Two More Seasons of Burning Love Announced for 2013
Source:
Paramount’s Insurge Pictures and Yahoo!
October 25, 2012
Paramount’s
Insurge Pictures and Yahoo! today announced that "Burning Love," the
comedy series that spoofs reality dating shows, will return for two more
hilarious seasons on Yahoo! Screen in 2013.
“At Yahoo!, we program based on insights about what our users want to watch,” said Erin McPherson, VP and Head of Video at Yahoo!.
“We
knew we found a hit with Burning Love given the caliber of the talent
and the subject matter—and it was proven shortly after the launch with
all the binge viewing that took place. We’re excited to offer two more
seasons of it to our audience.”
“The success of 'Burning Love' is a testament to the unparalleled
creative team that delivered a truly hilarious series and set a new bar
for original digital entertainment,” said Amy Powell, President of Insurge Pictures and EVP of Interactive Theatrical Marketing for Paramount Pictures.
“Yahoo!
did a tremendous job of getting the series in front of their audience,
and we are thrilled to be working with them to bring the next two
seasons to fans.”
The first season of "Burning Love: launched June 4th domestically on
Yahoo! Screen to critical acclaim. The series followed fireman Mark
Orlando (Ken Marino) in his search for the perfect woman to marry or at
least be engaged. "Burning Love" featured a line up of comedic actors
from film and television including Marino, Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman,
Kristen Bell, Michael Ian Black, Ken Jeong, Adam Scott, Abigail Spencer,
Natasha Leggero, June Diane Raphael, Noureen DeWulf, Janet Varney,
Kerri Kenney Silver, Paul Scheer, Beth Dover, and many more.
"We are very excited to keep 'Burning Love' on the fire -- get
ready for it to get hotter and hotter till it scalds your comedy taste
buds off," commented Stiller.
The next two installments of "Burning Love" will also be written by
Erica Oyama ("Childrens’ Hospital") and directed by Ken Marino and
feature some returning cast including Ken Marino, June Diane Raphael and
Natasha Leggero as well as new characters in their quest to find true
love.
Season 2 follows Julie (June Diane Raphael), who failed to capture Mark
Orlando’s heart in Season 1 of "Burning Love," as she searches for love
in a group of guys who are hopefully all there for the right reasons.
Season 3 "Burning Down The House" reunites our favorite rejected guys
and girls as they return to the "Burning Love" mansion to compete for a
hefty prize and for each other's affection.
"Burning Love" is executive produced by Red Hour’s Ben Stiller, Stuart
Cornfeld and Mike Rosenstein, Abominable Pictures’ Jonathan Stern, Ken
Marino and Erica Oyama’s Dancing Workfriend with Paramount’s Insurge
Pictures distributing the project.
Ben Stiller and Red Hour Films have an extensive history creating top
tier comedy in film and television as well as for digital platforms,
including
Tropic Thunder,
Zoolander,
Dodgeball,
Stiller and Meara for Yahoo!, and now "Burning Love." Jon Stern’s
Abominable Pictures has an impressive track record for creating
successful comedy television and digital series including "Childrens’
Hospital" and "NTSF: SD: SUV."
You can check out the first season of the series by
clicking here.
Although Universal Pictures won't be delivering Guillermo Del Toro's now cancelled At the Mountains of Madness, the studio will be bringing to the screen Gramma, the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired short story written by Stephen King for his 1985 short story anthology "Skeleton Crew". The Haunting in Connecticut's Peter Cornwell will direct with Matt Greenberg providing the screenplay.
