Netflix will be adding a new adult animated series to its collection of shows on July 28, when it premieres Captain Fall, the latest project from creators Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen (Norsemen).
The official logline reads: “Captain Fall follows a likable, but wet-behind-the-ears sea captain who finds himself at the helm of a smuggling ship for a terrible international cartel who’s using him as a fall guy in case the authorities ever catch up to them.”
Helkager and Torgersen serve as creators, showrunners and executive producers with animation veteran and Netflix producer Joel Trusser (Electric City) also on board as exec producer. The first season will offer 10 half-hour episodes. The impressive voice cast includes Jason Ritter, Christopher Meloni, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Anthony Carrigan, Alejandro Edda, Adam Devine and Trond Fausa.
“We first pitched Captain Fall as a live-action show, but Netflix saw the potential of it being animated,” said the creators when the show was announced two years ago. “Although a bit scary in the beginning, moving from live action to animation just feels amazingly limitless and creative on a whole new level. And luckily Netflix has surrounded us with a group of extremely talented people, so everything is set up for us not screwing this one up. But you never know!”
You can watch the trailer below:
