Earlier this 12 months, Netflix performed went and pulled the plug on Scavengers Reign, one in all 2023’s finest exhibits that was initially on Grownup Swim. The excellent news is, that present’s manufacturing firm Inexperienced Avenue has a brand new sequence coming subsequent 12 months referred to as Frequent Aspect Results, and it appears each bit as visually gorgeous as Scavengers did.
Created by Scavengers co-creator Joe Bennett and Veep’s Steve Hely, Frequent Aspect Results focuses on Marshall (Dave King) and Frances (Emily Pendergast), a pair of former highschool labmates who uncover a mushroom able to therapeutic virtually any illness. That type of miracle drug could be a tremendous discovery in actual life, so it’s no shock when a bunch of events present up trying to take it from Marshall, together with phamaceutical firms hoping to make some massive bucks off of it. As he goes on the run to attempt distributing it to the free world, Frances finds herself questioning if it’d be higher to promote the mushroom to assist her safe a promotion.
With final week’s shock killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the present’s much more topical than it already was: as Marshall factors out within the trailer, folks spend a lot cash for medication that hardly appears to work (if in any respect), and firms make tons of cash off everybody’s illness. No matter commentary Frequent Aspect Results offers about the US healthcare system, it’ll even have the visuals to again it up. Scavengers Reign garnered popularity of its Moebius-inspired artwork and ambiance, and this appears to have a equally eerie vibe. It isn’t simply the sight of little grey creatures watching folks die in an explosion of colours, it’s the extra mundane components, like the way it exhibits folks wanting so exhausted and worn down, each out and in of the hospital.
So coloration us for Frequent Aspect Results to hit Grownup Swim and Max on February 2, 2025—however should you want extra convincing, there’s a six-minute preview down beneath.
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