Jordan Mendoza To Headline New Live-Action Sketch Comedy Series For Adult Swim
- Adult Swim has ordered a live-action sketch comedy series called The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza, created by and starring Jordan Mendoza, currently in production.
Adult Swim has given a series order to The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza, a live-action, quarter-hour sketch comedy series created by and starring actor, writer and filmmaker Jordan Mendoza. Production is currently underway.
The Terrors Of Jordan Mendoza follows a very scared man as he navigates a barrage of absurd, terrifying, and hilarious dreamscapes.
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Produced for Adult Swim by Avalon (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Catastrophe, Starstruck, Taskmaster), The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza "blends sharp comedy with surreal horror, diving deep into the subconscious of its protagonist to explore fears that are both deeply personal and strikingly universal," according to the series description.
"Jordan's voice is fresh, fearless, and completely original," said Cameron Tang, VP of Development, Adult Swim. "This series is a wild, funny, and sometimes unsettling ride through the mind of a brilliant creator—and exactly the kind of boundary-pushing comedy our audience expects."
Mendoza directs, and executive produces. Aaron Brown, David Martin and Jonathan Stern also serve as Executive Producers. The series will air on Adult Swim in the U.S. Avalon will distribute the show globally.
Mendoza is currently a supervising producer on Hulu's Chad Powers , starring Glen Powell, and he wrote/produced for A24/Amazon's Overcompensating. Mendoza starred and served as consulting producer on Netflix's Neon series, and he appears in the Sony feature No Hard Feelings , starring Jennifer Lawrence, among other credits. Mendoza is repped by UTA, Avalon and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
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