Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for The Pentaverate, an upcoming comedy series from the mind of Mike Myers. Created by Myers, the 6-episode, 30-minute series also features the Austin Powers star in eight different roles. The teaser gives us a sneak peek at all the Myers that’s to come in the series, due to hit Netflix on May 5. You can watch the teaser below.
The trailer arrives after it was first teased on Instagram by Myers. He had posted cryptic photos referring to the number 5, including a picture of a helicopter with the number on its side. Posted five days before the trailer dropped on Wednesday, Myers wrote in the caption, “5 Days. The 5th hour.”
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Myers might be playing eight characters in The Pentaverate, though there’s still room for him to be joined by some quality names in the cast. The series also stars Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer Saunders, and Lydia West. Jeremy Irons also serves as the series narrator.
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Along with creating the show, Myers serves as executive producer alongside director Tim Kirkby, John Lyons, Tony Hernandez, and Lilly Burns for Jax Media, as well as Jason Weinberg.
Who All Does Mike Myers Play in The Pentaverate?
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Netflix has released character descriptions for all of Mike Myers’ characters in the series. The roles he will be playing include:
- Ken Scarborough: An old-school Canadian news journalist who sets out to expose the Pentaverate and win his job back Anthony Lansdowne: A New England conspiracy theorist, determined to expose the Pentaverate Rex Smith: A far-right radio host and highly prominent conspiracy theorist Lord Lordington: The Pentaverate’s oldest and highest-ranking member. Bruce Baldwin: Former media mogul Mishu Ivanov: Ex-Russian oligarch Shep Gordon: Former Rock-N-Roll manager Jason Eccleston: A tech genius who invented the Pentaverate’s super computer, MENTOR
Jennifer Saunders will also be playing dual roles, appearing as The Maester of Dubrovnik and Saester of Dubrovnik.
- The Maester of Dubrovnik: The head investigator for the Pentaverate, who is summoned from his ancestral home in Dubrovnik to investigate the suspicious deaths. The Saester of Dubrovnik: The Maester’s sister and protector of the parce clavem, the spare key for the Pentaverate’s voting apparatus, which is hidden in Dubrovnik.
Other characters include Ken Jeong as Skip Cho, a casino mogul with extensive knowledge in the chaos theory of weather patterns; Keegan-Michael Key as Dr. Hobart Clark, a nuclear physicist, recruited into the Pentaverate to resolve the climate change disaster; Debi Mazar as Patty Davis, the highly trusted Executive Assistant to the Pentaverate — some would say the brains behind the whole operation; and Richard McCabe is Exalted Pikeman Higgins, head of the Liechtenstein Guard, the Pentaverate’s security force.
Meanwhile, Lydia West also stars as Reilly Clayton, a young woman working at the Canadian News Station with Ken. She goes on the adventure with him to expose the Pentaverate — all while hiding a secret of her own.
The Pentaverate is set to start streaming on Netflix on May 5, 2022. After joining the social media service to help promote the film, Mike Myers has also asked fans to follow him at @MikeMyers on Instagram.
