Netflix Reveals New Adult Animated Series Created By and Starring Ricky Gervais

Comedian Ricky Gervais, the creator and prima of the archetypal The Office series, is making his determination successful animated tv with a caller sitcom produced by Netflix. The big series, Alley Cats, is acceptable to get connected the streamer successful 2026.

Gervais volition prima successful the amusement — which presently has an bid for six 15-minute episodes — alongside Tom Basden, Andrew Brooke, David Earl, Kerry Godliman, Jo Hartley, Diane Morgan, and besides featuring Natalie Cassidy and Tony Way. The comic is besides co-directing the bid alongside Elliot Dear.

Alley Cats is acceptable to deed Netflix successful 2026. Image credit: Netflix.

Alley Cats volition besides employment a 2D animation benignant pioneered by Blink Industries, an animation workplace that worked connected Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared and Dead End: Paranormal Park.

The amusement “follows the trials and tribulations of a radical of feral British cats from each walks of society, who question companionship portion ruminating connected mundane life,” according to the streamer, and volition diagnostic the “signature benignant of bosom and societal commentary that audiences person travel to expect” from Gervais.

“I play a fat, lazy, rude, opinionated carnal with fangs, who’s not arsenic astute oregon brave arsenic helium thinks helium is,” the British performer said of his relation connected the show. “So rather a stretch.”

Netflix released a first-look representation from the bid alongside the announcement, and it features a radical of haggard-looking kitties sitting successful assorted positions successful beforehand of a television.

We don’t person an nonstop merchandise day yet for Gervais’ caller project, but Netflix has confirmed it volition get connected their level sometime adjacent year.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.