If you’re like me you’ve been waiting for more information about ‘The Pentaverate’ ever since Stuart Mackenzie (played by Mike Myers) mentioned the shadowy group in 1993s ‘So I Married An Axe Murderer’. I thought I was the only devoting brain space to this cagey Illuminati-esque group who apparently meets tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado known only as The Meadows, but clearly I was not as Netflix has let Mike Myers create a whole series for us!
The new show follows an unlikely Canadian journalist who finds himself embroiled in a mission to uncover the truth and just possibly save the world himself. The show premieres May 5th on Netflix and the first trailer was released Wednesday. You can watch it right here:
In addition to the trailer we also got details about the characters in the show. Myers will play 8 of them! The rest of the cast looks pretty exciting too!
Mike Myers portrays:
- Ken Scarborough: An old-school Canadian news journalist who sets out to expose the Pentaverate and win his job back.
- Anthony Lansdowne: A New England conspiracy theorist who is determined to expose the Pentaverate.
- Rex Smith: A far-right radio host and highly prominent conspiracy theorist.
- Lord Lordington: The Pentaverate’s oldest and highest-ranking member.
- Bruce Baldwin: Former media mogul.
- Mishu Ivanov: Ex-Russian oligarch.
- Shep Gordon: Former rock ‘n’ roll manager.
- Jason Eccleston: A tech genius who invented the Pentaverate’s super computer, MENTOR.
Credit: NetflixKen Jeong is Skip Cho: A casino mogul with extensive knowledge in the chaos theory of weather patterns.
Keegan-Michael Key is Dr. Hobart Clark: A nuclear physicist who was recruited into the Pentaverate to resolve the climate change disaster.
Debi Mazar is Patty Davis, the highly trusted Executive Assistant to the Pentaverate — some would say the brains behind the whole operation.
Richard McCabe is Exalted Pikeman Higgins, Head of the Liechtenstein Guard, the Pentaverate’s security force.
Jennifer Saunders as The Maester of Dubrovnik and Saester of Dubrovnik.
- The Maester of Dubrovnik: The head investigator for the Pentaverate, who is summoned from his ancestral home in Dubrovnik to investigate the suspicious deaths.
- The Saester of Dubrovnik: The Maester’s sister and protector of the parce clavem, the spare key for the Pentaverate’s voting apparatus, which is hidden in Dubrovnik.
Lydia West is Reilly Clayton, a young woman working at the Canadian news station with Ken. She goes on the adventure with him to expose the Pentaverate — all while hiding a secret of her own.
