Missing your local Blockbuster? Netflix may have the cure with their new series, appropriately titled “Blockbuster.” The project centers around the last location of this once prolific company. While fictional, its basic premise has roots in reality as a lone Oregon store remains open.
Randall Park stars as the ambitious movie lover committed to keeping his Blockbuster dream alive. The actor stood out in 2021’s “WandaVision” and can be heard in the upcoming animated series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” He’s joined by Melissa Fumero — notable in her own right for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” This time, she’s portraying a woman whose life took a very different path—the character’s past journey from Harvard to small-town retail promises some surprises along the way.
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” connections don’t stop with Fumero. “Blockbuster” creator Vanessa Ramos wrote for and produced the popular comedy. Ramos is expanding her credits for the new Netflix series to include showrunner and executive producer. She’s also bringing on ‘Nine-Nine’ director Payman Benz to helm an unknown number of episodes.
Melissa Fumero, JB Smoove and more.
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The series’ official synopsis:
Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) Is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees (including his long-time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero) fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, JB Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn also star in Netflix’s “Blockbuster.” The 10-episode season debuts on November 3. Watch the new trailer below.