Mike McMahan has shortly grow to be considered one of our favourite showrunners relating to grownup animated sequence. After getting his begin as a author on Rick and Morty after which turning into showrunner in season 4, he created his personal raunchy science fiction cartoon for Hulu in Photo voltaic Opposites. From there, he expanded into the Star Trek franchise with Decrease Decks. And now, McMahan has revealed his newest present, Odd Jobs, an animated comedy within the works for Prime Video.
Set within the yr 2127, Odd Jobs tells the story of a bunch of gig-economy staff taking over weird and lethal duties by way of an app, which can also be referred to as Odd Jobs. The present is ready within the “neo Midwest” towards the backdrop of an “excessive late-stage capitalist hellscape,” in response to the pick-up announcement. So mainly, it feels like Mad Max, however with smartphones and barely extra water.
Odd Jobs was co-created by McMahan and Dominic Dierkes, who additionally labored on Photo voltaic Opposites and also you may acknowledge from the 2000s web sketch group Derrick Comedy.
“Whereas wandering via the wilderness, we unintentionally stumbled via a portal and located ourselves tons of of years sooner or later,” McMahan and Dierkes mentioned in a press release. “We witnessed weird and grotesque portents about the place humanity is heading. As an alternative of appearing on these warnings, we’re thrilled to show them into an animated present.”
Titmouse, the animation studio behind Huge Mouth, Star Trek: Decrease Decks, The Legend of Vox Machina, Metalocalypse, Scavengers Reign, and numerous extra, can also be concerned.
Odd Jobs doesn’t but have a launch date.
