Foxtel inks Warner Bros TV content deal
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Rebecca Hawkes
| 12 November 2018

Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel has signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros for titles including the series Castle Rock; Legacies; Roswell, New Mexico; and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.

“We are pleased to have concluded this deal with Foxtel to bring these distinctive and entertaining series to audiences in Australia,” said Jeffrey Schlesinger, president, Warner Bros Worldwide Television Distribution.

Foxtel executive director of television Brian Walsh, said: “Warner Bros Television is one of the entertainment industry’s most respected producers of original and award-winning drama and comedy, and this new deal will further enrich Foxtel’s incredible slate of exclusive international content”.

From 12 November, Fox Showcase will air psychological horror series Castle Rock (picrtured), from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and executive producers/writers Sam Saw and Dustin Thomason. The original thriller, based on Stephen King’s Maine stories, the 10 part series stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård, with Jane Levy and Sissy Spacek.

Legacies, the new occult drama series from Julie Plec that represents the third chapter in The Vampire Diaries/The Originals trilogy, will premiere on FOX8 on 15 November at 9.30pm. It follows the next generation of supernatural beings at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.

Next year, the deal will provide two new dramas for Foxtel viewers. Roswell, New Mexico, based on the Roswell High book series as imagined by Carina Adly MacKenzie and Julie Plec (The Originals). Liz Ortecho returns to her hometown of Roswell to discover a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life, along with those of his otherworldly siblings.

Also launching in Australia on FOX8 in 2019 is Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. The 10-episode spinoff of the international hit series Pretty Little Liars from executive producer/writer I. Marlene King, is based on the Alloy Entertainment book series. Set in Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, the series revolves around a group of three college friends who struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a lie and an alibi.

All four Warner Bros Television series will also be available to stream through Foxtel On Demand on internet-connected iQ set-top-boxes and on streaming services Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now.