Blockbuster Trailer: Netflix Workplace Comedy Is Here To Fill The Void Left By Superstore And Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Blockbuster has big shoes to fill (and a few rentals that are long overdue).
Netflix on Friday released the first trailer for the upcoming workplace comedy — and it totally looks like something that would've aired as part of NBC's storied Thursday night comedy block, alongside recently ended gems Superstore and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It helps that Melissa Fumero (fka Amy Santiago) appears alongside Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat), and the creative team consists of Vanessa Ramos (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore), David Caspe (Happy Endings) and Jackie Clarke (Superstore, Happy Endings).
The 10-episode comedy centers on Park's Timmy, "an analog dreamer in a 5G world," according to the official logline. In the pilot, Timmy discovers that he's managing the very last Blockbuster in America, and "has no choice but to take action to stay open and keep his friends employed.
"Timmy and his staff quickly come to realize that being home to the last Blockbuster might actually be exactly what their community needs to rekindle the human connections they lost to the digital age," the logline continues. "It also unexpectedly reunites him with his long-time crush Eliza (Fumero), who's recently come back to work for him. Will this battle to preserve the past be the push Timmy needs to step into the present? His employees can only hope so."
In addition to Park and Fumero, the cast includes J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) as Timmy's best friend Percy and Olga Merediz (who played mom to Stephanie Beatriz's Rosa Diaz on B99) as "blunt mother figure" Connie.
Blockbuster premieres, appropriately, on a Thursday, Nov. 3. Scroll down to "meet" the employees, then hit the comments with your reactions to the trailer.
Randall Park as TIMMY YOON
"He's a big dreamer whose love of movies makes it easy for him to recommend exactly what his regulars need, even when they don't know they need it. He's worked at Blockbuster since he was a teen and honestly wouldn't have it any other way."
Melissa Fumero as ELIZA WALKER
"A dedicated mother whose marriage to her high school sweetheart is on the rocks. She left Harvard after one semester to start a family and now works at Blockbuster alongside Timmy as his trusty number two... and maybe more."
Olga Merediz as CONNIE SERRANO
"She works at Blockbuster to make friends, not money. She's the unintentionally blunt mother figure to not just the employees, but many of the Blockbuster regulars."
Tyler Alvarez as CARLOS HERRERA
"As a first-generation son of immigrants, he learned English by watching movies, and they quickly became his love language. He dreams of being a filmmaker, but can't help but feel like he owes it to his parents to live the American life they planned for him."
Madeleine Arthur as HANNAH HADMAN
"She's genuinely sweet, a little naive, yet undeniably charming. She lost her mom at a young age but is surrounded by family at Blockbuster. Financially savvy to a fault, the staff is helping her learn the importance of self-care."
JB Smoove as PERCY SCOTT
"As the strip mall and party store owner, Percy sees himself as "the man with the plan." He's the fast-talking, stylish, over-confident other half of the best friend duo of Timmy and Percy, who can't seem to stay away from Blockbuster, especially with his daughter working there."
Kamaia Fairburn as KAYLA SCOTT
"Kayla is Percy's smart and sometimes scary teen daughter. She's not super open to the idea of taking orders from anyone, which can make her working at Blockbuster complicated for Timmy."