Andy Samberg with ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Writer and Producer Neil Campbell on ‘Digman!’ and the show is pulling out its cast.
The show, which will be produced by CBS Studios with The Lonely Island, is the first show to be written and produced by Samberg, with Mitra Johri (“Three Busy Debras”), Tim Robinson (“I Think You”) as the voice cast. also lead. Should Leave”), Del Souls (“Orange is the New Black”), Goose Khan (“Our Flag Means Death”), Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Tim Meadows (“The Goldbergs”).
The half-hour adult animated series premieres early next year on Comedy Central and is set in a world where archaeologists are largely celebrities and the coolest people on the planet, with Samberg providing the voice of the protagonist, Rip Digman. Huh. The series is created by Andy Samberg and Neil Campbell and produced by CBS Studios with Ali Bell and The Lonely Islands Party Over Here banner. Campbell serves as showrunner.
Samberg will release “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Digman!” in 2021. But completed his eight-season run. It marks her first series regular role since that show’s conclusion.
“As kids we believed archaeologists were all bad-ass, adventure-finding rock stars, but after 20 years of pursuing careers in archeology we now see that this was a lie perpetuated by Big Hollywood. So we created Digman !Finally making our childhood dreams come true.Plus, we recently saw a paucity of new TV shows and thought it was entirely up to us to find out what the world was missing the most: Stuff .
Titmouse Studios will executive produce on its own with Chris Prinowski, Shannon Prinoski, Antonio Canobio and Ben Kalina. Grant Gish serves as co-executive producer with Saatchi Azura as executive producer and Michael Stanger as supervising producer for MTV Entertainment Studios.
“Andy is a prodigious creative force to explore bold, genre-shifting, comedic storytelling,” said Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer, Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios. “We are thrilled to partner with him on The Lonely Island and CBS Studios’ Digman! – the first series written and produced by Andy for Comedy Central’s strong animation line-up.”
“Animation is becoming an even more important part of our comedy slate,” said David Stapp, president of CBS Studios, “on Digman! The Lonely Island, a fantastic partner at MTV Entertainment and Comedy Central.
