Netflix's animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic book
Green Eggs and Ham has been a series three years in the making for the streaming giant. Today, we received our first teaser for the highly anticipated children's series, which will finally premiere this fall.
Executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres, Green Eggs and Ham was given a 13-episode order. All 13 episodes will presumably make up this first season.
Based on the beloved book of the same name, the animated series follows
“follows opposites Guy and Sam as they venture out on a road trip to save an endangered animal from a far off zoo. Along the way they learn to try new things like hope, friendship, and a certain delectable dish.” Check out the teaser below.
As you can see, the trailer didn't actually reveal much. Thankfully, Netflix provided a longer synopsis, teasing some of the intriguing characters we'll meet while on this animated adventure.
The story of Green Eggs and Ham is like a postmodern Plains, Trains and Automobiles through the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss. Sam rescues the rare Chickeraffe from the Glurfsburg Zoo, hides it in a briefcase, and attempts to make his way to Meepville where he can charter a cold air balloon to take the Chickeraffe to his island home.
Guy just flopped his last big chance at being a world famous inventor for the industrial Snerz Co. He packs up his invention in a briefcase and resigns to give up on his dreams and become a paint watcher.
A chance meeting at a diner with Sam, and a switch up with the briefcases results in these two unlikely souls getting mixed up on an adventure that takes them on a journey of self discovery.
Our two mismatched heroes cross paths with overprotective Michellee, whose daughter, EB, desperately wants a pet, and falls madly in love with the Chickeraffe... despite her mother's fears that it will eat off her face (it won't). Michellee's walled up heart also connects with the heart-hardened Guy. And a laborious love story begins.
Our fakakta foursome are also unknowingly pursued by a bounty hunter goat, two bad guys, and a villain who's out to get the Chickeraffee as his ultimate trophy.
Voicing these characters is a star-studded cast that includes the likes value Adam Devine (Sam I Am), Michael Douglas (Guy Am I), Diane Keaton (Michellee), Ilana Glazer (Eb), Keegan-Michael Key (Narrator), Tracy Morgan (Fox), Eddie Izzard (Snerz), Jeffrey Write (Mcwinkle), and Daveed Diggs (Mouse).
Season 1 of
Green Eggs and Ham will premiere on Netflix later this fall.