Luke Hemsworth has joined the cast of Australian cop comedy Deadloch‘s second season on Prime Video.
The actor has been filming in his native Australia, joining leads Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama and Alicia Gardiner in the comedy series, which has been hit for Amazon’s streaming service.
Hemsworth (Westworld, Thor: Love & Thunder) will play Jason Wade, creator and star of ‘Jason Wade’s Adventures Down Under’ and the owner of ‘Jason Wade’s Land of Crocs and Other Animals’ Wildlife Park.
The show follows Dulcie (Box) and Eddie (Sami), a pair of mismatched detectives. In the new season, they are investigating the death of Eddie’s former policing partner, Bushy. When a body is discovered in a remote town, they are flung into a new sweatier, stickier investigation.
Filming has wrapped in the croc-infested waters of the Northern Territories and moved to Brisbane’s studios in Queensland.
“Luke Hemsworth is joining our cast as croc-wrangling Territory icon Jason Wade,” said creators, executive producers and writers Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. “We’re feeling very happy with ourselves about this because he’s perfect. It’s perfect casting.”
Previously announced new cast members include; Steve Bisley (The Great Gatsby, Mystery Road: Origin, Mad Max), Shari Sebbens (The Sapphires, Thor: Love and Thunder, The Office), Jean Tong (Safe Home, Heartbreak High), Genevieve Morris (Bloom, No Activity), Byron Coll (Time Bandits, The Luminaries), Nikki Britton (How to Stay Married), Anthony J Sharpe (Joe v Carole, Human Error), Blake Pavey (Urvi Went to an All Girls School), Damien Garvey (The Artful Dodger, Jack Irish, Rake), Ngali Shaw (The Twelve, Ladies in Black), Bev Killick (Savage River, Jones Family Christmas), Ling Cooper-Tang (Troppo, Apples Never Fall, Nautilus), Ursula Yovich (Top End Wedding, Mystery Road, Top End Bub), Syd Brisbane (High Country, Stateless), Ines English (Last Days of the Space Age) and Lennox Monaghan (Windcatcher).
Exec producers for the season are McCartney and MacLennan, along with Kevin Whyte and Tanya Phegan from Guesswork Television. Andy Walker is the producer and directors are Beck Cole and Gracie Otto. Guesswork Television, OK Great Productions and Amazon MGM Studios make the show. It was financed with the assistance of Screen Territory through its Production Attraction Incentive Program and supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.
We were first with the news of Deadloch‘s second season back in July. The six-part run will launch globally though no launch date has ben set at this point.
