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Mythic Quest is set to level up at Apple TV+. The workplace comedy, created and starring Rob McElhenney, has been renewed by the streaming platform and is set to return for Seasons 3 and 4. The comedy, also created by Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, centers on Ian Grimm (McElhenney), the owner and creative director of a…

Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney jokingly expressed their disapproval over a joke in the Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso, which poked fun at their ownership of the Welsh football club Wrexham AFC. The duo purchased the football club last year, and in Ted Lasso's newest episode "Rainbow," Higgins, played by Jeremy…

In May, Mythic Quest returned for its second season, building momentum as an awards contender. The Apple TV+ comedy, created by Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, centers on Ian Grimm (McElhenney), the owner and creative director of a successful video game studio, who struggles to keep his hit game of the…

When production designer Valdar Wilt joined the crew of Mythic Quest last year, he found a "great, collaborative environment" which allowed him to do his best work yet. In the latest installment of The Process, Wilt sits down for a virtual conversation with Rob McElhenney, the Apple TV+ comedy's creator, EP and star…

Rob McElhenney co-created and stars in Mythic Quest—the Apple TV+ comedy series set in the dysfunctional workplace of a fictional gaming company, playing the visionary, if narcissistic, idea man behind the titular online roleplaying game. When he isn't making hit shows like MQ or It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia…

FX has placed a two-season order for Welcome to Wrexham, a documentary series on the tiny Welsh soccer club that was recently acquired by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Produced by Chef’s Table outfit Boardwalk Pictures, the series will track the dreams and people of Wrexham, a working-class town in…

Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest had begun shooting its second season when coronavirus swept the globe last year. Like many productions, it spelled game over for the workplace comedy, and prompted a major rewrite from co-creators Rob McElhenney and Megan Ganz. Speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television…

“We’ve been working really well together,” Ian tells the executive producer about his office relationship with the newly promoted co-creative director, Poppy. A blow-up fist bumps ensues, but then they’re told: “I’ve seen this kind of rapport — it’s the calm before the divorce.” Here’s the first full trailer for…

Apple TV+ will prepare Mythic Quest fans for the comedy’s sophomore season by dropping a bonus episode ahead of the season two premiere. “Everlight,” a standalone episode from season one of the gaming workplace comedy will launch Friday, April 16 on the streaming platform. Following the special “Mythic Quest…

(Updated with more from TCA panel) "First job for the new partners,' proclaims Rob McElhenney in the new trailer for AppleTV+'s Mythic Quest that dropped today at the virtual TCA. "Clean Slate, fresh start," series co-creator McElhenney's Ian Grimm tells newly promoted co-creative director Poppy Li, portrayed by…

Hollywood has officially arrived in the small Welsh market town of Wrexham – population 65,000 – with Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia actor Rob McElhenney completing their takeover of local soccer club Wrexham. The deal was officially approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority…

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia creator and actor Rob McElhenney have completed a bizarre coup in taking control of a Welsh soccer team. The Hollywood stars have acquired Wrexham AFC, which plies its trade in the fifth tier of the English football league system, through RR McReynolds…