'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Revival Coming to Netflix on April 14
Netflix has just announced that the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K") revival series will be launching on April 14.
The video-on-demand company has announced the return of "MST3K" via Twitter last Wednesday, along with a cast photo. In the picture are the cast and crew of the revived show.
Felicia Day as Kinga Forrester with Patton Oswalt as Frank will be the new Mads, sitting at both ends of the group in white. In the middle, dressed in yellow, is the new host, Jonah Ray. He is flanked by Hampton Yount in blue, with Baron Vaughn on the other side — they will be providing the voices of the new bots. Behind everyone is series creator Joel Hodgson, who made the first announcement after a premiere showing in Los Angeles.
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The new series will carry on as usual with the old show — Kinga and Frank, the two Mads, launches Jonah Ray into the Satellite of Love. There, Ray will be subjected to forced viewing of bad movies, which the show host will make fun of, being the awful films that they are.
The series was revived through a crowdfunding effort started by Joel Hodgson in late 2015, and it eventually accumulated a total of $6.3 million in donations and Kickstarter pledge subscriptions. Although the show has been canceled for more than 15 years, the success of the Kickstarter campaign managed to draw in the current cast, along with some top-level comedy guest stars including Jack Black, Joel McHale, Jerry Seinfeld and Mark Hamill.
The new episodes for "Mystery Science Theater 3000" will all be written by Dan Harmon, who is known for "Monster House," "Community" and "Rick and Morty"; Joel McHale, who is another "Community" alumni; and head writer Elliot Kalan, who's also the lead writer for the "Daily Show" back when it featured Jon Stewart.
