Hulu Nabs “Koala Man” From Michael Cusack/Justin Roiland
A few years ago we covered Michael Cusack’s original series Koala Man when it premiered in Australia with a number of shorts, and now we have the announcement that Hulu is getting the American-take of the Aussie character.
That’s right, Michael Cusack’s Koala Man has been ordered for eight episodes for Hulu. The series follows a wannabe superhero dad who tries his best to fight crime and bring order to his neighborhood. Pokémon Detective Pikachu co-writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit are going to be the showrunners, and also writing/producing with Cusack. Justin Roiland is producing and animation will be done by a collaboration of 20th Century Animation and the new Bento/Princess Pictures joint studio effort that was announced last week.
Read our review of the original Koala Man series here. Cusack’s other credits include Yolo: Crystal Fantasy, Smiling Friends, and the Bushworld Adventures for Adult Swim. Justin’s Solar Opposites drops it’s second season on Friday for which you can read our review of here.
There's got to be some kind of twist that's going to happen with this. I don't know if they're setting up an April Fool's joke now or what's going on, but it seems too strange that they'd suddenly reverse on doing a fourth and fifth season after the show was already renewed and they were even just talking about working on those seasons like a couple months ago or something. Or maybe the two episodes yet to release will secretly somehow each be like a "season" in themselves?