Anna Daniels
The biggest factor working against the Mental Organism’s chances for showing up in a film is that he’s actually getting his own TV show. No, really. It’s an animated sitcom starring comedian/actor/well-known celebrity rat chef/total comic book nerd Patton Oswalt in the title role, and it will focus on MODOK’s home life with his wife and kids as he faces a midlife crisis. No, really. That’s happening. It’ll be on Hulu later in 2020.
The setup of the show is that after failing to conquer the world despite many, many attempts, MODOK has lost control of AIM. Facing a forced early retirement, he now finds himself without a purpose in life, because, you know, he’s literally designed to do one thing. (Killing. He’s designed only for killing.) In addition to Oswalt, the show’s cast should be pretty familiar to fans of TV comedy. Aimee Garcia, whose previous comic book-themed credits include playing crime scene investigator Ella Lopez on Lucifer, will be playing MODOK’s wife, Jodie, who runs a mommy blog. Their two kids, high school senior Melissa and tween Lou, will be voiced by Melissa Fumero of Brooklyn 99 and Ben Schwartz, who may be best known as Jean-Ralphio on Parks & Recreation.
Originally, MODOK was set to be part of its own bizarre shared universe of animated shows, alongside fellow Marvel Universe oddballs Hit-Monkey, Howard the Duck, and the never-before buddy pairing of Tigra and Dazzler as “The Offenders.” That deal wound up falling through, but MODOK will continue on, just without the shared universe aspect.
Written by: Looper
