Matt Groening, the guy who made Futurama and why-won't-it-die The Simpsons, is developing a new animated TV show called Disenchantment.
Netflix is producing the show and has ordered 20 episodes. Like The Simpsons, it's meant for adults.
"In Disenchantment, viewers will be whisked away to the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, where they will follow the misadventures of hard-drinking young princess Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo, and her personal demon Luci. Along the way, the oddball trio will encounter ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses, and lots of human fools," Netflix said of the show in a press release.
Hey, do you remember The Simpsons when it was good? "Last Exit to Springfield" Simpsons. A show that once meant much to many—a witty show about late 20th century complacency through pop culture which made fun of all things bloated and lazy which has, for the past sixteen years, been bloated and lazy. Something that should have meant something for someone and which has done everything in its power to undo its own legacy?
Note how Netflix didn't specify if the Disenchantment's characters symbolise the inner-workings of actual Simpsons fans who've been yearning for the show to just end.
"Disenchantment will be about life and death, love and sex, and how to keep laughing in a world full of suffering and idiots, despite what the elders and wizards and other jerks tell you." Groening himself added.
Which is really edgy coming from a guy whose show has been making money for Fox since the George Bush era—the first one.
"[Disenchantment] will bear [Groening's] trademark animation style and biting wit, and we think it's a perfect fit for our many Netflix animation fans," said vice president of original content for Netflix Cindy Holland.
It'll be good for nine episodes, OK for one, and jump the shark a few dozen times into irrelevance starting from the eleventh one.
