Stan has commissioned Jungle to produce a second season of comedy series No Activity as the streaming service doubles investment in local production in 2016.
No Activity Season 2 joins Stan’s original programming lineup for next year, alongside the highly anticipated Wolf Creek series.
No Activity, the first Australian production commissioned by an SVOD service, premiered on Stan in October 2015.
The show starring, Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, David Field, Dan Wyllie and Darren Gilshenan, proved to be as popular with viewers as some of the world’s biggest TV shows, think Better Call Saul, which have also premiered exclusively on Stan.
According to a Stan spokesperson, No Activity has attracted interest from the US and other territories around the world, with rights recently sold to New Zealand streaming service Lightbox.
The Stan Original series follows the peripheral players in a major police sting operation. The day-to-day realities of cops and criminals are brought hilariously to life by some of Australia’s best comic actors.
Stan director of product and content, Nick Forward, said Stan had been overwhelmed by the success of No Activity and the positive reaction to the series from both critics and viewers.
"We’ve seen a huge demand from fans for a second season and we can’t wait to see where Trent O’Donnell and the Jungle team take these characters next,” he said.
“With No Activity Season 2, Wolf Creek and more to come, 2016 will be a huge year for Stan Originals as we more than double our investment in local production.”
Jungle managing director, Jason Burrows, said the team were really excited about the second season.
"Working with Stan has been an absolute joy and we’re so glad that it’s been such a success for them,” he said.
Written and directed by Jungle’s Trent O’Donnell, No Activity was developed together with Patrick Brammall, Darren Gilshenan and David Field.
Executive producer Jason Burrows and producer Chloe Rickard have worked alongside O’Donnell producing such acclaimed TV programs as A Moody Christmas, The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting and Review With Myles Barlow.
No Activity Season 2 is a Jungle production for Stan. The series will be filmed in Sydney and Los Angeles in 2016 and is expected to premiere exclusively on Stan in the second half of the year.