Josh Hutcherson is a janitor by day and a video gamer by night who must travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity in Hulu’s new comedy Future Man.
“We’ve come back from the year 2162,” mysterious visitors tell him when beats “The Resistance.” “Everything that happens in the biotic wars is real. The game is a recruitment and training tool sent back in time to find the one person with the skills to save us. You’re the first and only person to have beaten the game.”
“That’s The Last Starfighter,” Hutcherson says, rolling his eyes. “It’s the exact same plot as the movie.”
The fun, lighthearted storyline features ample references to many time traveling classics, including Terminator and Back to the Future, as Hutcherson must stop a scientist at the laboratory where he works from developing a cure for herpes that leads to the end of mankind.
Future Man is created and executive produced by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir (Sausage Party) and executive produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Executive produced by Matt Tolmach, James Weaver and Ben Karlin also serve as executive producers. Future Man is produced by Point Grey Pictures, Matt Tolmach Productions and Turkeyfoot Productions, in association with Sony Pictures Television.
It premieres November 14 on Hulu.
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