FOX Entertainment has now greenlit three seasons of Dan Harmon’s animated comedy set in mythical ancient Greece, citing ‘strong creativity, storytelling, and talent.’
FOX Entertainment and its Emmy-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment have tripled-down on the upcoming animated comedy Krapopolis, with a third season renewal announced at London Screenings ahead of the series premiere in the 2023-24 Season.
“The 2023-24 Season is the perfect launching pad for this highly-anticipated and very funny animated comedy, complete with multiple seasons of epic laughs for fans,” said Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming, of FOX Entertainment. “The more we see from production, the more excited we are about their creativity, story arcs, flawless execution, brilliant voice cast, and ability to pump out episode after episode of astonishing events and outrageous, unexpected hilarity.”
From Emmy Award winner, creator, and executive producer Dan Harmon (co-creator of Rick and Morty, creator of Community) Krapopolis is set in mythical ancient Greece and tells the story of a dysfunctional family of humans, gods, and monsters that try their hand at running the world’s first cities – without trying to kill each other, that is. The series features the voices of Emmy Award winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd), Matt Berry (What We Do in The Shadows), Pam Murphy (Mapleworth Murders) and Duncan Trussell (The Midnight Gospel).
In the series, Ayoade voices Tyrannis, the mortal son of a goddess and benevolent King of Krapopolis, who tries to make do in a city that lives up to its name. Waddingham plays Deliria, Tyrannis’ mother, goddess of self-destruction and questionable choices. Within her extended Olympian family – forged in patricide and infidelity – she’s known as the trashy one. Berry is Shlub, Tyrannis’ father, a mantitaur (half centaur [horse + human], half manticore [lion + human + scorpion]). He is oversexed and underemployed, claims to be an artist, and has literally never paid for anything in his entire life. Murphy voices Stupendous, Tyrannis’ half-sister, daughter of Deliria and a cyclops. Trussell plays Hippocampus, Tyrannis’ half-brother, offspring of Shlub and a mermaid, and a hot mess, biologically speaking.
Additionally, FOX’s Web3 media and creative technology company Blockchain Creative Labs operates krapopolis.com, a dedicated marketplace for the program which sells digital goods and NFTs that provide fans exclusive experiences, including access to token-gated content, exclusive show voting rights, private Discord channels and access to meet-and-greets with the cast and crew. This is network television’s first animated series to be curated on the blockchain.
Watch Krapopolis, a tale as old as time, when it premieres during the 2023-24 Season.
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