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Ben Feldman announced as lead of new Australian Comedic Crime Thriller 'Population 11'

Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, and global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) today released the trailer and announced American actor and Executive Producer Ben Feldman(Superstore, Mad Men (Emmy® nominee), Silicon Valley)as the lead of the brand new Stan Original Series Population 11, a comedy crime thriller filmed in Western Australia’s Kimberley Region. The 12-part series will premiere March 14, all episodes at once, only on Stan.

Inspired by true events, Population 11is about a man who goes missing from a tiny outback town of only 12 residents, and his estranged son, who journeys from the U.S. to find him.

When Andy Pruden (Ben Feldman), a suburban bank teller from Ohio USA, pulls into the tiny outback town to visit his long-lost father, he’s alarmed to discover that Hugo has vanished. In his quest to find him, another outsider Cassie (Perry Mooney) comes to Andy’s aid and they find themselves in increasing danger as they delve into the secrets of this tiny outback town, where everyone is a suspect.

The impressive ensemble cast includes rising star Perry Mooney as outsider Cassie Crick, Katrina Milosevic (Wentworth) as cop, Sgt. Geraldine Walters, and Darren Gilshenan (Stan Original Series No Activity, The Moodys) as Pruden’s missing father Hugo Drivas.

The series also stars Chai Hansen (The Newsreader, The New Legends of Monkey) as Gareth Biggins, Stephen Curry (Stan Original Series Ten Pound Poms, Thor: Love and Thunder) as Noel Pinkus, Tony Briggs (The Twelve, Cleverman) as Jimmy James, Genevieve Lemon (Stan Original Film Christmas Ransom, Stan Original Series The Tourist) as Valerie Hogarth,Rick Donald (Australia's Sexiest Tradie, Halifax: Retribution) as Leon Croydman, Pippa Grandison (Frayed, Muriel’s Wedding) and Steve Le Marquand (June Again, Rake) as Maureen and Trevor Taylor, William Zappa (Grey Nomads, The Dry, Stan Original Series The Tourist) as Cedric Blumenthal, Emily Taheny (Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell) as Audrey Denning, Karis Oka (Erotic Stories) as Shoshanna Ling, Fiona Choi (The Family Law) as Charmaine Ling, Sachin Joab (Lion, The Hunting) as Petey P and Chris Kirby (The Matrix Reloaded, Iron Sky) as Dom.

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