FOX's Son of Zorn — Trailer

added: Mon, May 16th '16

What if a cartoon He-Man existed in a real-life setting ... and decided to move to the suburbs of Orange County, CA to form a better relationship with his live-action son? Now, that would be something to see!

Check out the first mind-boggling trailer for the off-the-wall comedy series "Son of Zorn," which features a 2D animated barbarian named Zorn (voiced by comedian Jason Sudeikis) who has left his barbaric kingdom so he can start a new life as a responsible suburban dad and ex-husband.

Blending animation with live-action, the series comes from the minds of Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The Lego Movie), and stars Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) as Zorn's ex-wife, Saturday Night Live's Tim Meadows as Zorn's ex-wife's soon-to-be new husband, Artemis Pebdani (Scandal) as Zorn's boss at his new desk job, and Johnny Pemberton (21 Jump Street) as Zorn's 17-year-old estranged son.

Directed by Eric Appel (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl), "Son of Zorn" will air on Sunday nights during FOX's fall 2016 schedule.

synopsis:
Featuring the voice of Jason Sudeikis, SON OF ZORN is a new hybrid live-action/animated comedy about an animated warrior from a faraway island in the Pacific Ocean -- where everything and everyone is animated -- who returns to Orange County, CA, to win back his live-action ex-wife and teenage son. ZORN (Sudeikis), the Defender of Zephyria, Conqueror of the tribes of Agon, decapitator of the dark herdsmen of Grith, has fought in countless epic battles throughout his life, but may find the greatest challenge of all when travels back to suburbia to reconnect with his family.

Once there, Zorn finds himself estranged from his son, ALANGULON or just "Alan" (Johnny Pemberton), a 17-year-old with a mellow, P.C. attitude; and Alan's mother, Zorn’s ex-wife, EDIE (Cheryl Hines), a former wild child now living the life of an upper middle class mom. Zorn's efforts to win them back are complicated by the fact that Edie is now engaged to CRAIG (Tim Meadows), an online psychology professor and a stable presence in their lives. Nevertheless, to be a good dad, Zorn commits to remaining in Orange County for the long haul, renting an apartment and even working in the exciting field of industrial soap sales under his boss, LINDA (Artemis Pebdani), who likes his passion, but just wants him to rein it in at the office. As he adjusts to life in the suburbs, Zorn is the classic fish out of water, navigating his way through fatherhood, divorce and a boring office job. Sure, as an overlord of pain, he defeated glombeasts, wolf-bats and bloodthirsty arachnobots, but now he'll go toe-to-toe with a new set of enemies: meter maids, dress codes and the DMV.

directed by Eric Appel

starring Jason Sudeikis (voice), Cheryl Hines, Johnny Pemberton, Tim Meadows, Artemis Pebdani

release date Fall 2016 (on FOX)

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FOX's Son of Zorn