Trailer: Channing Tatum stars in Amazon’s Comrade Detective
David Farnor | On 28, Jul 2017
This summer, the Cold War heats up, as Channing Tatum stars in Amazon’s new action comedy, Comrade Detective.
The half-hour series, from Amazon Studios and A24, is set in 1980s Romania. True to its nostalgic inspiration, the series is presented in Romanian and dubbed in English—as a Romanian show of that time would have been – and the dubbing is as star-studded as it gets. Channing Tatum (Logan Lucky) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper) provide voice-overs for the series’ two leading roles, Detectives Gregor Anghel and Iosef Baciu, played on screen by leading Romanian actors, Florin Piersic Jr. (Killing Time) and Corneliu Ulici (The Devil Inside).
The detectives team up when a hero is killed, fighting to get justice for his death. In addition to Tatum and Gordon-Levitt, the roster of talent dubbing other roles includes Jenny Slate (Obvious Child), Chloë Sevigny (Bloodline), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Jason Mantzoukas (The House), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Fred Armisen (Documentary Now!), Kim Basinger (LA Confidential), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Tracey Letts (The Lovers), Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Debra Winger (The Lovers), Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed), Katie Aselton Duplass (Legion), Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show), Bo Burnham (The Big Sick) and John Early (Search Party).
The result is somewhere between Archer and Kung Pow – and now, we have our first glimpse of what exactly that insanity looks like.
“In a world of global television it was inevitable that the best comedy of the year would come from Romania. Well that day has come,“ said Joe Lewis, Head of Comedy, Drama and VR at Amazon Studios. “Comrade Detective is unbelievably compelling, visually brilliant, and Gregor and Iosef are the heroes we need.”
All episodes of Comrade Detective are released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on Friday 4th August. Here’s the trailer:
Changing Tatum to star in Romanian action comedy for Amazon… sort of
30th June 2017
Amazon has unveiled its latest star-studded original series, which will see Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt head to Romania… sort of.
Called Comrade Detective, the half-hour live action series comes from creators and executive producers Brian Gatewood (The Sitter) and Alex Tanaka (The Sitter) with Rhys Thomas (Documentary Now!). The cop show and comedy is set in 1980s Romania, and so, true to its nostalgic inspiration, the series is presented in Romanian and dubbed in English – as a Romanian show of that time would have been. Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will provide voice over dubbing for the series’ two leading roles, Detectives Gregor Anghel and Iosef Baciu – both characters played on screen by leading Romanian actors, Florin Piersic Jr. (Killing Time) and Corneliu Ulici (The Devil Inside).
In addition to Tatum and Gordon-Levitt, the illustrious roster of talent dubbing other roles includes Jenny Slate (Obvious Child), Chloë Sevigny (Bloodline), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Jason Mantzoukas (The House), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Fred Armisen (Documentary Now!), Kim Basinger (LA Confidential), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Tracey Letts (The Lovers), Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Debra Winger (The Lovers), Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed), Katie Aselton Duplass (Legion), Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show), Bo Burnham (The Big Sick) and John Early (Search Party).
The show is a co-production with A24.
“In a world of global television it was inevitable that the best comedy of the year would come from Romania. Well that day has come,“ says Joe Lewis, Head of Comedy, Drama and VR at Amazon Studios. “Comrade Detective is unbelievably compelling, visually brilliant, and Gregor and Iosef are the heroes we need. Thanks to A24, Channing Tatum, Rhys Thomas, Brian Gatewood, Alex Tanaka, as well as the incredibly creative team behind this wild new series.”
“As passionate fans of cinema and television, we have long heard about this genre defining show and are thrilled to work with Free Association and Amazon to bring it to audiences,” adds A24.
Comrade Detective will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on Friday 4th August in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. For more on what’s coming soon, click here.