''Obliterated'' is an upcoming American

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streaming television series created by

Jon Hurwitz Jonathan Benjamin Hurwitz (born November 15, 1977) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on ''Cobra Kai'' (with Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald), the '' Harold & Kumar'' films, and ''American Reunion'' (w ...

Hayden Schlossberg Hayden Schlossberg (born June 9, 1978) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on ''Cobra Kai'' (with Jon Hurwitz and Josh Heald), the '' Harold & Kumar'' films and '' American Reunion'' (with Hurwitz). Ear ...

, and Josh Heald. The series stars

Nick Zano Nick Zano (born March 8, 1978) is an American actor. Zano is known for having played Vince in The WB's sitcom '' What I Like About You''. He hosted MTV's former infotainment program about the film industry, ''Movie House'', and briefly worked a ...

and

Shelley Hennig Shelley Catherine Hennig (born January 2, 1987) is an American actress and model. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Teen Choice Award and two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Prior to pursuing an acting career, Hennig comp ...

. It is set to premiere on

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in the fall of 2023, running for eight episodes.

Premise

An elite team is assembled from various branches of the US armed forces to stop a deadly terrorist network from blowing up

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. They complete the mission and celebrate with a night on the town, filled with sex, drugs, and alcohol. They discover that the bomb they neutralized was fake, so the team must fight through their intoxication to find the real one and save the day.

Cast

Main

as Chad McKnight, a Navy SEAL team leader *

as Ava Winters, a CIA agent * Terrence Terrell as Trunk, a Navy SEAL * Alyson Gorske as Lana, a civilian party girl *

C. Thomas Howell Christopher Thomas Howell (born December 7, 1966) is an American actor. He has starred in the films '' Soul Man'', '' The Hitcher'', '' Grandview U.S.A.'', ''Red Dawn'', '' Secret Admirer'' and '' The Outsiders''. He has also appeared in '' Get ...

as Haggerty, Army explosives technician * Eugene Kim as Paul Young, an Air Force pilot *

Paola Lázaro Paola Lázaro (/pao-lah/ born October 24, 1987) is a Puerto Rican actress, writer, and playwright. She is best known for portraying Juanita "Princess" Sanchez on the apocalyptic drama television series '' The Walking Dead.'' Early life Lázar ...

as Angela Gomez, a Marine sniper * Kimi Rutledge as Maya Choi, an NSA agent

Recurring

Carl Lumbly Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dick Hallorann in '' Doctor Sleep'', NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama '' Cagney & Lacey'', CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC es ...

as Langdon,

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as Maddox, a black-market operator *

Costa Ronin Konstantin "Costa" Ronin (born 3 February 1979) is an Australian actor and cinematographer, best known for appearances in '' Red Dog'', as Gregorovich on the SBS drama '' East West 101'', as Oleg Igorevich Burov in the FX drama '' The Americans ...

as Ivan Koslov, an arms dealer *

Lindsey Kraft Lindsey Brooke Kraft (born January 23, 1983) is an American actress, model and writer. She is best known for playing Marguerite Macaw on '' Getting On'', Leslie Curry on ''Living Biblically'', and Allison on ''Grace and Frankie''. Kraft has als ...

as Yani, a lounge singer * Tobias Jelinek as Ehren * Minnie Mills as Jen, Paul's daughter

Guest

Virginia Madsen Virginia Gayle Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress and film producer. She made her film debut in ''Class'' (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. After she moved to Los Angeles, director David Lynch cast her as Prin ...

as Marge *

Lori Petty Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She is noted for her roles in the films '' Point Break'' (1991), ''A League of Their Own'' (1992), '' Free Willy '' (1993), and the title role in '' Tank Girl ...

as Crazy Susan * Clive Standen as Liam *

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as Vlad * Keston John as Mr. Dugan

Episodes

Production

Cobra Kai ''Cobra Kai'' is an American martial arts comedy-drama television series and a sequel to the original ''The Karate Kid'' films by Robert Mark Kamen. The series was created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and is distribu ...

''s

, and Josh Heald created ''Obliterated'' under their overall deal at

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with plans to write and executive produce the series as well. In October 2019, TBS gave a straight-to-series order of ten episodes; however, the show was later moved from TBS to

and reduced to eight episodes.

and

were cast in the lead roles, and the main cast later added Terrence Terrell, Alyson Gorske,

, Eugene Kim,

, and Kimi Rutledge. Additional recurring roles and guest stars were announced in October 2022. Filming began in July 2022, taking place in

and

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Release

The series is set to be released on Netflix in the fall of 2023.

References

External links

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