Bell Media’s Crave last week announced it has ordered a new 10-episode, half-hour adult animated comedy, Super Team Canada, marking its first-ever commission of an animated series.
Currently in production with a premiere set for 2025, this new Crave Original series is being produced in partnership with Thunderbird Entertainment’s Atomic Cartoons (Max’s Young Love) and Will Arnett’s Electric Avenue (Snake Oil, Twisted Metal).
Created by Canadian Emmy-winning writers and brothers Robert Cohen (The Big Bang Theory, HBO’s Somebody Somewhere) and Joel H. Cohen (The Simpsons), Super Team Canada “focuses on the exploits of six, little-known Canadian superheroes trying to save the world from evil giant robots, an unemployed octopus, and needy hardware store clerks,” reads a description in a press release.
“The stakes are high for these stereotypically underdog Canadian super-unknowns, who are called in as Earth’s last resort when all the other superheroes have been destroyed,” the release says.
Robert Cohen is the series’ showrunner and serves as an executive producer along with Joel Cohen, Atomic Cartoons/Thunderbird’s Jennifer Twiner McCarron, Matthew Berkowitz and Kristin Cummings, and Electric Avenue’s Arnett and Marc Forman.
“Distinctly Canadian original comedies have helped Crave build its brand, and with its sharp wit and clever Canadian-isms, Super Team Canada will fit right in,” Justin Stockman, vice-president of content development and programming at Bell Media, said in the release. “This is the first animated series that Crave has commissioned, and we couldn’t ask for better partners than Will Arnett, Robert and Joel H. Cohen, Thunderbird Entertainment, and Electric Avenue.”
“Super Team Canada is a tongue-in-cheek love letter to the Great White North, but the comedy is universal and packs a punch,” said Berkowitz, chief creative officer of Atomic Cartoons/Thunderbird and president of Thunderbird. “As our first adult animated original, we couldn’t be prouder to team up with Canadian legends Rob, Joel, and Will. Crave has a rich history of delivering tremendous comedies and has been a fantastic partner to all of us.”
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