MacGruber (Peacock) - TV Series

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https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mac...ck-1234730465/

Peacock has issued an eight-episode order for a “MacGruber” series which will see Will Forte reprise the role he created while on “Saturday Night Live.” News of the pick up was announced at the NBCUniversal streamer’s TCA press day, and comes around eight months after the show was first put in development.

The half-hour series is an adaptation of the 2010 feature film of the same name, and will also be directed by the film’s helmer Jorma Taccone, of Lonely Island fame.

Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, & Mickey Rourke Join the Cast

Elliott will play Perry. MacGruber’s rock has always been his father, Perry. Though they’ve drifted apart over the years, MacGruber will need his father’s sage guidance if he hopes to succeed.

Fishburne is General Barrett Fasoose, a highly decorated soldier who commands the respect of the entire US military. In addition to his illustrious career, he is currently married to MacGruber’s ex-wife, Vicki St. Elmo.

Rourke’s Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth is one of MacGruber’s mortal enemies. Long thought dead, he has resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy the world, and in the process, claim his revenge against MacGruber.

https://deadline.com/2021/06/macgrub...ck-1234772540/

Since the series' announcement, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe were confirmed to return to reprise their roles of Vicki St. Elmo and Dixon Piper.

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MacGruber premieres on December 16.