New Jungleboys Comedy Series No Activity is in Production

In an Australian television first, Stan has announced that production has started on the new comedy series No Activity, starring Patrick Brammall, Darren Gilshenan, Dan Wyllie and Harriet Dyer.

Produced by the award-winning team at Jungleboys, who have created some of Australia’s most outstanding comedy series in recent years, No Activity will premiere on Stan in late 2015. The announcement expands Stan’s original programming plans, with development deals for two high- profile Australian TV projects, Wolf Creek and Enemies of the State, already in place.

“We’re hugely excited to be working with the team at Jungleboys to bring the first Stan original comedy series to life. Stan’s ambition has always been to work with Australian producers to create and distribute world-class shows. We look forward to No Activity joining our stellar lineup of critically acclaimed US and UK programming,” Nick Forward, Stan’s director of product and content, said.

No Activity is an improvised comedy that follows two detectives on a stakeout, waiting for the action to unfold – a look at what happens when nothing is happening. The narrative juxtaposes a snail’s-paced crime story with the rapidly expanding personal stories of the two detectives as they riff on the oddities of life, work, love, family, hopes, regrets and everything in between.

A first-rate cast has been confirmed for the series, with some of the best improvisational comedy performers in Australia, who are all contributing to the writing process. They include Patrick Brammall (The Moodys, Ruben Guthrie), Darren Gilshenan (The Moodys, Maximum Choppage), Dan Wyllie (Love My Way, Puberty Blues), Harriet Dyer (Love Child, Ruben Guthrie), Genevieve Morris (Comedy Inc, City Homicide), David Field (A Moody Christmas, The Rover), Damon Herriman (Justified, The Little Death) and comedian Sam Simmons, recently awarded Best Show for his performance at the 2015 Melbourne Comedy Festival.

The series will also feature high-profile guest stars to be announced shortly.

“No Activity is a show we’ve been thinking about for a while. With Stan we’ve found a partner who shares our vision and has given us the freedom to make something we are passionate about. It’s exciting to be making a series outside the constraints of scheduled TV, allowing us to push the boundaries,” Jason Burrows, managing director of Jungleboys, said.

No Activity, written and directed by Jungleboys’ Trent O’Donnell, was developed together with Patrick Brammall, Darren Gilshenan and David Field. O’Donnell is currently executive producer and director on the US series New Girl. Executive producer Jason Burrows and producer Chloe Rickard have worked alongside O’Donnell for the past few years and in this time they have produced shows such as A Moody Christmas, The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting and Review With Myles Barlow.

No Activity is a Jungleboys production for Stan. International distribution will be shared between Stan and Jungleboys. The series films in Sydney and Los Angeles.