ascertain the rise of a hero from Down Under in Koala Man , which star creator Michael Cusack ( Smiling Friends ) along withHugh Jackmanin his animated serial entry . The serial come from Cusack ’s eccentric brain , withJustin Roiland(Rick and Morty , Solar Opposites ) andDan Hernandez and Benji Samit(both writers on Pokémon : Detective Pikachu ) executive producing .
In the first trailer for Koala Man , we get a taste of Cusack ’s penchant for put ordinary people in bonkers , surrealistic destiny .
Here we meet Kevin , a in-between - aged father who has dramatize the persona of Koala Man to protect his town , which on the outside look normal but is in reality an Australian suburban hub of cosmic and human iniquity . Sort of like James Gunn ’s Super but with literal supernatural threat . Hugh Jackman plays Kevin ’s boss Big Greg , who ends up support his employee on his superhero ventures . befittingly , Jackman suffer in at least one hilarious Wolverine shout out as seen in the prevue above — which is nothing liken to how outlandish we ’re expect the show to get . If you have n’t go steady Cusack ’s former series Yolo : Crystal Fantasy , you are n’t ready — but do look out it as a primer on the creator ’s preposterous aesthesia . They ’re great !
Screenshot: Hulu
The series ’ vox cast also includes Sarah Snook ( Succession ) , Jemaine Clement ( Avatar : The style of Water ) , and Demi Lardner , as well as Alexandra Daddario , Rachel House , Angus Sampson , and the fabled Hugo Weaving — yes , I know , it ’s smashing to see him retort to genre in a giving eldritch way .
All eight episodes of Koala Man will premiere Monday , January 9 on Hulu .
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