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‘MacGruber’: Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne & Mickey Rourke Join Will Forte, Kristen Wiig & Ryan Phillippe In Peacock Series

Peacock is stacking up the cast of MacGruber, the eight-episode action comedy series based on Will Forte's recurring MacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live and its 2010 cult movie offshoot. Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne and Mickey Rourke have joined the series, from Universal Television, joining Forte, Kristen…

By Nellie Andreeva
Jun 9, 2021 4:30 pm
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‘MacGruber’ Will Forte Comedy Picked Up To Series By Peacock; Ryan Phillippe & Kristen Wiig Poised To Join

NBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock continues to build up its original comedy slate with a straight-to-series series order to MacGruber, starring, co-written and executive produced by Will Forte. The action comedy, which stems from Forte’s recurring MacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live, was part of…

‘MacGruber’ Starring Will Forte, ‘Clean Slate’ Starring Laverne Cox, Series From Amy Poehler & Mindy Kaling On Peacock’s Development Slate

Ahead of Comcast’s investor presentation today to officially unveil NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming service Peacock, the platform has announced its inaugural development slate. It includes comedies MacGruber, starring and co-written by Will Forte; and Clean Slate, starring and co-written by Laverne Cox and George…