Showtime is reaching for the celebs with its newest collection order.
The premium cabler has picked up Moonbase 8, a brand new half-hour comedy collection from A24 set to debut this fall.
Starring Emmy® nominee Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Superior Present, Nice Job!) and Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominee John C. Reilly (Stroll Exhausting: The Dewey Cox Story), the six-episode collection is a office comedy that follows three subpar astronauts residing at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator with excessive hopes of being chosen to journey to the moon.
The undertaking is created, written and govt produced by Armisen, Heidecker, Reilly and Emmy nominee Jonathan Krisel (Baskets), who additionally serves as collection director.
Moonbase Eight is produced by A24 and Abso Lutely Productions.
The announcement was made in the present day by Jana Winograde, President of Leisure, Showtime Networks Inc.
“In a yr when we have now all been pressured to come back to phrases with life in shut quarters, we’re pleased to have landed this offbeat tackle life in captivity with desires of escaping to one thing grander,” stated Winograde.
“Whereas the present was produced earlier than the pandemic, its material is well timed – and due to Fred, Tim, John and Jonathan, its humor is timeless.”
Set within the remoted desert of Winslow, Arizona at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator, Moonbase Eight follows keen astronauts Skip (Armisen), Rook (Heidecker) and their chief Cap (Reilly) as they try to qualify for his or her first lunar mission.
Whereas working vigorously to finish their coaching, a collection of surprising circumstances forces the astronauts to query their very own psychological sanity, belief in one another and whether or not or not they’re reduce out for house journey.
Along with Armisen, Heidecker, Reilly and Krisel, MOONBASE Eight can be govt produced by Dave Kneebone, Eric Wareheim, and A24’s Ravi Nandan and Inman Younger.
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