If you’re a fan of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated animated seriesBoJack Horseman, we have some good news! The streaming content giant has ordered a new animated series fromBoJack’s producer/production designerLisa Hanawalt, one that aims to focus on a pair of feathered female friends. DubbedTuca & Bertie, the new comedy centers on “the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building: Tuca, a cocky, care-free toucan, and Bertie, an anxious, daydreaming songbird.“Girls TripstarTiffany Haddishis attached to voice Tuca, though Bertie’s voice actor has yet to be named.
Netflix has already placed a 10-episode, single-season order for the series.Tuca & Bertiehas Hanawalt attached as an executive producer alongsideRaphael Bob-Waksberg(BoJack Horseman),Noel Bright(BoJack Horseman, Friends),Steven A. Cohen(BoJack Horseman, Jack & Bobby) and Haddish. The series will be produced byMichael Eisner’s The Tornante Company with animation done by ShadowMachine.
The animation studio has been busy lately, not only with co-producingBoJack Horseman(so you should expect a similar style forTuca & Bertie), but also with more recent series likeDallas & Robo,Jeff & Some Aliens, and TBS' upcoming seriesFinal Space. Could we expect a crossover episode in the new series' run?
As for Haddish, following her breakout performance in the smash comedyGirls Trip, she’ll next be seen oppositeTracy MorganonThe Last O.G., premiering April 3rd on TBS, and oppositeKevin Hartin Universal Pictures’Night School, releasing September 28th. The multi-hyphenate has been busy. She’s already inked a first-look deal with HBO at the beginning of this year, released her first book, the New York Times Bestselling “The Last Black Unicorn” in December, and released her newest stand-up specialTiffany Haddish: She Ready!on Showtime late last year.
Other upcoming projects for Haddish includeLimited Partners,The Oath,The Kitchen, andThe Temp, the latter of which she will also executive produce.
