Hulu Acquires True-Crime Series ‘The Promise’ and Australian Drama ‘Invisible Boys’
Banijay Rights has secured U.S. homes for the Workerbee documentary and the acclaimed Stan Original.
Hulu has acquired U.S. rights to Workerbee’s true-crime documentary The Promise: Finding My Mother’s Killer and Australian coming-of-age drama Invisible Boys.
The deal marks the first international sale for three-part documentary The Promise, which follows Iranian-American Pooneh Entezari’s decades-long effort to solve her mother’s murder and clear her father’s name. Entezari spent millions of dollars from her self-made fortune funding the investigation.
Workerbee produced the series in association with Advance Originals and Circle M+P. The story was first reported by Douglas Perry for The Oregonian/OregonLive.
“This is an extraordinary and deeply moving story of one woman’s unwavering determination to bring her mother’s killer to justice,” Workerbee Group managing director Michelle Chappell said.
Hulu has also picked up Invisible Boys, a Stan Original centered on four gay teenagers in Geraldton, a remote coastal town in Western Australia. The group forms a close friendship after one of the boys is outed on social media following an encounter with a married man.
Adapted from Holden Sheppard’s novel, the series was created and directed by Nicholas Verso and stars Joseph Zada. Verso produced alongside Tania Chambers.
“Queer storytelling is having a moment, and it has never felt more important,” Verso said. “I’m thrilled that our horny, sweaty Australian contribution is coming to U.S. audiences.”
The series was produced by Feisty Dame Productions and Asphodel Films for Stan, with investment and support from Screen Australia, Screenwest, Lotterywest and the WA Regional Screen Fund.
Both titles will premiere on Hulu and through Hulu on Disney+ for U.S. bundle subscribers. Launch dates have not yet been announced.