(UTV | COLOMBO) – “MacGruber” Series Sets December Launch
Peacock has announced a December 16th premiere date for “MacGruber,” the eight-episode action-comedy series continuation of the 2010 cult comedy feature based on the SNL sketches. Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe reprise their roles from the film while Billy Zane takes on the role of the film’s villain Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth. In the series, Forte’s titular character has been rotting in prison for over a decade and is finally free and on a mission to take down a mysterious villain from his past – Queeth.
Joining him are his old team of Vicki St. Elmo (Wiig) and Dixon Piper (Phillippe). Also onboard are Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, Joseph Lee Anderson, and Timothy V. Murphy. Forte serves as writer, showrunner, and executive producer alongside John Solomon and Jorma Taccone who both also will direct.
