The Nine and Ten networks announce House Husbands and Mr and Mrs Murder for
next year. Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation host Shaun Micallef is set to show off his
acting chops in a new murder mystery series for Network Ten. Co-produced with
FremantleMedia Australia (FMA), Mr and Mrs Murder will also star Offspring’s Kat
Stewart.
“I’ve enjoyed working with Ten on Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation over the last four
years and am looking forward to continuing our relationship with Mr and Mrs
Murder,” Micallef said in a statement. The show features a husband and wife team of
industrial cleaners who will solve a crime each week, in a series that is promised to be
packed with guest stars.
“This is an exciting new chapter in murder mystery drama, which brings together an
acclaimed production and storytelling team, and two of our most respected actors, a
winning combination,” Ian Hogg of FMA said.
The series will be filmed in Melbourne from September and will screen on Ten in
2013.
Husbands who clean will be also the focus of a new Nine Network show. Pondering
the question of what stay-at-home dads actually get up to when the wife’s at work,
Nine is promising to lift the lid in a new Australian comedy/drama that tackles the
issue of changing gender roles.
Filming of House Husbands, from production house Playmaker, will begin at the end
of this month, Nine announced on Sunday. The 10-part series is about four modern
families with one thing in common: the men are in charge of raising the kids.
“House Husbands is a fresh and dynamic look at Australian family life, with a very
modern twist,” Michael Healy, Nine’s Director of Television, said. “Audiences will fall
in love with our characters as they deal with the challenges of raising families in
today’s hectic world,” he said.
The series was created by Ellie Beaumont and Drew Proffitt. It will be directed by
Geoff Bennett (The Great Mint Swindle) and Shirley Barrett (Wild Boys, Offspring)
with Nine’s Jo Rooney and Andy Ryan plus Playmaker media’s David Maher and
David Taylor named as executive producers. “The timing feels right for a funny and
honest Aussie drama … We are thrilled to be producing this series for Nine, Maher
said. Cast announcements will be made in the coming weeks.
AAP May 7, 2012