EXCLUSIVE: Spray tan at the ready, here’s a first look at Sunny Nights, starring D’Arcy Carden and Will Forte. They play an American brother-sister team who set up a spray tan business in Sydney, Australia, in the upcoming comedy-drama.
Colin From Accounts director and executive producer Trent O’Donnell will helm and EP all eight instalments of Sunny Nights, which was written by Ty Freer and Nick Keetch. It is an original for Australian streamer Stan. Jungle Entertainment, which counts O’Donnell as a partner, is making the show with The Great producer Echo Lake Entertainment, in association with Cineflix Rights.
O’Donnell said this has been a dream project for him. “I loved the pilot for Sunny Nights and immediately thought of Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden to play the leads,” he said. “Miraculously, they both said yes, which inspired me to direct all eight episodes.”
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In the series, Carden (The Good Place) plays Vicki, and Forte (Saturday Night Live) Martin. The duo set up a spray tan business in Sydney. As they attempt to transform their company from a start-up operating out of the back of a van into a multi-million-dollar empire, they become entangled in Sydney’s criminal underworld.
A strong supporting cast includes Rachel House (Thor: Ragnarok), Jessica De Gouw (The Couple Next Door), Miritana Hughes (Preacher), Ra Chapman (Wentworth), Megan Wilding (Mystery Road: Origin).
Colin From Accounts co-creator and star Patrick Brammall also shows up, making a special appearance.
The dark comedy drama has been selected for Berlinale’s Series Market Selects. Cineflix Rights is handling distribution and will be starting the international sales push at Berlin and then at the London Screenings.
James Durie, Head of Scripted, Cineflix Rights said: “We’re thrilled to be working with Jungle and Echo Lake, companies that have produced outstanding, distinctive global hits. We can’t wait to start rolling out Sunny Nights, which is helmed by the incredibly talented Trent O’Donnell, to our global buyers.”
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