Straight out of Comic-Con, we have our first official trailer for
Disenchantment, the
new animated series from
Futurama and
Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
The trailer gives us our best look yet at the animated comedy coming to Netflix next month. The series follows the misadventure of a hard-drinking princess Bean (Abbi Jacobson) along with her feisty elf companion Elfo (Nat Faxon) and her personal demon Luci (Eric Andre). Check out the new trailer below along with details about the upcoming show.
Disenchantment was
previously described by fellow castmember John DiMaggio as
"if The Simpsons fornicated with Game of Thrones," and while the show is more adult-oriented that some of Groening's past work, the creators didn't want things like nudity or violence to be gratuitous.
In a round-table interview (via
GameSpot) prior to the Comic-Con panel, Groening and longtime collaborator Josh Weinstein talked a bit about the upcoming show.
"If there's nudity, it's going to be King Zog" Weinstein said, referring to a character no many people want to see naked. "If there's violence, it has to be funny or clever so it's not gratuitous."
"We do have a lot of severed limbs and decapitations in this show," Groening added.
As for what truly makes
Disenchanted stand out, is its ability to subvert the fantasy genre tropes. One such example is Princess Bean and what makes her different from other fantasy princesses (it's more than just her love of alcohol).
"The princess is a perfect example," said Weinstein.
"It used to be like the Disney princess, but also, I think a lot of writers make the mistake too of going the other way--it's like, 'She's totally kick-ass and she's perfect.' So we wanted to bust that trope and actually make, what if the princess were just like, a realistic 19-year-old young woman?"
"The tendency in a lot of epic fantasies and science fiction is 'good vs. evil,' and we tried to shade it a little bit," added Groening.
"[King Zog, played by Bender and Jake the Dog actor John DiMaggio] here starts out pretty villainous, but then you find out he has his reasons, and he's not all bad. And same thing with [Princess] Bean, who's the star of the show, and who it's all about. She's not perfect by any means--she makes some bad mistakes and she has a lot of flaws, but you like her anyway."
The misadventure begins when
Disenchantment arrives on Netflix on August 17.