12 February 2023
Media Release
Network 10 today announced the cast of its latest local drama commission, Paper Dolls. The HELIUM Pictures production, with major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen NSW, commences filming tomorrow.
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14 September 2022
Media Release
Identical twins share a unique and inextricable connection, all the way from their indistinguishable looks to the mutual experiences of growing up together. The brand-new special event series, Australia's Most Identical, asks the question: how deep does this connection go?
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06 June 2022
Media Release
Bonsai Films, Invisible Republic, Hype Republic, HELIUM, Perception Pictures and Superlative Pictures are proud to announce Macario De Souza's new film 6 Festivals, will have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Friday 10 June at 8:30pm, Event Cinemas George Street.
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25 May 2022
Media Release
Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Tim Roth (Hateful Eight, Lie To Me, Sundown) will now play the role of the lead antagonist, EzraShipman, in the highly anticipated Australian original drama series, Last King of The Cross, after actor Ian McShane had to withdraw due to health concerns.
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06 May 2022
Media Release
With filming commencing on HELIUM's Last King of The Cross this week, a stellar cast has been announced.
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02 April 2022
Media Release
Paramount Australia and New Zealand has greenlit HELIUM Pictures' eight-hour scripted drama Paper Dolls for Network 10 and Paramount+ Australia it has been announced.
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25 March 2022
Media Release
Legendary actor Ian McShane will play the lead antagonist in HELIUM Pictures’ drama Last King of The Cross which is being produced for Paramount+ Australia and distributed globally by Cineflix Rights, it has been announced.
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17 March 2022
Media Release
HELIUM and Cineflix Rights have today announced the casting of rising Australian star Lincoln Younes (Grand Hotel, Tangle, Barons) as the character of John Ibrahim in the elevated serialised drama Last King of The Cross.
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10 February 2022
Media Release
With a highly respected career in production and distribution Therese Hegarty has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of HELIUM
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09 February 2022
Media Release
Cineflix Rights is partnering with Mark Fennessy's recently launched indie HELIUM PICTURES to bring thrilling new Australian true crime drama Last King of The Cross to audiences worldwide.
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06 October 2021
Media Release
Founded on a proven expertise and strong relationships, and with a vision for something truly exceptional, HELIUM is 'project next' for Mark Fennessy, the internationally respected, innovator, entrepreneur and creator of premium content across all facets of the production industry.
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25 November 2022
Drama Quarterly
Last King of the Cross stars Lincoln Younes and Tess Haubrich, writer/director Kieran Darcy-Smith and executive producer Mark Fennessy take DQ back to 1990s Sydney, which serves as the backdrop for this Australian crime drama about the rise of a now-infamous nightclub mogul.
Read more on Drama Quarterly16 October 2022
The Hollywood Reporter
Comcast-owned pay-TV group Sky has snatched up rights across its European footprint for the upcoming Australian crime drama Last King of the Cross.
Read more on The Hollywood Reporter16 October 2022
Deadline
Tim Roth-starring Australian drama Last King of the Cross has been picked up by Sky in Europe, marking the first major sale of the Paramount+ series as it heads to Mipcom Cannes.
Read more on Deadline14 September 2022
Mediaweek
A brand new special event series, Australia's Most Identical is the ultimate search for the nation's most identical twins.
Read more on Mediaweek14 September 2022
TV Tonight
A brand new special event series, Australia's Most Identical is the ultimate search for the nation's most identical twins.
Read more on TV Tonight14 September 2022
TV Blackbox
A brand new special event series, Australia's Most Identical is the ultimate search for the nation's most identical twins.
Read more on TV Blackbox14 September
if.com.au
For Australia's Most Identical hosts Scott Cam and Jana Pittman, both parents of twins, lead a social investigation to find and ultimately determine the nation's most identical siblings.
Read more on if.com.au22 August 2022
TV Tonight
A vibrant young cast at the centre of a new Paramount+ local movie live it up in a bucket-list of rock festivals.
