CARELL AND DANIELS TALK "SPACE FORCE"
Shortly before the world was thrown into lockdown the POTUS annopuced he was forming Space Force. Thought to be a joke by some, a discraction by others, it turns out it wasn’t a dream and a logo was floated out to the public. We haven’t heard much about the Space Force until now. Netflix has just dropped the trailer for their very own Space Force, and we are proud to share it with you today.
The star and creator of the long running comedy The Office, along with a “Who’s who” of comedy’s finest, present a world where the new military branch is already forming.
From the press release:
A decorated pilot with dreams of running the Air Force, four-star general Mark R. Naird (Steve Carell) is thrown for a loop when he finds himself tapped to lead the newly formed sixth branch of the US Armed Forces: Space Force. Skeptical but dedicated, Mark uproots his family and moves to a remote base in Colorado where he and a colorful team of scientists and “Spacemen” are tasked by the White House with getting American boots on the moon (again) in a hurry and achieving total space dominance. From co-creators Carell and Greg Daniels (The Office), Space Force is a new kind of workplace comedy, where the stakes are sky high and the ambitions even higher. John Malkovich, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome, Ben Schwartz also star, alongside co-stars Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy O. Yang, Noah Emmerich, Alex Sparrow and Don Lake. Howard Klein/3Arts (The Office) serves as executive producer, with Daniels as showrunner.
STEVE CARELL:
Space Force came around in a rather atypical way. Netflix had this premise that they thought might make a funny show — the idea made everybody laugh in a meeting, an idea of a show about the origins of a fictitious Space Force. I heard about the idea through my agent, and Netflix pitched the show to me, and then I pitched the show to Greg, and we all had the same reaction to it. There was no show, there was no idea aside from the title. Netflix asked, ”Do you want to do a show called Space Force?" And I pretty much immediately said, "Well yeah, sure. That sounds great." And then I called Greg, and I said, "Hey, you want to do a show called Space Force?" And he said, "Yeah, that sounds good. Let's do it." And it was really based on nothing, except this name that made everybody laugh. So we were off and running.
Once Carell and show runner Daniels had just the concept of Space Force itself, they set at the task of defining what was the show going to be, and what will it be about?A settling on the idea that it would be about the inception of Space Force and the person who is entrusted with the development, the creation of a new branch of the Armed Forces.
GREG DANIELS:
We wanted to make sure that we were being accurate and more than respectful — I would say complimentary — of the military virtues that Steve’s character holds. We have astronaut advisors, science advisors, and our military advisor, Mark Vazquez, has been very useful in teaching us about military behavior. Both Steve and I have relatives in the military who we love and respect, and hope are going to enjoy watching the show.
