Robert Carlock and Sam Means made their names in Hollywood as the writers behind hits like “30 Rock” and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Now the pair returns to Netflix with a new animated series, “Mulligan,” ready to debut next month.
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So what’s “Mulligan” about? Well, after aliens attack earth, the survivors need to restart society. It’s too bad most of the humanity that remains aren’t up to the task…
Here’s an official synopsis for “Mulligan,” courtesy of Netflix:
After Earth is destroyed by an alien attack, a rag-tag band of survivors has to start society over from scratch. It’s an opportunity to learn from humanity’s past mistakes and get things right this time. Or make the same mistakes all over again. Probably the second one.
The leading voice cast of “Mulligan” includes Nat Faxon, Chrissy Teigen, Tina Fey, Sam Richardson, Dana Carvey and Phil LaMarr. Guest stars for the series include Daniel Radcliffe, Ayo Edebiri, Ronny Chieng, and Kevin Michael Richardson.
On top of being showrunners, Carlock and Means also serve as executive producers on “Mulligan.” Tina Fey leads rest of the the executive producing team that also includes David Miner, Eric Gurian, Scott Greenberg, and Joel Kuwahara. Universal Television (a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios) produces the series in association with Little Stranger, Inc., Bevel Gears, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Bento Box Entertainment.
So will the surviving humans in “Mulligan” be able to get society back on track? Find out when the animated series premieres on Netflix on May 12. Watch a first-look clip for the show below.