Press Release from IFC
THE WRONG DOOR, a CGI enhanced distinctly adult British sketch comedy created by Jack Cheshire (NOT TONIGHT WITH JOHN SERGEANT) and Ben Wheatley (MODERN TOSS) is coming to IFC beginning June 9 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. Thirty-minute episodes of this six-part series will air as part of IFC's Tuesday night AUTOMAT programming block.
Welcome to THE WRONG DOOR, set in a world where herds of space hoppers and shopping trolleys roam the countryside; robots play tennis; mini-bars come with a helpful mini-barman; magazines come with a free, blow-up boyfriend; and MP3 players generate 3D pop-star holograms. A daring new sketch show set in a parallel universe; a fantastic world governed by the laws of comedy, not nature, where special effects seen in the movies and on television are part of everyday life.
"Producing a sketch show with 850 visual effects was never going to be easy. We joked that it was the equivalent of three and a half STAR WARS films, only funnier...and, obviously, about a 50th of the price," said THE WRONG DOOR creator, Jack Cheshire. "Our aim was to create a brave new world of comic possibility by devising a genre-busting mix of celebrity cameos, unimaginable locations and impossible visual effects."
The array of characters include: the Booze Fairies, the Wizard of Oswestry, the World's Most Annoying Creature and a love-struck dinosaur called Phillip. Superheroes, wizards, dinosaurs and monsters casually go about their business amongst the daily irritations of explosions, disasters, battles, chases and driving lessons.
In this fantastic new world of CGI enhanced comic possibility, THE WRONG DOOR is a portal to locations and characters that surpass and re-invent your imagination.
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