{"id":18856,"date":"2023-06-23T09:32:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T13:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-cross-renewed\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T14:26:58","slug":"last-king-of-the-cross-renewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Season for Last King of The Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount+ Australia has given a second-season renewal to <em>Last King of The Cross<\/em>, produced by HELIUM and distributed by Cineflix Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The second season of eight episodes will be set against the backdrop of Sydney nightlife in the early 2000s. Season one, inspired by\u00a0John Ibrahim\u2019s autobiography, was set in the &#8217;80s and &#8217;90s as it chronicled the rise of a\u00a0poverty-stricken immigrant into\u00a0Australia\u2019s most infamous nightclub mogul.<\/p>\n<p>Cineflix Rights rolled out season one to\u00a0Sky in the U.K., Italy, Ireland and Germany, Paramount+ in Canada and Warner Bros. Discovery in New Zealand. The show was the\u00a0most-watched Australian series premiere of 2023 in its home market.<\/p>\n<p>HELIUM\u2019s Mark Fennessy said: \u201cAfter the outstanding success of season one, we are incredibly excited for <em>Last King of The Cross<\/em> to return for an electrifying second season. Bigger, bolder, and even more action-packed, we are eager to share the next chapter of this compelling story. As is evident by the international sales, <em>Last King of The Cross<\/em> has been embraced globally, which has fueled HELIUM\u2019s commitment to telling gripping stories on a grand scale, delivering immersive and powerful narratives that resonate with audiences around the world. With unforgettable characters, explosive action, and complex relationships, the second season goes above and beyond in fulfilling this commitment\u2014taking audiences on an exhilarating journey through a world that is sexy, dangerous, and deeply human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Durie, head of scripted at Cineflix Rights, added: \u201cMark and the HELIUM team created an incredibly compelling drama in the first season of <em>Last King of the Cross<\/em>, which has been a hit with international audiences as well as in Australia. We are delighted to be bringing the next stage of the John and his brother Sam\u2019s lives, their business empire and complicated relationship with each other to fans around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Monaghan, senior VP of content and programming at Paramount ANZ, noted: \u201cAustralian audiences love local stories and content, which is why <em>Last King of The Cross<\/em> was the most-watched local series. We\u2019re thrilled to bring viewers the next instalment of this gripping story. It is titles like this that make us proud to have our local commissions with universal themes, compelling, propulsive storylines, world class Australian talent and high-quality production values, contribute to Paramount+\u2019s mountain of exclusive content, on an international scale.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount+ Australia has given a second-season renewal to Last King of The Cross, produced by HELIUM and distributed by Cineflix Rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":18857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3462,4907,4656,5220,6969],"class_list":["post-18856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cineflix-rights","tag-helium","tag-james-durie","tag-last-king-of-the-cross","tag-paramount-plus-australia","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Second Season for Last King of The Cross - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Second Season for Last King of The Cross - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paramount+ Australia has given a second-season renewal to Last King of The Cross, produced by HELIUM and distributed by Cineflix Rights.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T13:32:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T14:26:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/LKOTX-S2-Paramount-Cineflix-623.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/\",\"name\":\"Second Season for Last King of The Cross - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-23T13:32:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-23T14:26:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/last-king-of-the-cross-renewed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Second Season for Last King of The Cross\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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