International Versions
In 2007, the first series was remade as Hilfe! Hochzeit! Die schlimmste Woche meines Lebens (Help! Wedding! The Worst Week of My Life) for a German audience starring Christoph Maria Herbst (Stromberg) as Joachim Witte (who is the counterpart to Howard Steel). The series aired weekly in the Friday evening prime time on Sat.1.
An American pilot was ordered by the Fox network in 2005, but Fox decided not to proceed with the show. CBS also commissioned a pilot of the series entitled Worst Week. Adapted by Matt Tarses, Worst Week premiered on 22 September 2008, on CBS and was canceled 20 May 2009,.
ABC also ran a short lived series, with a similar story arc, in 2006-7, entitled Big Day.
In 2011 the Italian director and screenwriter Alessandro Genovesi made his feature film directorial debut with La peggior settimana della mia vita, based on the British sitcom.
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