A cross-section of the country's emerging on screen talent has received the endorsement of the Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) with the announcement of the guild's annual Rising Stars.
Callan Mulvey, Tess Haubrich, Claude Jabbour, Maria Tran, Matt Nable, and Damian Walshe-Howling will appear alongside Lincoln Younes and Ian McShane in Helium's 'Last King of the Cross', which has commenced production in Sydney.
English actor Tim Roth (Hateful Eight) will play lead antagonist Ezra Shipman in Helium's 'Last King of The Cross', taking over from Ian McShane, who has withdrawn from the production due to health concerns.
Cineflix Rights has sold Helium's 'Last King of the Cross' to Sky for the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany.
'Last King of the Cross', an operatic story of brothers John (Lincoln Younes) and Sam Ibrahim (Claude Jabbour), will premiere on Paramount+ 17 February.
Helium's 'Last King of the Cross' has had its reign extended at Paramount+, which has greenlit a second season of the drama.
British actor Naveen Andrews, known for his roles in 'Lost' and 'The Dropout', will play the lead antagonist, Ray Kinnock, in the second season of 'Last King of The Cross'.