come to...

‘Yellowstone’ & More Packed in Paramount Volume For BeIN

Middle Eastern broadcast giant BeIN Media has secured the likes of Yellowstone, Frasier and Colin From Accounts through an exclusive multi-year agreement with Paramount Global Content Distribution. Also included in the deal are Yellowstone spin-offs 1883 and 1923, Billions, Frasier, Knuckles, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Mayor of Kingston, Paw Patrol, Ray Donovan, Tulsa King and the upcoming NCIS: Tony & Ziva, along with feature films such as Bob Marley: One Love, Rob Peace, Self Reliance and the Transformers and Mission: Impossible franchises. Paramount has similar deals in place with Cosmote in Greece, Streamz in Belgium, MultiChoice in Africa, JioCinema in India, Blast TV in the Philippines and Mono in Thailand. “This agreement underscores beIN’s commitment to delivering the best in entertainment to our audiences in the Mena region,” said Esra Özaral Altop, Chief Entertainment Content Officer, at BeIN. “By expanding our relationship with Paramount...

A spate of deals out of MIPCOM Cannes this week indicates there is still life in the global TV market.

Paramount Global Content Distribution inked a multi-year volume deal with beIN Media Group, giving the Qatari-owned group exclusive rights to Paramount’s content library, including acclaimed series like Yellowstone, Billions, new offerings such as NCIS: Tony & Ziva and feature films including Bob Marley: One Love and the Transformers and Mission: Impossible franchises, across the Middle East and North Africa for beIN’s premium Pay TV channels and Tod streaming platform. The deal will see the shows carried in English subtitled in Arabic. Paramount has similar agreements in place with the likes of Streamz in Belgium, MultiChoice in Africa, and JioCinema in India.

Disney-owned Hulu, which on Monday announced its acquisition of StudioCanal’s action series Paris Has Fallen, has also snapped up U.S. streaming rights to Critical Incident,...

Critical Incident is a psychological crime drama that grips from the start. Launching on Stan, the series centers around a “critical incident” involving police constable Zilficar “Zil” Ahmed, played compellingly by Akshaye Khanna, and troubled teen Dalia Tun, portrayed vividly by Zoe Boe. Their fates become intertwined one night in Western Sydney, setting off complex questions around police work in multicultural communities.

The show captures attention with these nuanced characters and the social themes woven into its intricate plot. Yet it also intrigues through clever uses of tension. Scenes tease out uncertainty, from the chilling opening at a police station to later juggles between timelines. Questions linger around precisely what transpired between Zil and Dalia to change their lives.

Character perspectives shift our understanding too. Zil feels driven to prove himself right, while Dalia seeks escape from a flawed system. Their gray motives mirror real life’s complexity better than clear-cut heroes and villains.

Exclusive: Australian streamer Stan has today unveiled a 25-strong slate, adding scripted titles from Matchbox Pictures and the producers behind Colin From Accounts, acquisitions from the UK and U.S. and a new version of Drag Race to its ranks.

Content from the likes of All3Media, AMC, Banijay, the BBC, Fremantle, ITV, Lionsgate, Universal Internatational Studios, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros Discovery is on the slate, which was showcased at the iconic Sydney Opera House as Stan’s latest salvo in Australia’s competitive streaming market.

Among the key scripted originals is Critical Incident, a psychological crime thriller from Matchbox, the Australian production subsidiary of Universal Studio Group-owned Universal International Studios. Written by Sarah Bassiuoni (The Secrets She Keeps), it recently completed production in Western Sydney, with major production investment from Screen Australia.

The six-part show depicts life in the Western suburbs of Sydney and delves into the complex...

Title: The Tree Director: Julie Bertucelli Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas, Aden Young, Gillian Jones, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christian Bayers, Tom Russell, Gabriel Gotting, Zoe Boe A tender, well sketched drama of familial reconnection and rebirth in the wake of tragedy, Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree, a French-Australian co-production set in the rural environs of the latter country, for the most part successfully balances the literal and metaphorical in its telling of coping with loss, and trying to move on after the death of a loved one. Engaging acting and some gorgeous and involving cinematography make this movie a treat for arthouse audiences. When her truck-driver husband Peter (Aden Young)...