Amazon has secured the US broadcast rights for upcoming Foxtel drama series Picnic at Hanging Rock.
The new series, stars Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games) as English headmistress Mrs Hester Appleyard, and is a re-imagining of Joan Lindsay’s timeless Australian novel.
Picnic at Hanging Rock will plunge viewers into the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one teacher on Valentine’s Day 1900, taking the audience on a new journey into Joan Lindsay’s revered Australian novel through the six-part drama which has production investment from Screen Australia and Film Victoria.
The extensive cast includes Lola Bessis as Mademoiselle Dianne de Poitiers, mistress of French Conversation, Music and Dance; Yael Stone as Miss Dora Lumley, mistress of Deportment and Bible Studies; Anna McGahan as Miss Greta McCraw, mistress of Geography and Mathematics, Sibylla Budd as Mrs Valange, mistress of Art and Literature, Ruby Rees as Edith Horton and introduces Inez Curro as Sara Waybourne.
Other characters will be played by Don Hany, Harrison Gilbertson, James Hoare, Marcus Graham, Mark Coles Smith, Jonny Pasvolsky, Philip Quast, Emily Gruhl, Ros Gentle, Julie Nihill, Kaarin Fairfax, Huw Higginson, Ron Jacobson and Kim Gyngell.
Picnic at Hanging Rock will premiere on Foxtel’s showcase channel later this year.
