Fox Digital Announces ‘Bad Samaritans’ and ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Premieres

Fox Digital Studio is set to debut the comedy series Bad Samaritans on March 31, 2013 on Netflix streaming. The dark comedy film Shotgun Wedding has also landed a release date, coming to Netflix on April 1st.

Bad Samaritans features Julianna Guill, Brian Kubach, Tommy Snider, Alice Hunter, Robert LaSardo, and David Faustino, and was produced by Walter Becker. Andy Dick, Brian Huskey, Matt Bush, and Armin Shimeran show up in guest-starring roles.

Per Fox Digital: “The series tells the story of a young couple who accidentally starts a forest fire as they’re breaking up and gets sentenced to 2000 hours of community service. Each episode takes place at a different assignment that they have to complete alongside a cast of eccentric parolees.”

Shotgun Wedding stars Mike Damus, Kim Shaw, James Eckhouse, Bonita Friedericy, Joel McKinnon Miller, Kevin Christy, Kelsey Ford, Da’Vone McDonald, Eric Jungmann, Megan Heyn, Rasika Mathur, Eric Nenninger, Elana Krausz, and Sean Patton. Danny Roew makes his feature film directorial debut with the comedy written by Worm Miller and Patrick Casey.

The Shotgun Wedding synopsis: “The dark comedy follows the events of a wedding weekend that begins to unravel when the groom accidentally shoots the Maid of Honor in the face, leading to a cover up by his mother and an escalating body count.”