NEW SUMMER 2026 AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES: TREASURE & DIRT WITH MICHAEL DORMAN, THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION WITH MIA WASIKOWSKA

  NEW AUSTRALIAN SHOWS  

TREASURE & DIRT AT ABC

New six part series starts this July

I have two new Australian shows to present to you today, spylings, beginning with TREASURE & DIRT which arrives to their national broadcaster ABC July 19th with our dear Michael Dorman, whom you watched in Territory series, in the lead role. The story of the six part crime thriller is set in the scorched, dust choked opal mining town of Nulla, where the brutal beheading of local miner pulls big-city detective Ivan Lucic (Dorman) into a labyrinthine case with no easy answers. Assigned to him is ambitious rookie detective Nell Buchanan (Liv Hewson) who knows Nulla’s lawless, corrupt underbelly far better than he does. Together, they’re drawn into a strange, surreal underworld of secrets, greed, and old sins that won’t stay buried. Dean O'Gorman and Eamon Farren also star.

 

 

THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION

New six part series hits Stan next week

Arriving even sooner, next week actually - June 24th to Australian streamer Stan is six episode mystery crime drama THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION. In 1987, detectives Georgia Cooke (Mia Wasikowska) and Michael Thorne (Xavier Samuel) are called to investigate the bizarre and brutal killings of four scientists at the remote Parrish Research Station. They uncover a complex case involving mania, ritual, and the occult, and Georgia's obsessive truth-seeking spirals, threatening her family, career, and sanity. Thirty seven years later, a chilling new spree of murders pull Georgia (Heather Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.

 

SEE ACTION PACKED FULL TRAILER FOR THE FOURTH SEASON OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS SF SERIES

  STRANGE NEW WORLDS  

STAR TREK SERIES RETURNS THIS JULY

The fourth season begins next month

Back in April we had the first teaser for the fourth and the penultimate season of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS and now we have a full trailer for the series that returns July 23rd with new episodes streaming weekly on Paramount Plus. The streamer has also released a poster for the new season featuring Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck and others who have already shot both final seasons earlier last winter. The final season will have only six episodes, while the fourth one will have the usual ten this summer. It is not impossible that the series might birth a spin off in which Paul Wesley takes over Enterprise as Captain Kirk after guest starring in this series. You can see him in one of the season four images today together with Dan Jeannotte who plays his brother Sam Kirk, a regular crew member of Enterprise. We also know that Thomas Jane will join the last season next year as Doctor Bones and Kai Murakami as Sulu.

 IN THE FOURTH SEASON 

the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise – led by Captain Christopher Pike – embark on a series of thrilling and emotional adventures across the stars. As they journey to strange new worlds, they will battle inner demons and external threats, encounter colorful new characters, reunite with familiar faces and confront terrifying aliens. Through it all, they strive to embrace a bright, hopeful future. Check out the season four trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

BBC REVEALS FIRST IMAGES FROM SALLY PHILLIPS COSY VILLAGE CRIME TV SERIES HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES OUT THIS JULY

  HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES  

FIRST IMAGES FROM BBC TV SERIES

BBC has sent us first images from their new mini TV series THE HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES with Sally Phillips leading the six part drama out this July. Infused with an upbeat 1970s spirit, the nostalgic crime drama sees her play a hairdresser, Lily Petal who opts out of the competitive city scene to buy a small village hairdressing salon at the top of a cobbled street. Charlotte Jordan plays Clary Coombs, Lily’s bright and analytical assistant and the Watson to her Shear-lock Holmes. Ben Castle-Gibb plays PC Adam Watson, an eager young copper in the local village who falls head-over-heels for salon assistant Clary. Sunetra Sarker plays Wincey Evans, the village’s local chit-chatter with a reputation as a known gossip. Clive Rowe plays Lonnie, the flamboyant manager of the local charity shop and Guy Henry plays Race Runard, the local village’s eccentric antiques dealer with a penchant for priceless teacup and saucer sets. An array of guest stars will also appear through the series including Wendi Peters who plays Gloria Crudd, another newcomer to the village hoping to make a fresh start with her ice cream parlour but soon finds her old life catching up with her. Everyone tells their hairdresser everything and soon she becomes the hub of her new village’s secrets and revelations. Using her own brand of uncannily developed hairdressing intuitive, empathy and understanding, Lily begins to solve the mysteries of the village.

SEE NICK ROBINSON IN THE TRAILER FOR NEW NETFLIX ROMCOM VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE OUT THIS WEEKEND

  VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE 

ROMANTIC MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE

The film is out on Netflix this Friday

I announced this one originally back in May last year, but now we have a trailer for romantic movie VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE as it is about to stream over at Netflix this Friday June 19th with our dear Nick Robinson in the lead role alongside Zoey Dutch. The film was both written and directed by Leah McKendrick. 

 

 THE STORY OF THE FILM 

follows Jill (Dutch) as she copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails about her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is reassigned without her knowledge, an elusive Austin, Texas, real estate agent (Robinson) begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages. Gil Bellows, Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage also star in this romantic comedy. 