Read more on TV Tonight8 June 2022
if.com.au
Writer-director Macario de Souza's 6 Festivals will make its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival June 10 ahead of streaming on Paramount+ later this year.
Read more on if.com.au8 June 2021
NME
6 Festivals — the first Paramount+ film produced in Australia, which was shot across some of the country’s most iconic music festivals — will have its world premiere at this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Read more on NME8 June 2022
Mediaweek
6 Festivals will make its world debut at the Sydney Film Festival this Friday, 10 June, ahead of its premiere on Paramount+ later this year.
Read more on Mediaweek7 June 2022
Variety
6 Festivals, a music drama film that marks the first Australian feature movie to be commissioned by Paramount+, is to get a local theatrical release.
Read more on Variety6 June 2022
TV Tonight
It will make its world debut at the Sydney Film Festival this Friday, 10 June, and screen in selected cinemas from August 11, ahead of its premiere on Paramount+ later this year.
Read more on TV Tonight25 May 2022
Deadline
Tim Roth (Hateful Eight, Lie to Me) is replacing Ian McShane in Paramount+'s buzzy Australian drama series Last King of the Cross.
Read more on Deadline6 May 2022
Deadline
Paramount+ Australia drama Last King of the Cross has added more cast with the likes of 300: Rise of an Empire's Callan Mulvey joining previously-announced Ian McShane and Lincoln Younes.
Read more on Deadline6 May 2022
TV Tonight
New cast filming in Sydney include Callan Mulvey, Matt Nable and Damian Walshe-Howling.
Read more on TV Tonight6 May 2022
The Daily Telegraph
Filming has finally started on the long-awaited Last King Of The Cross, and the three young actors playing John Ibrahim at various stages of life have been revealed.
Read more on The Daily Telegraph6 May 2022
if.com.au
Callan Mulvey, Tess Haubrich, Claude Jabbour, Maria Tran, Matt Nable, and Damian Walshe-Howling will appear alongside Lincoln Younes and Ian McShane in HELIUM's Last King of the Cross, which has commenced production in Sydney.
Read more on if.com.au27 April 2022
The Industry Observer
To celebrate the resilience and lift the spirits of the Lismore Community, Lismore City Council, Helium and Chugg Entertainment will stage a free concert – One From The Heart - on May 15.
Read more on The Industry Observer20 April 2022
ABC News
Helium Music recording artist Darlinghurst win their first Golden Guitar for New Talent of the Year at the 50th Australian Country Music Awards.
Read more on ABC News6 April 2022
if.com.au
Sydney Film Festival has today unveiled the first 22 films on its line-up, with the event ready to return in-person during its traditional June dates for the first time since 2019.
Read more on if.com.au2 April 2022
The Daily Telegraph
More than two decades after gracing the small screen with Bardot, Belinda Chapple is getting back to where it all began with girl band drama, Paper Dolls.
Read more on The Daily Telegraph2 April 2022
Mediaweek
Set in 2000, Paper Dolls follows the meteoric rise and fall of the fictional girl-band Indigo — a manufactured pop group born out of one of the first reality TV shows.
Read more on Mediaweek2 April 2022
The Hollywood Reporter
Paramount+ continues to add to its growing slate of drama originals, on Saturday announcing the greenlight for Paper Dolls, an Australian drama series about the rise and fall of Indigo, a fictional girl band.
Read more on The Hollywood Reporter2 April 2022
Variety
Paramount Australia and New Zealand has greenlighted HELIUM PICTURES’ eight-hour scripted drama Paper Dolls for Network 10 and Paramount Plus Australia.
Read more on Variety25 March 2022
Deadline
Ian McShane has been cast in Paramount+ Australia’s drama Last King Of The Cross and will take on a major role. He will appear opposite star Lincoln Younes.
Read more on Deadline25 March 2022
The Daily Telegraph
British actor Ian McShane will join the cast of the new TV series Last King of the Cross, based on the life of Sydney nightclub identity John Ibrahim.
