Will Forte is ready to star in Netflix‘s upcoming collection BODKIN, the primary drama collection from Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Greater Floor Productions.
In accordance with the logline, the collection is “a darkly comedic thriller a few motley crew of podcasters who got down to examine the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic, coastal Irish city. However as soon as they begin pulling at threads, they uncover a narrative a lot greater and weirder than they might have ever imagined. As our heroes attempt to discern truth from fiction — in regards to the case, about their colleagues, and, most painfully, themselves — the collection challenges our notion of fact and exposes the tales we inform ourselves to justify our beliefs or validate our fears.”
Forte will painting protagonist Gilbert Energy within the collection, an American podcaster with Irish roots whose attraction and innocence belies one thing far murkier beneath his sunny floor. The solid is rounded out by Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, and Chris Walley. BODKIN is ready to start manufacturing on location in Eire subsequent week.
Amongst BODKIN’s artistic staff are creator Jez Scharf, co-showrunner Alex Metcalf, and lead director Nash Edgerton, who will work with the Obamas’ Greater Floor manufacturing firm and fellow producers wiip. “We’re ecstatic to companion with wiip for this wickedly wry thriller which questions fact, narrative, and the very objective of every,” stated Tonia Davis, Greater Floor’s head of movie and tv, in a press release. “This complete artistic staff — Jez, Alex, Nash, and the outstanding solid led by Will Forte and Siobhan Cullen — will carry to life one thing very particular and we will’t wait to share it with audiences world wide.”
Most just lately, Forte starred within the Foo Fighters’ horror comedy Studio 666, which premiered on the large display screen only one month earlier than drummer Taylor Hawkins’ tragic and premature loss of life whereas the band toured Colombia. Earlier than that, Forte anchored Peacock’s MacGruber.
