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'This will resonate globally': Cate Blanchett set to produce and star in Australian immigration detention series Stateless alongside Yvonne Strahovski and Asher Keddie

By Stephen Milton For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 06:07 BST, 15 May 2019 | Updated: 06:07 BST, 15 May 2019

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She a two-time Oscar winner with a slew of Hollywood blockbusters under her belt.

But Cate Blanchett is making a welcome return to the Australian small screen with a new six-part series, Stateless. 

Set to be filmed in Adelaide, the local production will follow four strangers stuck in an Australian detention centre.

'This will resonate globally!' Cate Blanchett will produce and star alongside Yvonne Strahovski and Asher Keddie in Australian immigration detention series Stateless

'This will resonate globally!' Cate Blanchett will produce and star alongside Yvonne Strahovski and Asher Keddie in Australian immigration detention series Stateless

Co-created with Cate's husband Andrew Upton and also starring Asher Keddie and The Handmaid's Tale star Yvonne Strahovski, Cate, 49, says the new series will have 'global resonance.' 

The mother-of-four said in a statement: 'Whilst this story centers on Australia, the dilemmas that it explores through four absorbing characters

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