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MacGruber is back, baby. The Will Forte character, who debuted in a Saturday Night Live sketch parodying ’80s TV heroes, previously inspired the 2010 film of the same name. Now he’s getting his very own eight-episode Peacock series, and a new documentary-style teaser hints that MacGruber’s adventures are about to get wilder than ever.
The new six-minute clip catches up with MacGruber in prison, where he’s served a ten-year sentence for killing a supervillain (aka Val Kilmer’s Dieter Von Cunth). The teaser dives deep into MacGruber’s past actions, and it’s… explicit, to put it lightly. There are literally separate explicit and non-explicit versions, so watch at your own risk!
But don’t worry — MacGruber won’t stay locked up for long. Here’s the show’s official synopsis: “After rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber is finally released. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past — Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth (Billy Zane). With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team, VIcki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig) and Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe), in order to defeat the forces of evil.”
Sam Elliottt, Laurence Fishburne, Joseph Lee Anderson, and Timothy V. Murphy also star. John Solmon, Taccone, and Forte serve as the writers, showrunners, and executive producers of MacGruber. Other executive producers include Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn, Andrew Singer, and Erin David.
All episodes of MacGruber premiere on Peacock on Thursday, December 16.
