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Netflix orders animated series 'Disenchantment' from Matt Groening

By Wade Sheridan
Matt Groening the creator of the "The Simpsons" stands with Bart and Homer Simpson after he was honored with the 2,459th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during an unveiling ceremony on February 14, 2012. Groening's next animated series "Disenchantment" will air on Netflix. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Matt Groening the creator of the "The Simpsons" stands with Bart and Homer Simpson after he was honored with the 2,459th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during an unveiling ceremony on February 14, 2012. Groening's next animated series "Disenchantment" will air on Netflix. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

July 25 (UPI) -- Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening is developing a new adult animated series for Netflix titled Disenchantment.

The streaming service has ordered 20 episodes of the fantasy-based comedy that will premiere on Netflix ten episodes at a time starting in 2018, the company announced Tuesday.

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"In Disenchantment, viewers will be whisked away to the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, where they will follow the misadventures of hard-drinking young princess Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo, and her personal demon Luci. Along the way, the oddball trio will encounter ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses, and lots of human fools," Netflix said of the show in a press release.

"Disenchantment will be about life and death, love and sex, and how to keep laughing in a world full of suffering and idiots, despite what the elders and wizards and other jerks tell you." Groening said.

The series will feature the voice talents of Abbi Jacobson (Bean), Nat Faxon (Elfo) and Eric Andre (Luci). John DiMaggio, Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, David Herman, Matt Berry, Jeny Batten, Rich Fulcher, Noel Fielding, and Lucy Montgomery will also be providing voice work.

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"Matt Groening's brilliant work has resonated with generations around the world and we couldn't be happier to work with him on Disenchantment," added vice president of original content for Netflix Cindy Holland. "The series will bear his trademark animation style and biting wit, and we think it's a perfect fit for our many Netflix animation fans."

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