AMC's new series will premiere express from the US August 24.
Foxtel is supremely confident subscribers won't desert the full-service pay TV model in favour of the far cheaper streaming services.
Actor Cliff Curtis modestly acknowledges he is not a brand or a marquee name, despite a vast body of work which includes Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider, Blow, Three Kings, The Insider, Training Day, Collateral Damage and Crossing Over.