After canceling a swath of outré, female-centered shows to focus on high-budget fantasy epics, Amazon Prime has picked up…another outré, female-centered show. And they’re all the better for it! FremantleMedia’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock” miniseries, starring Natalie Dormer, is an awesomely eclectic adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel that sets itself apart from Peter Weir’s classic 1975 film. The series’ greatest strength is its unparalleled ability to sniff out subtext, as directors Larysa Kondracki, Amanda Brotchie, and Michael Rymer twist this low-budget epic into an eye-popping, surreal mystery with complex characters and consummate camp.

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While the TV calendar is now an all-year-round machine, May is still the technical end of the season with many series airing their finales before retreating for summer hibernation. However, in the age of Peak TV, when the TV Gods close one content door, he opens up a million screens.  Honorable mentions this month include the arrival of another “Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.” season, the “Karate Kid” TV sequel “Cobra Kai” on YouTube Red, the series finale of “New Girl” on FOX (May 15), and season finales of “Riverdale,” “The Goldbergs,” “Blackish,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Flash,” “Roseanne” *(yuck) and “I, Zombie” to name just a few.

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The 1975 film “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” directed by Peter Weir, is a film that is often cited as a huge influence on filmmakers. Acclaimed director Sofia Coppola is said to have borrowed quite a bit for her films, “The Virgin Suicides” and “Marie Antoinette.” Damon Lindelof has credited the film as an influence on his second season of “The Leftovers.” So, we’re definitely excited to see what Amazon has in store when it releases it’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock” limited series later this year.

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Film festivals are never just about films anymore. Almost every movie event now keeps some space available for television, with the medium more cinematic than ever, an increasingly drawing auteur talent. So it goes for the Berlin International Film Festival.

Some high profile binge-watching is coming to Berlin next month, including the Australian limited series take on “Picnic At Hanging Rock,” which is of course based on the book, but is probably most famously known among cinephiles from Peter Weir‘s 1975 film.

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Foxtel — an Australian pay television company — has revealed it has cast for a number of roles for “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” a 21st century re-imagining of Joan Lindsay’s classic, which arguably might be best known for Peter Weir’s 1975 film adaptation. An integral role in the production has been filled by “Game of Thrones” star Natalie Dormer who will play English headmistress Mrs.

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Yes, we live in a time or remakes, reboots, and sequels, but it appears it’s not just easily marketable properties that sell toys and licensed products that are fodder for fresh coats of paint. An Australian arthouse classic is now getting ready for a contemporary makeover.

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Variety reports that Peter Weir‘s “Picnic At Hanging Rock” will be expanded into a six-part miniseries for Australian television.

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