''James Gunn's PG Porn'' is a
web series
A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single i ...
created by brothers
James Gunn
James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker and executive. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1997). He then began working as a director ...
,
Brian Gunn
Brian Gunn (born August 23, 1970) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri.
Early life and background
Gunn has four brothers — filmmaker James, actor Sean, actor and political writer Matt, pro ...
, and
Sean Gunn
Sean Gunn (born May 22, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on The WB series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this role, he has been in the films ''Gu ...
. It consists of a series of pornography spoofs, with a humorous event occurring just before the supposed commencement of pornographic sexual acts. Each episode pairs a mainstream actor with a pornographic actress or model. The tagline is, "For people who love everything about Porn...except the sex".
Production
The initial web episode premiered on Spike.com. Spike subsequently picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes.
According to Gunn, the idea was developed in the early 2000s, before short-term
Internet
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-based
sketch comedies
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became popular.
Stephen Blackehart
Stephen T. Blackehart (born December 1, 1967) is an American character actor, author, and producer.
Education
Blackehart began his artistic education at the University of South Florida under BAFTA-winning character actor Paul Massie, before ...
of The Good Boys Productions produced the show with
Jake Zim and
Peter Safran
Peter Safran (born 22 November 1965) is a British-American film producer and manager. He currently serves as the co-chairperson and CEO of DC Studios alongside James Gunn.
Early life
After growing up in the UK, Safran graduated from Princeton Un ...
of Safran Digital Group (SDG) for Spike.com.
All episodes are directed by James Gunn and have a score by
Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates (born June 5, 1965) is an American musician, producer, and composer for film, television, and video game scores. Much of his work is in the action and horror film genres, with films like '' Dawn of the Dead, 300, Sucker Punch, Ha ...
. The fifth episode is not hosted on Spike.com. In James Gunn's words this was "because the head of Spike Network FREAKED OUT on the, uh, raunchiness of the content and pulled it down." The video is available on James Gunn's website.
In 2010,
French channel
Canal+
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produced a
remake
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of the series, titled ''Du hard ou du cochon !''.
“Du hard ou du cochon”: Canal+ se lance dans le porno sans sexe
''Les Inrockuptibles
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'', 16 August 2010
Episodes
References
External links
Safran Digital Group - Projects
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{{James Gunn (filmmaker)
2000s American sex comedy television series
2008 web series debuts
2009 web series endings
American comedy web series
Pornographic television shows
Television series created by James Gunn