Roddenberry Presents Panel At WonderCon to Reveal New Animated Series

Ever wonder what aliens think of our local programming?

Rodenberry Entertainment is rumored to be announcing a new animated social web series next weekend at WonderCon called Rod & Barry inspired by the web comics of the same name.

According to Bleeding Cool News, they’ve been sent to observe Earth and it’s culture and report back to their homeworld prior to Earth’s annihilation. They quickly discover television and get sucked in, becoming hardcore TV fanboys, enthralled with a range of series, including Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Heroes, and anything else they can get their hands on.

Their mission to report back falls quickly by the wayside as they spend all their time marathoning their favorite series. As their Supreme Overlord becomes progressively more annoyed at their continued delays they have to come up with new ways to avoid being pulled away from their fandoms.

It will star voice actor Greg Cipes (who is also serving as Producer on the project), known from his work with TMNT, Teen Titans Go! Additional cast includes Aaron Doh, Brittany Furlan, Ben Storm, and Alexi Wasser. Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth and Scott Paskoff will be acting as Executive Producers.

Here is information about the panel.

Our Take

It’s like Jeff & Some Aliens meets Beavis & Butthead which sounds cool, but I’ll be curious to see if the producers of the web series can secure licensing for footage of the aforementioned shows. In any case, I wouldn’t mind seeing the series pitched to TV networks first before they dedicate themselves to the social web distribution model.

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