The season one 2023 premiere of Last King of the Cross was preceded by one of the last big TV parties. Paramount+ took over a multi-storey nightclub in Kings Cross as guests celebrated the series about underworld figure John Ibrahim. Joining cast and crew, Helium Pictures producer Mark Fennessy, and Paramount ANZ chief Bev McGarvey at that launch, was Ibrahim himself.
Some of Ibrahim’s crew were there too, including friend Kyle Sandilands.
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It seems like there will be less hype around the release of season two on Paramount+. That is now just two weeks away on Friday 30 August.
The publicity reminds us that this is a fictional series. Okay. The new episodes tell the story of Ibrahim and his mission to capture Oxford Street’s late-night empire after crowds moved on from the Cross.
Two episodes will be available initially on Paramount+, with one then dropping each week.
Internationally, Last King of The Cross season two will also premiere on Paramount+ Canada on 30 August.
The press kit details the series synopsis:
Having fled to Ibiza to escape his past, John finally returns to Sydney – only to find it’s not quite how he left it. The two younger Ibrahim brothers, Fadi (Alex Kaan) and Michael (Dave Hoey) have grown up, while older brother Sam (Claude Jabbour) remains in prison – steadily growing a following as he attempts to establish his own Black Flags chapter.
With Kings Cross all but dead in the wake of the Royal Commission, John tails a group of colourful partygoers to Oxford Street – the seductive, ecstasy-fuelled new centre of Sydney nightlife. John wants in, but it’s not going to be easy. Nightclub owner Ray Kinnock (Naveen Andrews – Lost, The Dropout, The English Patient) employs every trick in his well-connected arsenal to challenge John’s crown, while Dean Taylor (Luke Arnold) and Benny Vasquez (Matuse) emerge as new threats.
With Senior Sergeant Elizabeth Doyle (Tess Haubrich) following John’s every move and his own brothers causing chaos, John’s separate worlds of business, family, and crime, will collide across a spectacular and explosive eight episodes.
Last King of the Cross production notes
Last King of The Cross is a Helium Pictures production for Paramount+ Australia with Cineflix Rights as the exclusive international distribution partner.
The series has received production investment from Paramount Australia in association with Screen Australia and is financed with support from Screen NSW through the Made in NSW fund and Fulcrum Media Finance. Post, digital and visual effects supported by Screen NSW and Screen Queensland.
Top photo: Claude Jabbour as Sam Ibrahim & Lincoln Younes as John Ibrahim – Last King Of The Cross – Season 2. Photo Daniel Asher Smith
