Mike Judge and Greg Daniels are bringing their next animated series to Adult Swim.
He King of the hill Bandera Entertainment, from the creators, is behind Common Side Effects, a half-hour series about “people’s complex reactions to the revelation of the mysterious elixir of life.” Joe Bennett (FXX) Cakemax coming soon kingdom of scavengers) and Steve Hely (Veep, American Dad) created the show, which Adult Swim announced Friday at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
“Tonally, this doesn’t look like anything else in animation right now, so we knew right away that common side effects it belonged to Adult Swim,” said Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. “Mike, Greg and this entire team have such deep pedigrees in the worlds of comedy and animation, and this new series will tackle everything from government corruption to the pharmaceutical industry through their unique and hilarious perspectives.”
The show will center on Marshall and Frances, former high school lab partners who begin to unravel a conspiracy involving Big Pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare fungus that may hold the key to curing all diseases. diseases of the world.
“From the moment we heard the idea of common side effects we knew it was the perfect tone for our animation brand,” said Suzanna Makkos, Executive Vice President of Original Programming for Adult Swim and Max. “The series is built on a thought-provoking idea that is totally original and brought to life with complicated, larger-than-life characters. We look forward to presenting this special show to the world.”
common side effects joins a list of projects at Bandera that includes a King of the hill revival on Hulu, Freeform’s praise peteyNetflix bad crimes and projects by Sacha Baron Cohen, Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods and comedian Jimmy O. Yang, among others.
Judge and Daniels will executive produce with Bandera President Dustin Davis.
