Wilfred the unliving series#
Wilfred the unliving tv#

His pitches often got rejected and ultimately in the transition he gave up a lot of creative control. Gann has noted that writing the US version was more taxing than writing the Australian version. When the show moved to the US, head writer and show creator Jason Gann took a more advisory role in the writers room, only writing six episodes of the show's four season run.

Wilfred the unliving series#

Gann was initially hesitant to make a US series stating, 'I had no interest in making the same show again, just surrounded by people with different accents.' However, the show in the US differed greatly from the original series. Gann left to create an entirely new series for the US that used the format of the original and additional Australian seasons were not pursued. However, Renegade Film, the company that produced the original Australian series, was unable to sell it in its original version to any other countries. There was interest in continuing the series on SBS, including talk about a possible film. Unlike the Australian version-which concentrated equally on Wilfred, his owner, and her boyfriend-the American version is presented as a buddy comedy between Wilfred and Ryan. The pilot episode was filmed in summer 2010, written by Zuckerman, and directed by Einhorn.

Einhorn directed 10 episodes of the first season and Victor Nelli, Jr. Wilfred co-creator Jason Gann and Randall Einhorn serve as co-executive producers. Wilfred is produced by FX Productions while the executive producers include: Zuckerman Rich and Paul Frank Jeff Kwatinetz and Joe and Ken Connor from the original Australian series. Wilfred is based on the critically acclaimed Australian series of the same name and was adapted for FX by Family Guy veteran David Zuckerman. After this failed attempt, Ryan's neighbor, Jenna ( Fiona Gubelmann), knocks on his door to ask him to look after Wilfred, whom Ryan sees and hears as a man in a dog costume. In the opening episode, Ryan concocts a drug cocktail to commit suicide. The show follows a young man named Ryan ( Elijah Wood) and his neighbor's dog Wilfred ( Jason Gann).

Wilfred the unliving tv#

Main article: List of Wilfred (American TV series) episodes

Harriet Sansom Harris as Lonnie Goldsmith (season 4).

Steven Weber as Jeremy (season 2), Ryan’s boss at his new job who kills himself after their secrets are stolen by a rival company.Rob Riggle as Kevin (season 2), Ryan’s friendly and easygoing co-worker.Manoux as Leo (season 1), Kristen’s obnoxious and estranged husband who disapproves of her job as a Doctor who leaves her when she tells him of her affair with Dr. Patel (season 1 guest season 3), Ryan’s Indian neighbor who is rude. Wilfred despises him despite his good relationship with Ryan. Chris Klein as Drew, Jenna’s easygoing and lighthearted but competitive boyfriend and later husband.She gets pregnant and has a baby named Joffrey in the second season. She is hostile and rude towards people, especially Ryan. Dorian Brown as Kristen Newman Ryan's sister, an OB/GYN, single mom, seemingly dependent on Ryan, as pointed out by Wilfred.She is constantly trying to make things work out with her on-again-off-again beau Drew. Ryan's neighbor and love interest, she is a charming TV personality who sometimes gets caught in the cross hairs of Wilfred and Ryan's shenanigans. As the series progresses, Wilfred is often torn between his love for Bear and his lust for other stuffed animals. Raffi is a stuffed giraffe that Wilfred courts by conning Ryan into whoring himself to a desperate executive woman whose car he hit. Bear is his codependent giant stuffed teddy bear in Ryan's basement. He has a love of stuffed animals, in particular Bear & Raffi. Jason Gann as Wilfred Fazio Mueller a foul mouthed and blunt Australian accented shepherd dog that Ryan sees as a man in a dog suit but everyone else sees as a real dog, loves his owner Jenna, and is cocky and jealous of well-behaved dogs.Ryan often does things that Wilfred encourages him to do. He continues to be clingy and dependent with Wilfred, and harbors an unrequited love for Jenna. He begins the series with harsh depression and suicidal tendencies. Elijah Wood as Ryan Newman a timid ex-shark lawyer.Wilfred pressures Ryan to learn life lessons, reveal past memories, admit shortcomings, and do things he otherwise would not do through strange and sometimes abusive methods. Wilfred is vulgar, a bad influence, pushy, and often mean. Throughout the show, Ryan and Wilfred become close, spending nearly every day together.

The series follows Ryan, a depressed ex-lawyer who is the only one able to see Jenna's (his neighbor) pet dog (Wilfred) as a man in a dog suit.