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The Tick season 1 features Peter Serafinowicz, who you may recognize from Guardians of the Galaxy or John Wick: Chapter 2. In The Tick, we see a world where superheroes have been real for decades. An underdog accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero. This underdog accountant is played by Griffin Newman, who becomes The Tick’s partner Arthur Everest. We see him in his full, pretty rad looking costume in the trailer.
In addition to Peter Serafinowicz and Griffin Newman, The Tick stars Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen), Valorie Curry (House of Lies), Yara Martinez (Jane the Virgin) and Brendan Hines (Scorpion). The Tick is executive produced by Ben Edlund (Supernatural), Barry Josephson (Bones) and Barry Sonnenfeld (A Series of Unfortunate Events). The pilot is directed by Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight). It is pretty interesting that there aren’t any big names in The Tick season 1. No disrespect to Jackie Earle Haley, but his name alone doesn’t necessarily get people to turn up.
This is far from the first time that The Tick has been brought to the small screen. There was an animated series, which was based on the Ben Edlund comics, that debuted in 1994 and helped bring the character into the mainstream. Fox also made a short lived live-action version of The Tick in 2001 starring Patrick Warburton. Hopefully, this version of the hero won’t be cut so short. Interestingly enough, every version of The Tick has given the character a different origin, ranging from him being an alien to an escaped mental patient. It will be interesting to see how they handle the origin in this new version. Be sure to check out the trailer for The Tick season 1 for yourself below.
