Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, today announced that the ten-part Stan Original Series Poker Face, will premiere 27 January, same day as the U.S. and only on Stan.
Poker Face is a 10-episode mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is The New Black) as Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
The Stan Original Series Poker Face stars Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is The New Black) alongside guest stars Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Chloë Sevigny (American Psycho), Benjamin Bratt (Miss Congeniality), Ellen Barkin (Animal Kingdom), Nick Nolte (Cape Fear), Cherry Jones (The Village), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer), Judith Light (Who’s The Boss?), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), Jameela Jamil (Stan Exclusive series Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin) and Australia’s Danielle MacDonald (Stan Original Series The Tourist).
Stan Chief Content Officer Cailah Scobie said: “Commissioning premium international Originals is a key component of Stan’s content strategy. Partnering on productions such as The Tourist, Wolf Like Me and now Poker Face allows an expansion of our unrivalled lineup of homegrown Stan Originals. The new TV series Poker Face is a fabulous addition to our already jam-packed lineup of Stan Originals this Summer.”
Also joining the series are guest stars Angel Desai, Audrey Corsa, Brandon Michael Hall, Charles Melton, Chelsea Frei, Clea DuVall, Colton Ryan, Dascha Polanco, Hong Chau, Jasmine Aiyana Garvin, Judith Light, Leslie Silva, Luis Guzmán, Megan Suri, Niall Cunningham, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Birney, Rhea Perlman, Ron Perlman, Rowan Blanchard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Shane Paul McGhie, Simon Helberg, Stephanie Hsu, Tim Blake Nelson and Tim Meadows.
Poker Face is created, written, directed and executive produced by Rian Johnson (Knives Out). Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman are showrunners and executive producers. Other executive producers include Ram Bergman, Natasha Lyonne, Nena Rodrigue and Iain B. MacDonald, alongside Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens as co-executive producers. The series is produced by T-Street and MRC Television and is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
The Stan Original Series Poker Face premieres 27 January, same day as the U.S. and only on Stan.
Media Release – Stan
