Dust off the high tops: New adult animated series Hoops is warming up to take it to the backboard when it premieres Friday, August 21. In anticipation of their latest comedic lay-up, Netflix has tagged in the singular basketball sportscaster Dick Vitale, a.k.a. Dickie V, for a new promo video. Check it out:
The streamer also confirmed a Virtual Premiere Event for the new series, created by actor/comedian/writer/country musician Ben Hoffman, for Aug. 21 from 6-7 p.m. PDT. New Girl‘s Jake Johnson, who voice stars as blue-streak-swearing, winning-streak-avoiding high school basketball coach Ben Hopkins, will take over the @NetflixIsAJoke Twitter feed to live tweet the first two episodes, joined by his castmates and key series creatives. IGN will be hosting a virtual “red carpet” experience beforehand at 5 p.m. PDT on their Instagram.
Cast & producers confirmed to join Johnson for the tuxedo-optional premiere include Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Ron Funches (voice of assistant coach Ron), Natasha Leggero (Ben’s estranged wife, Shannon), A.D. Miles (16 y.o. seven-footer Matty), Cleo King (Principal Opal), Hannah Simone, Steve Berg, Mary Holland, Sam Richardson, Eric Edelstein, Gareth Reynolds, Kimberly Brooks , W. Earl Brown and Gil Ozeri.
Hoops is an animated comedy sitcom that centers on a hot-headed, foul-mouthed high school basketball coach who thinks turning around his god awful team will take him to the “big leagues” and turn his miserable life around. Creator Ben Hoffman, Johnson, Seth Cohen, M. Dickson, Itay Reiss, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller serve as executive producers. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and animated by Bento Box.
Read more about Hoops in Ramin Zahed’s story for Animation Magazine here.
Watch it at www.netflix.com/Hoops Friday.
