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Adding to its ever-growing roster of adult animation, Netflix has officially given the greenlight dad’s houseA brand new animated comedy series from the brilliant comedic minds of Smiling Friends and Danger 5. Here’s everything we know so far about the newly announced Australian comedy series.
At the helm of Dad’s House is an all-star trio of Australian comedy creators serving as showrunners and executive producers: Michael Cusack (co-creator of Adult Swim’s huge hit Smiling Friends, as well as YOLO), Dario Russo (Danger 5, The Italian Spiderman, The Fox), and David Ashby (Danger 5, The Italian Spiderman).
To handle animation and production princess pictures and Bento Box Entertainment (the studio famous for bringing Bob’s Burgers and Grimsburg to life, in addition to Netflix heaven pd And Farzaar).
What is daddy’s house about?
The series promises to bring a heavy dose of funny, relatable and potentially chaotic family comedy. Here is the official logline provided by Netflix:
“In small-town suburban Australia, thirteen-year-old divorced kid, Shawn, spends every other weekend with his laid-back, but well-meaning father, Ian. Squeezing quality father-time into a single weekend is already a tall task – but Ian has a remarkable gift for making it harder than it needs to be.”
Who is in the voice cast for Dad’s House?
The showrunners won’t just be working behind the scenes; They’re also stepping into the recording booth. Although specific character roles have not yet been officially mapped out, here is the confirmed voice cast for the series so far:
- Michael Cusack
- Dario Russo
- david ashby
- felicity ward (office australia, wakefield, the inbetweeners 2)
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This adds to several recent announcements on the animation front bass x machina Due to be released later this year with Ricky Gervais’ street cats (set to debut some episodes at the Annecy Film Festival), in addition to upcoming titles like Dang!, living the dream, Magic the GatheringAnd midnight Sun. This is in addition to returning titles like blue eye samurai S2 (coming back in 2027), Devil May Cry s2, long story short S2, and haunted hotel S2.
No official release date yet dad’s house (Netflix just said Coming Soon), but as production continues, we expect to see more details – and hopefully a teaser trailer – soon.
