Sam Neill is back in WA in new trailer for The Twelve
The series, which sees acclaimed actor Sam Neill return to reprise his role as Brett Colby SC, filmed in Margaret River last year, with the trailer featuring a range of stunning visuals from tourist hot spots around Margaret River, Yallingup and surrounds.
The third incarnation of the Logie-nominated series boasts an all-star cast including Wentworth's Danielle Cormack, Love Me's Eryn Jean Norvill, WA-raised actor Ewan Leslie and Bump's Nathalie Morris.
As well as filming in the South West, production also shot in and around Perth, with WA's State parliament used for filming during production.
This season the jury's attention will be drawn to investigating a murder, with Colby called upon to defend the husband of one of his long-term friends.
That case has links to the cold case murder of two teens in the area back in 1968.
'The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer is unlike any other as things get personal for Brett Colby, when he is thrust into a murder trial to defend the husband of a life-long friend accused of a heinous murder,' an official release reads.
'As the trial unravels a deeper mystery, a 1968 cold case murder of two teens is re-opened, and the 12 jurors sworn in for the trial find their own lives changed by the experience.' The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer shot in and around Margaret River in 2024. Credit: Trailer image
Serving as the jury this time around are Leslie, Phoenix Raei, Hanah Tayeb, Morris, Catherine Moore, Bolude Watson, Bessie Holland, Stuart Daulman, Paul Tassone, Charles Napoleon, Libby Stone and newcomer Claire Leach.
The third season of The Twelve is just one of several productions that have headed West in recent years.
Supported by Screenwest and the Western Australian Government through the Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive, the eight-part series is estimated to have created 150 local jobs, including 50 cast with speaking roles, and attracted a spend of more than $10 million into the local economy, surpassing the economic impact of the previous season, which was also filmed in WA. Perth-raised Ewan Leslie stars in the third season of The Twelve.. Credit: Supplied
'The Twelve has proven Western Australia's innate ability to attract premium productions to our state and I am excited to see this next instalment on screen,' Screenwest Chief Executive Officer Rikki Lea Bestall said.
'Being able to draw series of this ilk to Western Australia provides opportunities for local crew and further cements our position as a go-to destination for screen production.'
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