‘M.O.D.O.K.’ Animated Series Cast Revealed For Hulu

 

 

 

Slated to premiere before the end of the year, Hulu is gearing up to launch it’s Marvel-branded onslaught of adult animation originals. By far, M.O.D.O.K. sounds the most ready to go of all of the four previously announced series which is made evident now about the full cast of the upcoming series as revealed by Deadline. 

As expected, Patton Oswalt is taking on the lead-role as M.O.D.O.K., but the rest of the cast is just as yummy.

In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., the megalomaniacal super villain M.O.D.O.K. (Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing is set to confront his greatest challenge yet: a midlife crisis!

Sam Richardson (Detroiters) voices the role of one of M.O.D.O.K.’s hapless henchman, Wendi McLendon-Covey (Reno 911) voices work rival “Monica Rappaccini” of A.I.M., Ben Schwartz (Sonic the Hedgehog) is the voice of M.O.D.O.K.’s 12-year-old son “Lou”, and Aimee Garcia (Lucifer) will voice M.O.D.O.K.’s wife “Jodie”.  The series also features the voices of Jon Daly as a droid named “Super Adaptoid”, Beck Bennett is “Austin Van Der Sleet” aka M.O.D.O.K.’s boss, Melissa Fumero is M.O.D.O.K.’s daughter “Melissa”.

Our Take

Casts are only as good as their scripts. One of the things worrying about me for this series is that it sounds almost like a Family Guy and less of a series about a supervillain hell-bent on world domination, or any sort of an adversary for say Captain America.  The proof will be in the pudding, and the cast is strong enough that we should be delivered all of the comedic chops we can handle.

 

Here are character descriptions for each as per the press release:

PATTON OSWALT AS M.O.D.O.K.

Patton Oswalt (“A.P. Bio,” “Veep,” “Happy”) as M.O.D.O.K.
Patton Oswalt (“A.P. Bio,” “Veep,” “Happy”) as M.O.D.O.K.

After being ousted from both his evil organization and his family, super villain M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) must reinvent himself if he ever wants the chance to win back the things in his life that are most important… outside of conquering the world that is. M.O.D.O.K. is about to find out that super heroes are nothing compared to his newest challenge… a midlife crisis.


AIMEE GARCIA AS JODIE

Aimee Garcia (“Lucifer,” ”El Chicano,” “Dexter”) as Jodie
Aimee Garcia (“Lucifer,” ”El Chicano,” “Dexter”) as Jodie

Jodie, M.O.D.O.K.’s wife and mother to his children, has had a late-in-life awakening — excited to pursue her mommy-blog turned lifestyle-brand empire and discover who she is as an independent woman in her forties. There are just too many things to do in this world and not enough time to waste being held back by negativity. And unfortunately for M.O.D.O.K., the thing weighing her down the most… is him.


BEN SCHWARTZ AS LOU

Ben Schwartz (“Parks and Recreation,” “House of Lies”) as Lou
Ben Schwartz (“Parks and Recreation,” “House of Lies”) as Lou

To be honest, M.O.D.O.K. doesn’t really “get” his twelve-year-old son Lou. Not athletic enough to be a jock. Not smart enough to be a nerd. Lou is… well, Lou — a kid who clearly marches to the beat of his own drum. Lou’s lack of friends, ambition and hygiene is a constant worry for M.O.D.O.K., who often projects his own insecurities onto his overly confident son.


MELISSA FUMERO AS MELISSA

Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) as Melissa
Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) as Melissa

Even with her father’s “features,” seventeen-year-old Melissa has risen the ranks to become the Heathers-like queen bee of her school and a star in the world of teen figure skating. Every popular kid either wants to date her or avoid her terrifying wrath. But for all of her success, Melissa secretly yearns for her father’s approval.


WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY AS MONICA RAPPACCINI

Wendi McLendon-Covey (“The Goldbergs”) as Monica Rappaccini
Wendi McLendon-Covey (“The Goldbergs”) as Monica Rappaccini

Monica is a brilliant mad-scientist at A.I.M. and M.O.D.O.K.’s rival at work. Clearly more competent and qualified than M.O.D.O.K., Monica believes she should be running the organization. After GRUMBL acquires A.I.M., Monica relishes in M.O.D.O.K.’s suffering until the new management begins to infringe on her ungodly experiments. With a common enemy in Austin, M.O.D.O.K. and Monica are finally able to put aside their differences and work together… when they aren’t constantly betraying each other.


BECK BENNET AS AUSTIN VAN DER SLEET

Beck Bennet (“Saturday Night Live”) as Austin Van Der Sleet
Beck Bennet (“Saturday Night Live”) as Austin Van Der Sleet

After M.O.D.O.K.’s evil organization A.I.M. is run into the ground, he’s forced to sell it to silicon valley tech-giant GRUMBL. GRUMBL sends slick, twenty-something Austin as a “post-merger-integration-consultant” and M.O.D.O.K.’s new boss. Though M.O.D.O.K. wishes he could just zap Austin to the Negative Zone, M.O.D.O.K. must find new solutions to confront Austin’s corporate jargon-speak and frequent mandatory HR meetings, if he’s ever going to reclaim A.I.M. from Austin’s grip.


JON DALY AS SUPER ADAPTOID

Jon Daly (“The Kroll Show,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”) as Super Adaptoid
Jon Daly (“The Kroll Show,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”) as Super Adaptoid

A snarky android with ambitions to live, feel and create, but is instead forced to spend his days massaging the hoverchair sores on his creator M.O.D.O.K.’s scalp. Although the Adaptoid dreams of overwriting his programming and turning on M.O.D.O.K., there is also a begrudging friendship between these two.


SAM RICHARDSON AS GARY

Sam Richardson (“Veep”) as Gary
Sam Richardson (“Veep”) as Gary

Gary is a henchman or “beekeeper” at A.I.M. who is fiercely loyal to his boss M.O.D.O.K., even if M.O.D.O.K. struggles to remember his name. As M.O.D.O.K. continues to get demoted within his own organization, Gary is there by his side, always offering his help and unshakeable optimism whether M.O.D.O.K. wants it or not.