Madeleine GottliebWriter & Director

The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer

2025 · Eight-episode seriesFoxtel and BINGEWarner Bros · Easy Tiger
Sam Neill, in barrister's wig and gown, addresses a courtroom.
Sam Neill

Sam Neill returns as barrister Brett Colby, who is drawn into a murder trial defending the husband of a lifelong friend. The case reopens the 1968 murder of two teenagers.

  • Nominated Five AACTA Awards, including Best Drama Series and Best Direction
  • Nominated Venice TV Award, Best Direction in Fiction
Set-up Director
Madeleine Gottlieb
Six of eight episodes
Starring
Sam Neill
Directors of Photography
Marden Dean
Edward Goldner
Production Designer
Emma Fletcher
Costume Designer
Lisa Galea Gunning
Hair & Makeup Designer
Hayley Atherton
Composer
Jackson Milas
Production companies
Warner Bros
Easy Tiger
Broadcaster
Foxtel
Ewen Leslie at the wheel of an old car, a hand raised to his mouth.
Photograph: Simon Westlake
Sam Neill stands on orange coastal rocks under a grey sky.
Eryn Jean Norvill at a desk at night, lit by a screen.
Photograph: Finlay MacKay
Seen from above, Sam Neill waits at the foot of a spiral staircase as two figures come down.
Two figures talk against a sunlit window at the end of a dark corridor lined with empty chairs.
William Zappa and Sarah Peirse stand in a garden, stunned.
Photograph: Daniel Asher Smith
Young people and vintage cars gathered on a clifftop above the sea.
The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer key art: Sam Neill in profile, a red sunset over rocky coastline within his silhouette.
Poster
Screening roomOfficial trailer · BINGE
Trailer.