Stan – quick links
Stan: new this week
Hunting Bundy: Chase For The Devil – 1 March
Docu-series. Explore the untold story of how detectives from multiple states joined forces to stop serial killer Ted Bundy, revealed through newly uncovered crime scene photos and dramatic police interview tapes.
Gone – 8 March
Series. From the co-creator of Hijack, and set against the backdrop of a prestigious private school, Gone is a chilling mystery focusing on local Headmaster Michael Polly (David Morrissey – The Walking Dead), who becomes the prime suspect in his wife Sarah’s disappearance.
An upstanding member of the community, Michael Polly is inscrutable, and likes order and precision in his working life. Until, that is, he encounters the gutsy Detective Annie Cassidy (Eve Myles) and a compulsive game of cat and mouse begins as she chips away at his veneer in search of the truth. Beneath the surface of the mystery lies a deeper exploration of trauma, trust, and the legacy of elite institutions.
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Smurfs – 27 February
Film (2025). When Papa Smurf is kidnapped by the evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette steps up to lead the Smurfs on their boldest adventure yet, leaving their magical village and entering the real world to save him.
Teaming up with unexpected allies along the way, the Smurfs must discover their true destiny and prove that friendship, courage and teamwork can overcome even the darkest magic.
The film features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, Dan Levy, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Jimmy Kimmel, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Kurt Russell and John Goodman.
MAFS: After The Dinner Party – 18 February
Series. For over a decade, Married at First Sight has dominated public conversation, becoming an addictive Australian television phenomenon and the show on everyone’s lips. Now, the MAFS universe is expanding like never before with the launch of the Stan Original MAFS: After The Dinner Party.
The companion series is the first and only place to dive into exclusive, unfiltered interviews and unseen footage with the participants right after Married at First Sight‘s iconic dinner parties. With Jules Lund, Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne steering the conversation as hosts, the debrief starts the second the dinner party ends.
ScreenHub: MAFS After The Dinner Party review – more drama, more bitching and even less reality.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – 19 February
Film (2025). Set two months after the events of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, the latest instalment of the iconic action spy series finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the Impossible Mission Force continuing their search for the Entity, a terroristic AI that has infiltrated intelligence networks across the globe. Pressure mounts as Hunt and his team are pursued by governments, and ghosts from his past emerge.
Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman and Hannah Waddingham. (Further reading: How hard are the stunts Tom Cruise does in the Mission: Impossible films?)
Checkpoint Zoo – 22 February
Documentary (2024). The latest critically-acclaimed doco from Joshua Zeman (Cropsey, The Killing Season, Murder Mountain) follows a group of Ukrainian zookeepers and volunteers who risked their lives to rescue thousands of animals trapped in Feldman Ecopark, which was shelled with Russian artillery during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Lord of the Flies – 8 February
Series. Screenwriter Jack Thorne (Adolescence) and BAFTA-winning director Marc Munden (The Mark of Cain, National Treasure) are on the tools for this highly anticipated new series produced by Stan and the BBC – the first ever television adaptation of one of the most popular (and traumatising) books of the past 70 years.
Thorne’s adaptation remains faithful to the original novel. Set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island, the story follows a group of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island with no adults following a deadly plane crash. However, this four-part series delves further into the book’s emotive themes around human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity.
Filmed on location in Malaysia, the cast features an ensemble of more than 30 boys playing the desert island camp’s ‘biguns’ and ‘littluns’, many of them making their professional acting debuts. Watch the trailer.
The Beckham Feud: Truth & Lies – 4 February
Documentary (2025). One of England’s favourite families is at war. On one side, David and Victoria Beckham, and on the other, their eldest son, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham. A brand new documentary, The Beckham Feud: Truth & Lies asks whether Brooklyn’s recent allegations stack up, combing over his claims to find out what has really happened.
With insights from showbiz journalists who have tracked the Beckhams for decades, branding experts who understand how the Beckham machine was built, and psychologists who unpack the emotional toll of growing up famous, this film ask what happens when a global brand collides with real human relationships, and what the impact will be on Brand Beckham. The documentary includes interviews from David Beckham’s former PA Rebecca Loos, showbiz reporter Perez Hilton, celebrity PR expert Mayah Riaz, and more.
