Mike Myers’ six-episode Netflix comedy series The Pentaverate is playing off the number 5 from the title in a big way for its release plans. Since joining Instagram a week ago, Myers had been teasing the first trailer with images prominently featuring the number. This morning, the account posted the teaser at 5:55 PM PT, announcing that The Pentaverate will debut 5/5.
The trailer reveals Jeremy Irons as the series’ narrator and provides a glimpse at the cast, Myers, Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer Saunders and Lydia West, who also all got character posters.
Created by Myers and directed by Tim Kirkby, the series asks “What if a secret society of five men — aka The Pentaverate — has been working to influence world events for the greater good since the Black Plague of 1347?” As the series begins, one unlikely Canadian journalist (Myers) finds himself embroiled in a mission to uncover the truth and just possibly save the world himself.
Along with the teaser (you can watch it above), Netflix has released details about the characters, including the eight played by Canadian native Myers, up from seven originally announced last year.
Mike Myers plays:
- Ken Scarborough: An old-school Canadian news journalist who sets out to expose the Pentaverate and win his job back.
- Anthony Lansdowne: A New England conspiracy theorist, determined to expose the Pentaverate.
- Rex Smith: A far-right radio host and highly prominent conspiracy theorist.
- Lord Lordington: The Pentaverate’s oldest and highest-ranking member.
- Bruce Baldwin: Former media mogul.
- Mishu Ivanov: Ex-Russian oligarch.
- Shep Gordon: Former Rock-N-Roll manager.
- Jason Eccleston: A tech genius who invented the Pentaverate’s super computer, MENTOR.
Ken Jeong is Skip Cho: A casino mogul with extensive knowledge in the chaos theory of weather patterns.
Keegan-Michael Key is Dr. Hobart Clark: A nuclear physicist, recruited into the Pentaverate to resolve the climate change disaster.
Debi Mazar will be playing Patty Davis: The highly trusted Executive Assistant to the Pentaverate — some would say the brains behind the whole operation.
Richard McCabe is Exalted Pikeman Higgins: Head of the Liechtenstein Guard, the Pentaverate’s security force.
Jennifer Saunders will be appear as The Maester of Dubrovnik and Saester of Dubrovnik.
- The Maester of Dubrovnik: The head investigator for the Pentaverate, who is summoned from his ancestral home in Dubrovnik to investigate the suspicious deaths.
- The Saester of Dubrovnik: The Maester’s sister and protector of the parce clavem, the spare key for the Pentaverate’s voting apparatus, which is hidden in Dubrovnik.
Lydia West is Reilly Clayton: A young woman working at the Canadian News Station with Ken. She goes on the adventure with him to expose the Pentaverate — all while hiding a secret of her own…
Myers and Kirkby executive produce with John Lyons, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns for Jax Media, and Jason Weinberg.
Here are first-look images and character posters:
The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Mike Myers as Ken Scarborough in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. (L to R) Mike Myers as Ken Scarborough, Richard McCabe as Exalted Pikeman Higgins in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Ken Jeong as Skip Cho in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Mike Myers as Ken Scarborough in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Neil Mullarkey as Mustache Man in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. (L to R) Mike Myers as Ken Scarborough, Lydia West as Reilly Clayton, Mike Meyers as Anthony Landsdowne in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Keegan-Michael Key as Dr. Hobart Clark in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Debi Mazar as Patty Davis in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Jennifer Saunders as Saester in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
The Pentaverate. Jennifer Saunders as The Maester of Dubrovnik in The Pentaverate. Courtesy of Netflix 
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