Emmy winner Eric André will be humanity’s only hope in Synergy Systems, a genre-bending comedy billed as “a punk, action-charged, near-future thriller,” Deadline reports.
Screenwriter Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler, Come to Daddy) will make his feature directorial debut on the project from his own script.
André stars as terminally indecisive data analyst Bemis, who uncovers that his employer, Synergy Systems, is a front for an apocalyptic doomsday plot. He’s then forced to do the unthinkable: step up as humanity’s last line of defense.
The catch? He’s spineless, spectacularly unqualified, and wildly unprepared to save the world.
Given both André and Howard’s past output, it’s safe to say that Synergy Systems will lean hard into absurdity.
Iconoclast (Spring Breakers) is producing alongside Steven Demmler for Talon Entertainment and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey. Talon’s Anthony F. Panza will serve as executive producer, with Cinetic Media handling worldwide sales.
“[André is] the most fearless and unique voice in American comedy,” Harvard told Deadline. “With an extraordinary group of collaborators, I’m thrilled to watch him embody a character who feels like the bastard lovechild of Chauncey Gardner and Neo.”
André plays Don Sauvage in the upcoming Street Fighter film, in theaters October 16.