Paramount+ has released the first trailer and poster for its upcoming adult animated comedy series,The Harper House. The show follows the down-on-their-luck Harper family, who must move into a creepy, run-down house they inherited in order to save some money. The ten-episode series will premiere September 16 exclusively on Paramount+.
The cast includesRhea Seehorn, who plays the recently fired mother, who hopes to return the family to their previous way of life by coming up with a brilliant invention;Jason Lee, who plays the overly-enthusiastic stay-at-home dad;Ryan Flynnas the dour son; andTatiana Maslanyas the happy-go-lucky daughter. The trailer finds them struggling to fit in with their new neighborhood and being constantly disturbed by their dusty, possum-infested, corpse-filled house.
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The trailer was presented at the show’s Comic-Con@Home virtual panel, moderated by TV Guide Magazine’s Damian Holbrook, which featured Seehorn, Lee, and Flynn as panelists. Other cast members made special appearances, includingGabourey Sidibe,Gary Anthony Williams,Nyima Funk,VyVy Nguyen, andLance Krall. Creator and Executive ProducerBrad Neely, known for his Adult Swim seriesChina, ILandBrad Neely’s Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepioalso appeared, along with Executive ProducerKatie Krentzand Supervising DirectorBrian Sheesley.
Titmouse, the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company behind shows likeBig Mouthand last year’sAnimaniacsrevival, is the animation studio for the series. They’re a brilliant match for Neely’s distinctive character designs, bringing these characters to vivid, awkward life. The series is produced by CBS Studios’ new animation arm, CBS Eye Animation Productions, in association with 219 Productions.
Between Neely’s offbeat sense of humor and a cast anchored by sitcom vets like Seehorn and Lee, this show promises to be a lot of fun. Hearing Seehorn play the more freewheeling, unconventional matriarch of the Harper family will be particularly refreshing after five seasons (and counting) as the tightly-wound Kim Wexler onBetter Call Saul. Indeed, with Lee playing a dorky dad and Manslay playing a literal child, the casting seems to have gone deliberately against type, which promises to be interesting.
The Harper Housepremieres on Paramount+ on September 16. Check out the trailer below.
Here’s the official synopsis:
THE HARPER HOUSE follows an overconfident female head of a household as she struggles to regain a higher status for herself and for her family of oddballs after losing her job and moving from the rich side to the poor side of a small town in Arkansas. To save money, they’ve moved into their inherited Victorian fixer-upper, the historic Harper House.
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