Exclusive : Helliar’s Lesbian Pic

Things happen for a reason, they say. One door opens, another closes; one beau splits, another enters; one house burns, termites buried below it shriek in agony.

In the long run, it sounds like Aussie comic Peter Helliar’s going to appreciate having Sunday’s off….

The [former] ROVE regular (The Sunday night variety series recently recorded its last episode) is carving out a promising new career for himself as a screenwriter.

The funnyman, whose new film “I Love You Too” is garnering great buzz (terrific script too, think this will be the next great Aussie comedy – might even make some coin, too!), tells us he’s already got movie number two in the works.

Helliar’s Samsung is fresh from printing out a new Final Draft effort, “Mr Buzzby Married a Lesbian”, a “comedy about a lonely geographer teacher looking for love”.

The terrific troops at Princess Pictures (“Summer Heights High”, “John Safron’s Race Relations”, “I Love You Too”) – hi to the wonderful Yael Bergman and the multi-skilled Laura Waters! – will again be spearheading the production.

Helliar says they’ll start targeting lead actors early next year.

My set report from “I Love You Too”, written by, co-produced, and co-starring Helliar, will be up in a couple of months’ time. But I can tell you, from what I’ve seen, it’s going to be a terrific little pic. Will be worth seeing for the crackerbag cast alone.