Q-Force (TV series)

Q-Force is an upcoming adult animated comedy series on Netflix.[1][2][3] In April 2019, Netflix ordered 10 episodes of the series, with Gabe Liedman as a showrunner, along with Sean Hayes, Todd Millner, and others as executive producers.[4]

Not to be confused with Q Force or Ratchet & Clank: Q-Force.

Q-Force
GenreComedy
Superhero fiction
Created bySean Hayes
Michael Schur
Written byGabe Liedman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Gabe Liedman
  • Todd Milliner
  • David Miner
  • Michael Schur
  • Sean Hayes
Production companies
DistributorNBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNetflix

Premise

This series is about a group of undervalued LGBTQ superspies, and is centered on a gay secret agent who is like James Bond, as they try to prove themselves on personal and professional adventures.[5][6][7][8]

Production and release

Hayes and Milliner had been considering the idea for the series for some time. Milliner called a spy TV series tough to make and Hayes said that they were thinking how to get such a series, and have it animated, while having "the fun parts of a James Bond film." He added that animation allows for "freedom" to do more than a live-action series. Millness also said that he wasn't sure if studios would greenlight "a feature with a leading character that’s gay in that genre" and noted that it "one of the last bastions of masculinity" that can't be broken down. He further said that teaming up with co-creator Michael Schur happened quickly because he had been friends from a while back, and asked him if he wanted to work on the project, with Schur saying yes.[7] In April 2019, Netflix ordered 10 episodes of the series.[9] Gabe Liedman will be the showrunner, along with Sean Hayes, and Todd Millner, and various others, as executive producers.[10]

Charlie Nagelhout, a 2d artist, worked as a prop designer at Titmouse on the series.[11] It has also been reported that comedian Zackery Alexzander Stephens will be working on the show in some capacity,[12] while Chloe Keenan will be a writer for the show and Guy Branum will be a co-executive producer.[13][14] The series will be animated by Titmouse, Inc., a Canadian animation studio.[15][16] The show will be one of the many series that the Writers Guild of America West negotiated deals with in order to ensure that production for the animated series proceeded even with the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][18] It is said that each episode will be 30 minutes long.[19][20][21] Some report that Sean Hayes will voice the series protagonist.[22][23][24] In January 2021 it was reported that Matt Rogers, the host of HBO Max's Haute Dog, served as a staff writer for the show.[25]

In December 2020, Deadline described Q-Force as an "upcoming animated series."[26]

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