Laid shifts to Melbourne for second season
ABC's black romantic comedy Laid begins filming its second season next week, but relocates production from Sydney to Melbourne.
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Amid negative press about ABC cuts and outsourcing, the public broadcaster is doing its best to talk up its output, yesterday announcing its Airdate for new ABC2 comedy twentysomething and today announcing the second season of Laid will begin filming on Monday.
Interestingly, the second season will relocate production to Melbourne, but is still produced by Porchlight Films and again written by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher.
Abe Forsythe, who acted in season one, assumes Director role in place of Trent O’Donnell.
Key cast members return including Alison Bell and Celia Pacquola as Roo and EJ respectively, Toby Truslove as EJ’s on again, off again, boyfriend, Zach; Graeme Blundell and Tracy Mann as Roo’s parents, Graham and Marion; and Shaun Micallef as G-Bomb, Roo’s gyno with the unconventional bedside manner.
They are joined by Damon Herriman (CSI, Cold Case, Love My Way, Offspring, Rake) as Marcus.
Marieke Hardy says, “Being allowed to explore the robustly comical motifs of sex and death once more with the infinitely attractive team from Laid is a dream come true. Particularly considering most of my dreams involve torn underpants, chocolate-covered pretzels, and Brian Mannix from Uncanny X-Men.”
Kirsty Fisher says, “Laid 2 has been one big maternal smile for me – and it’s starting to unsettle some of the crew. To see the scripts coming alive once again is heaven.”
The synopsis is as follows:
Roo’s world is turned upside down when she meets Marcus, somebody stricken with a vaguely similar set of mysterious circumstances to the ones plaguing her – although Marcus is a little different from Roo. In fact, he is her opposite. And everybody he has sex with … is healed.
With EJ as her somewhat reluctant co-pilot, Roo embarks upon a journey. A journey to wipe the slate clean – emotionally, physically, spiritually. Along the way the two will encounter halitosis, port wine stains, funerals, trial separations, couples bootcamp and one particularly appalling conversation about semen – all in the name of preserving true love.
The six-part series will screen on ABC1 next year.
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Geez – a lot of funding mavens on this blog. Can’t believe they’re not all CEOs of Networks with all that deep expertise…
I think it moved to Melbourne because Screen NSW chose not to fund a second series.
It does have Film Vic funding.
I thought Carole Sklan commissioned it.
@walter; I agree ratings weren’t huge for the show, lucky it is on the public broadcaster. This is the type of program that needs to be commissioned on digital channel; the cost is minimal a show like this is not expensive; networks like Go, 7Two, Mate, Eleven should be looking at this type of local content for digitals; it can be produced cheaply and still be of outstanding quality.
Sorry, but what was the point of this show?
this show needs to be funnier. 🙁
This show was lucky to get 500,000. Why on earth did it get a second series? Carole Sklan is doing a terrible job.
Debbie Lee produces for ABC TV not Carole Sklan. It’s not a subversive little show, and as comments show there are those who love it.
This is fantastic news; I assumed the series to be done and dusted after season 1 and I thought I had already parted ways with it!
I absolutely Loved season 1, stunning comedy; very funny stuff. I am over the moon that there will be a second season 🙂