This is historic literally.
At least, thats what a digital Michael Cera says at the start of the trailer for Steven Soderberghs upcoming sci-fi comedy series, Command Z. The Oceans 11-through-13 director has rounded up Cera, Roy Wood Jr., Chloe Radcliffe and Liev Schreiber for a post-apocalyptic look back at the year 2023, as they traverse into the past by putting a wormhole in a washing machine.
The new series follows Soderberghs recent Max noir series Full Circle, starring Claire Danes and Zazie Beetz, which premiered on July 13. Command Z is set to premiere July 17 and will be available on Soderberghs website, Extension765.com.
Heres the funny part. Traversing our wormhole involves ingesting a synthetic substance related to psychedelics and playing the theme song from the movie Mahogany, says the Ozian Cera. He leads Wood Jr., Radcliffe and Schreiber on a series of missions, hacking into the brains of people from 2023 to alter their thoughts and undo history, which in this universe in includes the NRA teaming with police unions and an Amazon-Walmart merger allowing for blood as payment.
Soderberghs production company Extension 765 revealed the news of the series in their newsletter, writing cryptically:
I think by now youre used to me describing the somewhat mercurial behavior of our boss, Mr/Dr Soderbergh, but this most recent development is next level and cant be kept to myself for reasons youll soon understandIf I seem hedgy, its because A) None of us have seen it; and B) its apparently about ninety minutes long, but there are eight episodes of varying length, so is it an actual series or just a movie cut up into pieces?
Soderbergh is known for previously directing three films from the Oceans franchise and his breakthrough film Sex, Lies and Videotape, along with his filmsMagic Mike, Contagion, Erin Brockovich, Kimi and others.
Click here to watch the trailer on Soderberghs website.