《朽木》Ian McShane确认领衔Paramount 澳大利亚区十集原创剧集《十字区的最后国王》（Last King of the Cross），将与《浮华饭店》“Danny” Lincoln Younes搭档领衔。将于五月在悉尼开机的本剧由《愿你在此》和《海伦娜之路》的 Kieran Darcy-Smith担任导演，取材于John Ibrahim畅销的同名传记文学，以曾经因为“不夜城”、“红灯区”、“站街”而闻名的悉尼内城区区域国王十字（Kings Cross）作为背景，讲述John Ibrahim（Lincoln饰演）和自己的兄弟Sam在这里发家、但却逐渐分道扬镳的故事。John本是一名没有受过教育、贫困、没前途的移民，但之后却成为这里最臭名昭著的夜总会大亨；而灯火酒绿之下，这块不过半英里长的区域，也进行着各种犯罪活动。Ian饰演的“Ezra Shipman”，是曾经十字区的话事人；他为人狡猾、却精通于自己的各项“业务”- -无论是证券市场，还是在这条街上自越战后兴起、并且开始运营的非法赌 博，情 色交易以及脱 衣舞俱乐部等领域。三个世代以来，Ezra一直是全悉尼最具有权势、也最让人惧怕的人，但他却面临迫在眉睫的死亡：尽管拥有权力和物质上的成功，也竭尽所能地掌控者自己所拥有的东西，但却没有人可以继承他的遗产。就在此时，John出现在了Ezra面前，眼前这个年轻、傲慢、带着野心也很聪明的年轻人让人想到了年轻时候的自己。而为了寻求扩大自己统治的机会，Ezra将年轻的John带入他的核心圈子并充当自己的助手…各怀鬼胎的双方，究竟是谁在剥削谁？
The Rookie will be back for another go-round. Ahead of the Season 6 finale, ABC has renewed the Nathan Fillion drama, produced by Lionsgate Television, for a seventh season.
Witness protection is often glamorised as keeping innocent witnesses safe from harm but the truth is darker, murkier, and far more complex. Many protected people are themselves criminals. It’s a life of moral compromise. It also involves maximum secrecy, false identities, and a world where you can’t trust your own colleagues.Based on the first-hand experiences of a long serving witness protection officer, Protection is about what happens when the system breaks down. It’s about a police officer, Detective Inspector Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran), who finds herself at the heart of such a breach; personally compromised by an affair with a colleague, but determined to fight back, and uncover the true source of corruption within her unit. To redeem herself, the reputation of her lover, and to keep her witnesses safe. Even if they don’t always deserve it.Navigating the morally-grey, clandestine world of witness protection, Liz’s mission to find the truth will take her deep into the heart of the criminal underbelly and beyond as she becomes more and more torn between caring for her family, her loyalty to her lover and her duty as a police officer. This is the story of a smart, tough cop, out of her depth in a world where nothing is as it seems.With a deft narrative that engages from the outset, Kris Mrksa creates suspenseful twists and with every hairpin turn perfectly navigates the story to ensure the audience won’t know who to believe and who is telling the truth.
