Netflix picks up Stateless
Netflix deal is announced ahead of the show's premiere at the Berlinale.
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Netflix has picked up worldwide rights, excluding Australia, for Stateless.
The news was announced from Berlin ahead of the show’s premiere in the Berlinale Series.
“Stateless has been a labour of love for many years and we could not be more thrilled that it will reach an international audience on Netflix,” said creators Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie and Tony Ayres. “The issues addressed in the series have universal resonance but have been cloaked in silence and muddied by fear and misinformation. Our hope is that Stateless will generate a global conversation around our systems of border protection and how our humanity has been affected by them.”
Matchbox Pictures managing director Alastair McKinnon added: “Stateless is a drama series that thrillingly taps into one of the biggest socio-political issues of our time and Netflix, with its unparalleled global reach, is the perfect platform to take this brilliant series to the world.”
Starring Yvonne Strahovski, Cate Blanchett, Jai Courtney, Asher Keddie, Fayssal Bazzi, Asher Keddie, Marta Dusseldorp, Dominic West and newcomer Soraya Heidari it premieres on ABC this Sunday.
Netflix will premiere it in other territories later this year.
Source: Hollywood Reporter