Read more on The Daily Telegraph25 March 2022
TV Tonight
Deadwood star Ian McShane (John Wick: Chapter 4) will play the lead antagonist, Ezra Shipman, the reigning King of The Cross in the upcoming drama series, Last King of The Cross on Paramount+.
Read more on TV Tonight17 March 2022
Variety
Rising Australian star Lincoln Younes has been cast as the lead of Last King of the Cross, a biographical series about a notorious night club owner and gangster being produced for Paramount Plus.
Read more on Variety17 March 2022
if.com.au
Lincoln Younes will step into the shoes of nightclub mogul John Ibrahim for Helium drama Last King of the Cross, set to begin filming in May for Paramount+.
Read more on if.com.au17 March 2022
The Daily Telegraph
The Australian actor set to take on the character of Kings Cross nightclub identity John Ibrahim in a new Sydney television series has been announced.
Read more on The Daily Telegraph11 February 2022
TV Tonight
Therese Hegarty, recently Chief Executive of Seven Studios Group, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of recently-established indie HELIUM.
Read more on TV Tonight11 February 2022
Mediaweek
Therese Hegarty has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of HELIUM, the production company founded by former Endemol Southern Star Chief Executive Mark Fennessy.
Read more on Mediaweek11 February 2022
if.com.au
Therese Hegarty will lead Mark Fennessy's new production company HELIUM as CEO.
Read more on if.com.au09 February 2022
Cineflix
Cineflix Rights is partnering with Mark Fennessy's recently launched indie HELIUM PICTURES to bring thrilling new Australian true crime drama Last King of The Cross to audiences worldwide.
Read more on Cineflix09 February 2022
C21Media
UK indie distributor Cineflix Rights has picked up Paramount+ in Australia's forthcoming true crime drama series Last King of The Cross for worldwide distribution.
Read more on C21Media09 February 2022
TV Tonight
Distributor Cineflix Rights has partnered with Mark Fennessy's recently launched HELIUM PICTURES to bring upcoming Paramount+ true crime Last King of The Cross to audiences worldwide.
Read more on TV Tonight09 February 2022
Worldscreen
Cineflix Rights has partnered with Mark Fennessy's HELIUM PICTURES to bring the new Australian true-crime drama Last King of The Cross to audiences around the world.
Read more on Worldscreen21 December 2021
Illawarra Mercury
6 festivals will hit cinemas in 2022 before moving to streaming service Paramount+ (the first Australian film commissioned for the service), and is written and directed by Macario de Souza.
Read more on Illawarra Mercury20 October 2021
The Music Network
An upcoming feature film on streaming service Paramount+ will feature an all-Aussie soundtrack. 6 Festivals is the first locally commissioned feature film for ViacomCBS' Paramount+ and will premiere on the service next year.
Read more on The Music Network30 July 2021
ABC
Groovin The Moo, Big Pineapple, Yours & Owls Festival, The Drop and Lost Paradise will all feature in the appropriately titled 6 Festivals, a movie about three best buds ticking off their music festival bucket list.
Read more on ABC29 July 2021
NME
Ahead of Paramount+ launching in Australia next month, ViacomCBS Australia has announced 6 Festivals, its first locally commissioned feature film for the streaming service.
Read more on NME28 July 2021
IF.COM.AU
Yasmin Honeychurch, Rory Potter, Rasmus King, and newcomer Guyala Bayles lead the cast of writer-director Macario de Souza's Paramount+ feature, 6 Festivals.
Read more on if.com.au28 July 2021
Mumbrella
ViacomCBS Australia & New Zealand is delighted to announce the rising stars of coming-of-age drama 6 Festivals, the first locally commissioned feature film set to air on its global digital subscription video streaming service, Paramount+.
Read more on Mumbrella28 July 2021
TV Tonight
Paramount+ has commissioned its first feature film, a coming-of-age drama 6 Festivals.
Read more on TV TonightOctober 2019
The Industry Observer
A half dozen of the nation's hottest and happiest outdoor fests will feature in a new film, which has secured production funding from Screen Australia.
Read more on The Industry Observer