The trailer for Hulu’s Future Man will make you hate nostalgia
Last month, Hulu earned its stripes as a legitimate TV powerhouse with a bevy of Emmy wins for The Handmaid’s Tale, but that doesn’t mean the streaming service is staying away from comedies. It also doesn’t mean that those comedies won’t make yours truly cry a little bit.
I’m referring to the trailer for Future Man, Hulu’s upcoming series that follows a janitor and hardcore gamer (played by The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson) who is drawn into a time-traveling adventure to save the future of humanity. It’s created by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir, two of the writers behind the irreverent Sausage Party, and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are executive producers, so it obviously embraces a certain kind of comedic tone. But I want to talk…
