MacGruber series teaser: Will Forte talks throat-rippin’ & upper deckers in prison

Against all odds, MacGruber is back. Over a decade since the release of Will Forte’s cult-comedy that began life as a Saturday Night Live sketch, comes an eight-episode series set to debut on the Peacock streaming service next month. A MacGruber series teaser has been released that gives us our first taste of what ol’ MacGruber has been up to all this time.

Taking the form of an exclusive prison interview, the MacGruber series teaser touches upon throat-ripping, upper deckers, and jailhouse pontificating. It’s a tad NSFW, so keep that in mind. “After rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber is finally released,” reads the official synopsis. “His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth. With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must race against time to defeat the forces of evil — only to find that evil may be lurking within.“

In addition to Will Forte, the MacGruber series also finds Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe reprising their roles from the MacGruber movie. The series will also star Sam Elliott as Perry, MacGruber’s father who has drifted apart from his son over the years but is there to offer sage guidance on this latest mission. Laurence Fishburne is also onboard as General Barrett Fasoose, a highly decorated soldier who commands the respect of the entire U.S. military and also happens to be married to MacGruber’s ex-wife, Vicki St. Elmo (Wiig). As for Enos Queeth, the main villain of the series, he’ll be played by Billy Zane. Queeth is one of MacGruber’s mortal enemies who was thought to have been dead but has since resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy the world and claim his revenge against MacGruber.

The MacGruber series will debut on Peacock on December 16, 2021.