 

MAESTA FILM ON MARIA JOSE OF SAVOY WHO WAS THE QUEEN OF ITALY FOR JUST 27 DAYS IN THE WORKS

    MAESTA MOVIE   

ON QUEEN MARIA JOSE OF SAVOY

According to Variety, the story of Maria José of Savoy, who served as queen of Italy after World War II for only 27 days before Italians voted to abolish the monarchy, will be shown in new historical film

Maria of Savoy was queen of Italy for 27 days

 MAESTA (“Majesty”), directed by Ginevra Elkann. The daughter of Albert I, the King of Belgium, Maria José married Italy’s Prince Umberto II, whose father, King Vittorio Emanuele III, cooperated with fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. She became known as “the May Queen” because she and her husband reigned for just 27 days in 1946, from May 9, when Victor Emanuel III abdicated in favor of his son, hoping to save the throne for the House of Savoy during the turmoil after Mussolini’s fall, until June 2, when Italians voted to abolish the monarchy and the Savoys went into exile. Known to be a rebellious royal and a surreptitious anti-fascist, Maria José then moved to Portugal and soon left her husband.

JONATHAN BAILEY, GREG KINNEAR, DAVID DUCHOVNY, LAURA DERN TO LEAD NETFLIX MONSANTO COURTROOM DRAMA MOVIE

    JONATHAN BAILEY  

TO LEAD NETFLIX MONSANTO MOVIE

It does not yet have a title but John Lee Hancock's Netflix movie on Monsanto has a strong cast. Joining Jonathan Bailey and Laura Dern are Greg Kinnear and David Duchovny. The courtroom drama is based on the true story of Brent Wisner (Jonathan Bailey), a young, untried attorney who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson. Wisner’s client alleged that he developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma as a result of his exposure to Monsanto’s best-known product, the weed and grass pesticide killer Roundup, through his job as a high school groundskeeper.

KARI SKOGLAND TO DIRECT A HISTORICAL MOVIE ADAPTATION OF LADY MACBETH NOVEL BY AVA REID

     LADY MACBETH   

TO GET A BIG SCREEN MOVIE ADAPTATION

The Handmaid's Tale director will helm it

According to Deadline, Kari Skogland is developing a movie adaptation of Ava Reid's historical novel LADY MACBETH a gothic retelling of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth centered on the character of Lady Macbeth. The 2024 novel reimagines one of literature’s most enduring figures through a dark, intimate lens, following a young noblewoman thrust into a politically arranged marriage in a brutal medieval world. As she navigates survival, power, and identity within a system designed to constrain her, her transformation unfolds into a portrait of ambition, resilience, and consequence.

FIRST TEASER WITH DOMINIC COOPER, MATTHEW MCNULTY, ROMOLA GARAI IN ITV SERIES THE ADULTERY

   THE ADULTERY SERIES  

DOMINIC COOPER AND ROMOLA GARAI TEASER

ITV has released first teaser for their new TV series THE ADULTERY in which Dominic Cooper plays Tom opposite Romola Garai’s Beth, two people who share an immediate, intense connection. The show first introduces the audience to Tom’s 15-year-old daughter Jess who has found love with schoolmate Ollie, and they can’t take their hands off one another, as love’s young dream becomes all consuming. When Tom meets Beth in the most unexpected of circumstances, the two families’ lives are potentially turned upside down forever. Shelley Conn stars as Tom’s wife Hannah, and Matthew McNulty as Beth’s husband Neil, with Johnny Sanpher and Leila Khan as the teenage lovers. The six part series has started filming back in April.

SEE TOBY STEPHENS RULING HONG KONG IN THE SEASON NEW HULU TV SERIES TRAILER

    THE SEASON   

NEW HULU HONG KONG SET SERIES

The series starts June 17th on Hulu

Starting tomorrow, June 17th over at Hulu is new six episode series THE SEASON with our dearest Toby Stephens in the lead role. This series plunges viewers into the opulent world of Hong Kong’s elites. At the heart of this glittering social landscape is the Hext family, an old-money dynasty whose reach extends from the city’s horse racing tracks to exclusive yacht soirées and star-studded charity galas. But beneath the polished façades and sparkling champagne, tensions simmer — and the arrival of Cola, a newcomer with a hidden agenda, threatens to unravel the carefully curated world of high society. 

 

ANYA TAYLOR JOY JOINS LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM EPIC MOVIE AS KING THRANDUIL'S ELVEN AGENT

  THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM  

ADS ANYA TAYLOR JOY AS AN ELF

Anya Taylor Joy will play an elf

Warner Bros has added Anya Taylor Joy to Andy Serkis directed LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM in which he will also repeat the role of Gollum. Kate Winslet joined previously as Marigol, Smeagol's grandmother, with Lee Pace returning as Elven king Thranduil and Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf. With Elijah Wood back as Frodo, Jamie Dornan joins as Strider aka Aragorn while Leo Woodall will be a character named Halvard. Anya Taylor Joy will play Seren, a Sindar Elf of the Woodland Realm, a trusted and lethal agent of King Thranduil. Set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, it will follow Aragorn’s perilous quest to capture Gollum before the creature can reveal the Ring’s location to Sauron. The film is out December 17th 2027.