Humdrum Comedy’s Metro Sexual is set to be given a makeover, with filming on an expanded season to commence in Melbourne during June.
After premiering as an 8 x 10-minute series on 9Go! in 2019, and Canada’s OUTtv in 2020, the Lgbti sitcom will be broadened to comprise 6 x 30 minutes episodes for its second outing.
Shot in a mockumentary style, the series follows the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health.
The upcoming storyline has the pair navigate an outbreak of sexually transmitted infections in Melbourne, forcing them to do whatever they can to get the crisis under control, while also juggling friendships, relationships with colleagues, and their love lives.
The cast also includes Ryan Shelton, Shabana Azeez, Urvi Majumdar, and Rebecca Massey, with more announcements soon.
Metro Sexual season 2 is a Humdrum Comedy and Nottingham Pictures production being jointly...
After premiering as an 8 x 10-minute series on 9Go! in 2019, and Canada’s OUTtv in 2020, the Lgbti sitcom will be broadened to comprise 6 x 30 minutes episodes for its second outing.
Shot in a mockumentary style, the series follows the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health.
The upcoming storyline has the pair navigate an outbreak of sexually transmitted infections in Melbourne, forcing them to do whatever they can to get the crisis under control, while also juggling friendships, relationships with colleagues, and their love lives.
The cast also includes Ryan Shelton, Shabana Azeez, Urvi Majumdar, and Rebecca Massey, with more announcements soon.
Metro Sexual season 2 is a Humdrum Comedy and Nottingham Pictures production being jointly...
- 4/13/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
‘Metro Sexual’.
Humdrum Comedy’s Lgbtiq mockumentary series Metro Sexual has sold to US streaming service Crackle and Canada’s OUTtv, to premiere September 1.
The 8 x 10-minute sitcom, which originally aired locally on 9Go! and 9Now, follows the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health and whose different approaches to patient care mean they’re always butting heads.
Faced with government cuts to their clinic, the duo must put aside their differences and do whatever it takes to get more patients through door, facing a crabs out break in a retirement village, a Bikie gang leader who needs his prostate checked and more.
Metro Sexual was co-created, written and directed by Henry Boffin and co-created, written and edited by Nicholas Kraak, both partners in Humdrum Comedy with co-creator and star Nottingham.
It is the largest series so far for the Brisbane and Melbourne-based company,...
Humdrum Comedy’s Lgbtiq mockumentary series Metro Sexual has sold to US streaming service Crackle and Canada’s OUTtv, to premiere September 1.
The 8 x 10-minute sitcom, which originally aired locally on 9Go! and 9Now, follows the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health and whose different approaches to patient care mean they’re always butting heads.
Faced with government cuts to their clinic, the duo must put aside their differences and do whatever it takes to get more patients through door, facing a crabs out break in a retirement village, a Bikie gang leader who needs his prostate checked and more.
Metro Sexual was co-created, written and directed by Henry Boffin and co-created, written and edited by Nicholas Kraak, both partners in Humdrum Comedy with co-creator and star Nottingham.
It is the largest series so far for the Brisbane and Melbourne-based company,...
- 8/12/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Metro Sexual, Australia’s first sitcom led by LGBTQ characters, will come to North American audiences starting Sept. 1.
The mockumentary-style series will begin streaming in America on Crackle, OUTtvGo and Prime Channels in Canada. Metro Sexual, co-created by Henry Boffin, Riley Nottingham and Nicholas Kraak, follows a couple of Metropolitan Sexual Health doctors and their different days at clinic. When threatened with the clinic’s potential closing, two doctors much prove their worth and save their workspace.
“I am thrilled we are able to bring Metro Sexual to an American and Canadian audience and have found our home with Crackle and OUTtv. It’s such a hoot to play in the wild world of sexual health and hopefully Steph, Langdon and their crazy clinic can bring some much-needed laughter to the world,” said Nottingham.
Metro Sexual, starring Nottingham and Geraldine Hickey, is a Humdrum Comedy production released in collaboration with Australia’s 9Go! and 9Now.
The mockumentary-style series will begin streaming in America on Crackle, OUTtvGo and Prime Channels in Canada. Metro Sexual, co-created by Henry Boffin, Riley Nottingham and Nicholas Kraak, follows a couple of Metropolitan Sexual Health doctors and their different days at clinic. When threatened with the clinic’s potential closing, two doctors much prove their worth and save their workspace.
“I am thrilled we are able to bring Metro Sexual to an American and Canadian audience and have found our home with Crackle and OUTtv. It’s such a hoot to play in the wild world of sexual health and hopefully Steph, Langdon and their crazy clinic can bring some much-needed laughter to the world,” said Nottingham.
Metro Sexual, starring Nottingham and Geraldine Hickey, is a Humdrum Comedy production released in collaboration with Australia’s 9Go! and 9Now.
- 8/12/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Australian sitcom, “Metro Sexual” has landed multiple streaming arrangements in North America.
It will premiere in the U.S. on Sept. 1 on the free streaming service Crackle, and on Canada’s OUTtvGo and OUTtv’s Apple TV from the same date. It will then play on Prime Channels in Canada.
“Metro Sexual” is the first Australian sitcom with all Lgbtiq lead characters. Filmed in mockumentary style, it starts with the serious premise that, thanks to dating apps, more people are catching sexually transmitted infections than ever before. The comedy episodes follow the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health clinic.
The series was produced by Humdrum Comedy and first aired on 9Go! and 9Now, parts of Nine Network Australia. It also played on Virgin Australia flights to up to three million passengers between January and April this year.
