Even the person running the new branch of the armed services is in need of a vacation.
The first full-length trailer for Space Force debuted on Tuesday as it featured Steve Carell as the four-star general and decorated pilot, Mark R. Naird, who is tasked with leading the charge to colonize space.
However the job certainly seemed to already be taking its toll in the two-and-a-half minute clip as Naird locked himself in his office and attempted to make himself feel better by singing and dancing to Beach Boys classic Kokomo.
Funnyman: The first full-length trailer for Space Force debuted on Tuesday as it featured Steve Carell as the four-star general and decorated pilot, Mark R. Naird, who is tasked with leading the charge to colonize space
Carell puts on a hilarious performance reminiscent of his The Office character Michael Scott as he passionately mimes the words while peering out of his window.
The clip for the upcoming television series begins with the announcement of the new branch created by the President of the United States.
The military division is based on US President Donald Trump’s actual initiative to build a military force in space.
Oh no: However the job certainly seemed to already be taking its toll in the two-and-a-half minute clip as Naird locked himself in his office
Interesting approach: He attempted to make himself feel better by singing and dancing to Beach Boys classic Kokomo
Wanna get away? Carell puts on a hilarious performance reminiscent of his The Office character Michael Scott as he passionately mimes the words while peering out of his window
Naird laughs under his breath after his appointment but is shocked to find out that he has been put in charge of it.
Things are not going swimmingly and at one point he even passes one of his subordinates who is trashing his ability to lead.
The man said: ‘He is blowing it, just like you thought. Yeah, it is a complete s***-show.’
The unnamed man played it off like he wasn’t talking about him but things continue to go poorly as a prototype blows up costing them ‘as much as four new middle schools.’
Spoke to soon: Naird laughs under his breath after his appointment but is shocked to find out that he has been put in charge of it
‘It’s a complete s***-show’: Things are not going swimmingly and at one point he even passes one of his subordinates who is trashing his ability to lead
The stress gets to him as he runs to his office to perform that aforementioned rendition of Kokomo.
Things seemingly take an even harder turn for the worse as once he takes the reins however, Mark is ‘squeezed between the politicians and the scientists,’ series co-creator Greg Daniels recently told Variety.
As well as starring, Carell, 57, serves as co-creator on Space Force.
Leading the charge: The military division is based on US President Donald Trump’s actual initiative to build a military force in space
Not good: Things seemingly take an even harder turn for the worse as once he takes the reins however, Mark is ‘squeezed between the politicians and the scientists,’ series co-creator Greg Daniels recently told Variety
The show -which is being made by the core team behind workplace comedy classic The Office- is set to hit the streaming service on May 29.
Co-starring in the sitcom are John Malkovich, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome, Ben Schwartz, Jimmy O. Yang, Noah Emmerich, Alex Sparrow and Don Lake.
Lisa Kudrow plays Maggie Naird, wife of Carell’s Mark R. Naird.
A video released by Netflix early last year announced news of the show and revealed the inspiration behind it, Trump’s 2018 announcement that he had directed the Department of Defense and the Pentagon to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.
Legend: John Malkovich also stars in the series
Talented: Former star of Silicon Valley and comedian Jimmy O. Yang is also shown throughout the clip
Sweet smooch: Lisa Kudrow plays Maggie Naird, wife of Carell’s Mark R. Naird
VP Mike Pence later announced that the goals of the new branch would be to ‘defend satellites from attack and perform other space-related tasks’.
Daniels was responsible for adapting the original UK series of The Office to the hugely successful US version which aired from 2005 to 2013.
And while there has been buzz about a reboot for some time, Carell shut down rumors in October 2018 telling Esquire: ‘I just don’t think that’s a good idea, it might be impossible to do that show today and have people accept it the way it was accepted 10 years ago. The climate’s different.’
Space Force begins streaming on Netflix on May 29.
Ooh I wanna take ya: Space Force begins streaming on Netflix on May 29