Will Ferrell’s new astronaut-themed comedy, that’s produced with Adam McKay, has received a pilot order from the NBC network.
Mission Control is reported to have an Anchorman-esque feel to it, and the plot focuses in on a woman as she attempts to advance her career in a male-dominated workplace.
The official description reads:
“A workplace ensemble in the tone of Anchorman examines what happens when a strong woman butts heads with a macho astronaut in the race to land on the moon.”
Along with Ferrell and McKay, David Hornsby of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will be the showrunner in the pilot episode.
The new comedy is set in the 1960s but no further details have been revealed.
