After two years of making us laugh on TV, the team behind partly improvised police sitcom Murder In Successville are taking their talents to the big screen, putting a film version of the show into motion.
Successville, created by Andy Bereton and Avril Spary (with director James De frond) blends a murder mystery format with impersonations of celebrities who are fictionalised in different ways as part of the world of the show. "The unprecedented success of Murder In Successville has inspired us to create a highly original film project in which the lead character DI Sleet [Tom Davis] shepherds an unknowing mega star through an action-packed cop drama," they tell Screen International. "Imagine a cop buddy film like Lethal Weapon, except one half of the cop duo doesn’t know the script or what surprises are in store."
It's all part of their hatching a new production company called Shiny Button that will generate new film and TV ideas, including their latest small screen spy spoof Action Team for ITV. "Further down the line we have plans to make big funny British comedies and are already in talks with writers and talent from across the pond who we are excited to collaborate with. Our up and coming spy parody series Action Team shows we are already making movie sized comedies for the small screen."
Besides Davis, no casting has been announced for the Successville film, but that sound you hear is surely Tom Bennett leaving long voicemails for the team explaining how he's already been in movies several times and didn't get thrown off the set once. Well, that one time. But the badger did look at him funny.