“This...
It will premiere in the U.S. on Sept. 1 on the free streaming service Crackle, and on Canada’s OUTtvGo and OUTtv’s Apple TV from the same date. It will then play on Prime Channels in Canada.
“Metro Sexual” is the first Australian sitcom with all Lgbtiq lead characters. Filmed in mockumentary style, it starts with the serious premise that, thanks to dating apps, more people are catching sexually transmitted infections than ever before. The comedy episodes follow the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston (Geraldine Hickey) and Langdon Marsh (Riley Nottingham), who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health clinic.
The series was produced by Humdrum Comedy and first aired on 9Go! and 9Now, parts of Nine Network Australia. It also played on Virgin Australia flights to up to three million passengers between January and April this year.
“This...
- 8/12/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Milla Bell-Hart and Phil Tarl Denson in Impact 2.
Shaun Grant, Jason Smilovic, Kai Wu, Stuart Beattie and Sarah Heyward are mentoring 14 emerging creators in Impact Australia, the offshoot of Us Imagine Impact founded by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell.
Supported by Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia, the inaugural eight-week accelerator program for creative storytellers from across Australia was originally slated to be held in Melbourne.
Due to Covid-19 it is now being held as a virtual program, with a twice-weekly speaker series. It will culminate in Pitch Day, hoped to take place in Melbourne in late 2020, with the ultimate goal of the creators selling their projects.
The 14 creators from across Australia are working on 10 projects:
Carrie Anderson (Nsw) – Bound (TV hour)
Luke Goodall (Vic) and Marc Gallagher (Vic) – Robots Inc. (TV half hour)
Sukhjit Khalsa (Wa) and Perun Bonser (Wa) – One of the Good Ones (TV...
Shaun Grant, Jason Smilovic, Kai Wu, Stuart Beattie and Sarah Heyward are mentoring 14 emerging creators in Impact Australia, the offshoot of Us Imagine Impact founded by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell.
Supported by Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia, the inaugural eight-week accelerator program for creative storytellers from across Australia was originally slated to be held in Melbourne.
Due to Covid-19 it is now being held as a virtual program, with a twice-weekly speaker series. It will culminate in Pitch Day, hoped to take place in Melbourne in late 2020, with the ultimate goal of the creators selling their projects.
The 14 creators from across Australia are working on 10 projects:
Carrie Anderson (Nsw) – Bound (TV hour)
Luke Goodall (Vic) and Marc Gallagher (Vic) – Robots Inc. (TV half hour)
Sukhjit Khalsa (Wa) and Perun Bonser (Wa) – One of the Good Ones (TV...
- 6/25/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Impact Australia, the entertainment accelerator launched down under by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell’s Imagine Impact back in February, has named 10 projects that will take part in its debut talent program.
The eight-week initiative, run in collaboration with Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia, was originally slated to take place in Melbourne but will now pivot to a virtual form due to ongoing coronavirus disruption.
A total of 14 creators will receive online mentorship ahead of a pitch day, which is aiming to take place physically in the fall, with the ultimate goal of taking the projects, which are primarily TV but include two features, to market.
Mentors will include: True History Of The Kelly Gang writer Shaun Grant, Carnival Row executive producer Kai Wu, Lucky Number Slevin writer Jason Smilovic, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl director Stuart Beattie, and Girls writer Sarah Heyward.
The eight-week initiative, run in collaboration with Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia, was originally slated to take place in Melbourne but will now pivot to a virtual form due to ongoing coronavirus disruption.
A total of 14 creators will receive online mentorship ahead of a pitch day, which is aiming to take place physically in the fall, with the ultimate goal of taking the projects, which are primarily TV but include two features, to market.
Mentors will include: True History Of The Kelly Gang writer Shaun Grant, Carnival Row executive producer Kai Wu, Lucky Number Slevin writer Jason Smilovic, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl director Stuart Beattie, and Girls writer Sarah Heyward.
- 6/25/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Phi and Me’.
Screen Australia has provided almost $800,000 in production funding for five online projects, featuring talent such as Mark Grentell, Enzo Tedeschi, Rosie Lourde, Kristy Best, Geraldine Hickey and Diana Nguyen.
Online investment manager Lee Naimo said: “I’m excited to support such a wide range of original ideas in this slate, including Cloudy River presenting a contemporary perspective on relationships and Lgbtqi+ experiences, and Deadhouse Dark breaking the mould with a series of online horror films.”
“We have been impressed by the quality of the applications coming through and have started to see teams coming with fully formed pilots and very clear plans for producing and marketing their work. Creators are becoming very aware of their audience, with some teams leveraging their existing online fanbases or transferring audiences from live acts to screen projects. This innovation is evident in finance plans too, where we are seeing much more...
Screen Australia has provided almost $800,000 in production funding for five online projects, featuring talent such as Mark Grentell, Enzo Tedeschi, Rosie Lourde, Kristy Best, Geraldine Hickey and Diana Nguyen.
Online investment manager Lee Naimo said: “I’m excited to support such a wide range of original ideas in this slate, including Cloudy River presenting a contemporary perspective on relationships and Lgbtqi+ experiences, and Deadhouse Dark breaking the mould with a series of online horror films.”
“We have been impressed by the quality of the applications coming through and have started to see teams coming with fully formed pilots and very clear plans for producing and marketing their work. Creators are becoming very aware of their audience, with some teams leveraging their existing online fanbases or transferring audiences from live acts to screen projects. This innovation is evident in finance plans too, where we are seeing much more...
- 5/9/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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