MEDIA RELEASE: ITV acquires Hotly Anticipated Upcoming Comedic Crime Drama Sunny Nights from Cineflix Rights

ITV acquires Hotly Anticipated Upcoming Comedic Crime Drama Sunny Nights from Cineflix Rights

Eight-part Stan Original series stars Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden

Cineflix Rights has announced a sale to ITV for upcoming eight-part darkly comedic crime drama Sunny Nights, directed and executive produced by Trent O’Donnell (Colin from Accounts, Hacks, No Activity, Population 11).

Sunny Nights stars Will Forte (The Four Seasons, Last Man on Earth, Bodkin) as strait-laced American Martin Marvin, who teams up with his loose cannon sister, Vicki, played by D’Arcy Carden (Nobody Wants This, The Good Place, Barry), to set up a spray tan business in Sydney. But as Martin and Vicki attempt to turn their company from a start-up operating out of the back of a van into a multi-million-dollar empire, the siblings become tangled up in Sydney’s criminal underworld, and when a ruthless gangster begins to catch up with them, the two must figure out how to stay alive, out of prison, and in the black.

Supporting cast members include Rachel House (Thor: Ragnarok, Heartbreak High, Foundation), Jessica De Gouw (The Couple Next Door,The Artful Dodger, Ladies in Black), Miritana Hughes (Wakefield, Preacher), Ra Chapman (White Fever, Wentworth), Megan Wilding (Gold Diggers, Mystery Road: Origin), and a special appearance from Patrick Brammall (Colin From Accounts, No Activity, The Letdown).

Tom Misselbrook, SVP Scripted Development, Cineflix Rights said: “Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden are already familiar faces to British viewers through two of the biggest streaming hits this year, The Four Seasons and Nobody Wants This. Together with the incredibly talented Trent O’Donnell, the outstanding showrunner and director of so many much-loved series like Colin from Accounts and Hacks, they’ve created a wonderfully funny dark crime series. We are thrilled to be partnering with ITV to bring Sunny Nights to UK audiences.”

Darren Nartey, Head of Content Acquisitions, ITV added: “Sunny Nights is exactly the type of unique content that our audiences will enjoy; we can’t wait to introduce our viewers to this darkly funny series when it launches on ITVX in 2026.”

The deal was brokered by Sandra Piha, SVP Sales, Pan-Regional, UK, Eire, and Scandinavia, Cineflix Rights.

Sunny Nights is a Stan Original series from Jungle Entertainment (Mr. Inbetween, Population 11) and Echo Lake Entertainment (The Great) in association with Cineflix Rights (The Walsh Sisters, So Long, Marianne, Virdee) with major production investment from Stan and Screen Australia, and financed with support from Screen NSW through the Made in NSW Fund. The series is directed and executive produced by Trent O’Donnell (Colin from Accounts, Hacks, No Activity, Population 11) and is created and written by Nick Keetch (Almost Paradise) and Ty Freer (High Fire, Almost Paradise). Stan executive producers are Cailah Scobie and Amanda Duthie. Cineflix Rights’ Tom Misselbrook is executive producer alongside James Durie.

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