The Lord of the Rings) and Michelle Vergara Moore (
Condor, The Time of Our Lives) plus Heather Mitchell, Susie Porter, Peter O’Brien and more.
Aina Dumlao said: “
The Unusual Suspects is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It’s a crazy ride with lots of twists and turns but, at the heart of it, it’s about female friendship. Underneath the wrapper of a crazy heist, it’s a story about empathy and finding common ground.”
The Aquarius Films series also marks the first major representation of Filipino-Australians in a local drama series.
Miranda Otto said: “What attracted me to the story is the joyful, colourful sense of fun. This high-pitched zany caper felt really fresh as an Australian project. It’s also a wonderful window into a culture that exists here that people probably don’t know a lot about.”
Vonne Patiag, with
Natalie Bailey (
Melvin Montalban
(Rope Burn, Cupid).
SBS will mark the lauch with a curated collection of content across the network celebrating both women and Filipino culture.
The Feed’s
Alice Matthews will also present a special half-hour program –
Unwrapped – featuring the cast and creatives discussing gender, race and representation. It will be available on SBS On Demand following the series premiere.
The Unusual Suspects is an Aquarius Films production for SBS with major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen NSW and About Premium Content, which also handles international distribution. The series is financed with support from Cutting Edge Post.
Posted April 16, 2021
By Sandy Garçon, Head of SCTG Secretariat and Kasey Henderson, SCTG Secretariat Member
As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, we have seen our already stretched health systems face additional strains under the pandemic with millions of individuals unable to access care.
Self-care interventions, while not new, are among the most promising approaches to improving health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for end-users–particularly for vulnerable persons such as those negatively affected by gender, political, cultural and power dynamics. As we work towards universal health coverage (UHC), rapid advancement in medical and digital technologies is accelerating the range of interventions which were previously delivered by clinical providers that can now be acquired and managed more directly by individuals.
Mad Max 2,
Power Rangers) should be in more movies. Discovered by George Miller and cast as the homicidal biker Wez in
Road Warrior, Wells suddenly found himself in high demand in America appearing in
Weird Science and
Commando opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger. (His turn as the vengeful mercenary Bennett is one of the best all-time movie villains.)
His latest pits him against a larger than life killer bear on location in Sweden battling the beast and the elements, doing his own stunts along the way. What
Fear in the Woods really reveals is just how much charisma Wells has; the man has remained an actor with real presence. Once the team behind Paar’s killer bear movie is allowed to resume filming, it could wind up being one of the best wilderness survival movies in years.