Moone Boy
| Moone Boy | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Chris O'Dowd |
| Written by | Chris O'Dowd Nick Vincent Murphy |
| Directed by | Declan Lowney |
| Starring | Chris O'Dowd Steve Coogan Johnny Vegas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (0 Aired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Gina Carter Paul Donovan Henry Normal Chris O'Dowd |
| Producer | Ted Dowd |
| Production locations | Boyle, Ireland Dublin, Ireland |
| Production companies | Baby Cow Productions Sprout Pictures Hod Cod Productions Grand Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky1 Sky1 HD |
| Release | 2012 |
| Related | |
| Little Crackers | |
Moone Boy is an upcoming British comedy-drama sitcom television series created, co-written by and starring Chris O'Dowd. The series is co-written by Nick Vincent Murphy, co-stars Steve Coogan and Johnny Vegas, both in unknown roles, and is produced by Baby Cow Productions, Sprout Pictures, Hod Cod Productions and Grand Pictures. The series is semi-autobiographical of O'Dowd and focuses on a young boy's life growing up in Ireland in the late Nineteen-Eighty's/early Nineteen-Ninety's and will begin airing in Summer 2012.[1]
Moone Boy is the first series produced from Sky's Little Crackers shorts and is inspired by O'Dowd's contribution, Capturing Santa, which was produced by Sprout Pictures.[2]
Plot
Sean (O'Dowd) is the imaginary friend of 11-year-old Martin Moone, the youngest child of a family living in a small town in Ireland.
Martin has a unique perspective on life aided by an imaginary friend. His imagination comes into play both in his childish drawings, which come alive through animation, and in the ridiculous schemes he comes up with, against Sean's better judgement. With Sean's help, Martin negotiates life as the youngest in a chaotic, scatter-brained family.
Production
Chris O'Dowd said: "Moone Boy is a fantastic comedy which centres on a ten year old boy who has an imaginary friend. It is set in the late eighties/early nineties and all of the experiences are ones that I had. It's a really funny show which has loads of animation and a number of laughs that I hope people will love. It was essential to film in Ireland and what was great about Sky was they wanted us to film here and they were really supportive. That wouldn't have happened at any other channel."[3]
Moone Boy is Sky's first commission off the back of a Little Crackers short.
The series is a co-production between Sprout Pictures, who produced the original Little Crackers short, Baby Cow Productions, Hod Cod Productions and Grand Pictures, and began filming in early 2012 on location in Boyle, Ireland and Dublin, Ireland.[4]