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\nAndrea Demetriades, Rose Matefeo and Susie Youssef<\/small><\/p>\n
\nAndrea Demetriades, Rose Matefeo and Susie Youssef<\/small><\/p>\n
ABC in association with Screen Australia and Create NSW are pleased to announce filming is underway on the new season of Jungle Entertainment\u2019s\u00a0Squinters<\/em>, the acclaimed, hit comedy series that celebrates the comically mundane ritual of the daily work commute.<\/p>\n Created by Trent O\u2019Donnell (No Activity, The Moodys<\/em>) and Adam Zwar (Wilfred, Lowdown<\/em>),\u00a0<\/em>Squinters<\/em>\u00a0season 1 was embraced by critics and audiences alike, becoming ABC iview\u2019s most watched comedy of 2018.*\u00a0Season 2 picks up with Aussie distribution company \u2018Kosciusko\u2019 taken over by an American conglomerate.\u00a0Under new management, our travellers have new jobs and for some, new passengers along for the ride. Over six episodes, we learn intimate details of their lives, relationships and struggles, as they navigate their new workplace. Andrea Demetriades, Rose Matefeo and Susie Youssef ABC in association with Screen Australia and Create NSW are pleased to announce filming is underway on the new season of Jungle Entertainment\u2019s\u00a0Squinters, the acclaimed, hit comedy series that celebrates the comically mundane ritual of the daily work commute. Created by Trent O\u2019Donnell (No Activity, The Moodys) and … Continue reading “BIG STARS BACK FOR SEASON 2 OF HIT COMEDY\u00a0SQUINTERS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA star-studded line-up of new cast includes\u00a0Stephen Peacocke (Tina Fey\u2019s\u00a0Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Wanted<\/em>), Claudia O\u2019Doherty (Judd Apatow\u2019s\u00a0Love\u00a0<\/em>(Netflix), Inside Amy Schumer<\/em>), Justine Clarke (House Husbands, The Justine Clarke Show<\/em>), Genevieve Morris (No Activity<\/em>), Anne Edmonds (Get Krack!n<\/em>), Bert LaBonte (The Book of Mormon<\/em>) and the beloved Ernie Dingo. They join returning cast Logie Award-winner Mandy McElhinney, Sam Simmons, Andrea Demetriades, Wayne Blair, Justin Rosniak, Jenna Owen, Christiaan Van Vuuren, Susie Youssef and Edinburgh International Comedy Festival 2018 winner, Rose Matafeo. And still to be announced\u2026a major American female comedic talent has been cast as the new CEO.
\n\u201cLike Marlon Brando, my favourite acting involves remaining seated the whole time, so this is a dream role for me,\u201d\u00a0says new cast addition\u00a0Claudia O\u2019Doherty<\/strong>.
\nWhile fellow newcomer\u00a0Steven Peacocke<\/strong>\u00a0says, \u201cThe scripts are some of the best stuff I\u2019ve read in ages. Thrilled to be a part of the series.\u201d
\nFrom Chloe Rickard and Jason Burrows, the Executive Producers behind the international titles\u00a0Mr Inbetween<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0No Activity,<\/em>\u00a0the behind the scenes talent line up continues to impress with the team of directors including Trent O\u2019Donnell, Amanda Brotchie, Erin White, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Adele Vuko.\u00a0 Writers include Adam Zwar, Kodie Bedford, Ben Crisp, Lally Katz, Becky Lucas, Mark O\u2019Toole, Anita Punton, Michael Ward and Joel Slack-Smith.
\nSquinters<\/em>\u00a0season two is currently shooting in Sydney and LA, to air on ABC and iview in 2019.
\nProduction credits:<\/strong>\u00a0Jungle Entertainment production for the ABC.\u00a0Production investment from Screen Australia, in association with Create NSW.\u00a0 Created by Trent O\u2019Donnell and Adam Zwar. Executive Producers Chloe Rickard, Jason Burrows, Adam Zwar and Trent O\u2019Donnell. Producers Chloe Rickard, Lauren Elliott and Johanna Somerville. ABC Executive Producers Rick Kalowski and Andrew Gregory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"