'A Moody Christmas' to Hit the US

Hit Australian family comedy, A Moody Christmas is headed for a remake at Fox in the US after competitive bidding from all the major US studios and all the major broadcast networks. The creator of Entourage Doug Ellin and the original creators of the Australian version, Jungleboys' Trent O’Donnell and Phil Lloyd have signed on as show runners. O'Donnell and Lloyd will develop and write the pilot and will produce with Ellin for CBS Studios. Eric and Kim Tannenbaum from the Tannenbaum company together with Lloyd, O'Donnell and Jason Burrows from Jungleboys will be Executive Producers. O'Donnell will direct.

A Moody Christmas, which aired on the ABC in Dec 2012 is based around an Australian family’s Christmas Day over six years, and a follow up series, simply called The Moodys, starts shooting next week in Sydney. The US version will feature many of the same characters and is the story of a dysfunctional family who lives, works and plays together, as seen through the eyes of the youngest son who thought he'd escaped them, only to find himself trapped there once more.
 

O’Donnell who is repped by Gersh and managed by Mosiac and Lloyd, repped by Gersh and managed by Avalon were the creators of comedy Review with Myles Barlow, which has been retooled as Review with Forrest MacNeal at Comedy Central with Andrew Daly. Jungleboys are repped by Gersh and Tannenbaum Company is with CAA.