Spike Gets Hot for 'James Gunn's PG Porn' and Picks Up Full Season of Popular Web Show
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 -- Spike TV announced today that it has
picked up an additional 11 episodes of "James Gunn's PG Porn," rounding out a
12-episode season of the popular Web series. The series, which has generated
over 1.6 million views to date from its pilot episode on Spike.com, will
premiere episode two, "Roadside Ass-Istance" on Spike.com January 26th and can
be viewed at http://www.spike.com/video/roadside-ass/3101845
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"James Gunn's PG Porn" is a comedic series aimed at people who enjoy
everything about porn, except the sex. The pilot episode, "Nailing Your
Wife," debuted on Spike.com on October 8, 2008 and became an overnight
sensation. The pilot starred Nathan Fillion ("Desperate Housewives") and
adult entertainment actress Aria Giovanni, and generated over 1 million views
within five days, leading to the development of new episodes and a full season
pick-up from Spike. The distribution deal was handled by Safran Digital Group,
a digital media company which also produced the show in conjunction with Good
Boy Productions. Over the course of this year, one episode will launch each
month on Spike.com, followed by exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the
set as well as cast and crew interviews.
"We're excited to team up with James and a host of top shelf talent to
bring this hilarious series exclusively to Spike.com. When you take the sex
out of porn, you're left with some hilarious situations, and based on the
success of the first episode, a huge hit," said Jon Slusser, senior vice
president, digital and video games, Spike TV.
The new episodes will follow the formula of the pilot, incorporating an
actor from the traditional entertainment world alongside a popular adult
entertainment star. The second episode "Roadside Ass-Istance" premieres on
January 26 featuring creator James Gunn (VH1's "Scream Queens") in an acting
role alongside adult actress Sasha Grey. Additional episodes in the series
with 'play-on-word' titles include "Squeal Happy Whores," "Helpful Bus," "High
Poon," and "Genital Hospital" and will feature some top talent, including
Michael Rosenbaum ("Smallville"), Sean Gunn ("Gilmore Girls"), Craig Robinson
("The Office"), Jerry O'Connell ("Crossing Jordan"), Penn Jillette (Penn &
Teller) and adult actresses Jenna Haze and BellaDonna, with additional casting
to be confirmed.
Safran Digital's chief operating officer Jake Zim said, "We're thrilled to
be working with Spike on PG Porn. I never thought porn without sex would be
such a creatively invigorating space."
"People are going to be shocked to see all the directions non-sexual
pornography is going to take in 2009," James Gunn added.
The series was created by James Gunn and his two brothers Brian and Sean.
James Gunn will continue to direct each episode and co-write the series with
his brothers. Each episode of the series will feature an original music score
by film composer Tyler Bates ("300," "Dawn of the Dead," "Watchmen").
Safran Digital Group (SDG) is a digital media entertainment company that
finances, develops and distributes entertainment programming and technologies
for digital platforms. SDG was founded by veteran manager, Peter Safran, with
Jake Zim, formerly of FoxAtomic, as chief operating officer. SDG has recently
released original series "Horror Meets Comedy" on the XboxLive platform. The
series provides horror directors a shot at comedy and was conceived by
director James Gunn ("Slither") and manager/spoof-comedy-producer, Peter
Safran.
Spike TV is available in 97.7 million homes and is a division of MTV
Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the
world's leading creators of programming and content across all media
platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for
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TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press.
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