Amazon Studios Unveils Comrade Detective

Amazon Studios and A24’s new half-hour live-action series Comrade Detective, featuring the voice talents of Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, has been lined up to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand this August.

Comrade Detective, which will debut on August 4, is a one-of-a-kind cop show and comedy set in 1980s Romania. The series is presented in Romanian and dubbed in English, just as a Romanian show of the 1980s would have been. Tatum and Gordon-Levitt provide voiceover dubbing performances for the lead roles, Detectives Gregor Anghel and Iosef Baciu. The characters are played on screen by Romanian actors Florin Piersic Jr. (Killing Time) and Corneliu Ulici (The Devil Inside).

A co-production with A24, Comrade Detective comes from creators and executive producers Brian Gatewood (The Sitter) and Alex Tanaka (The Sitter), with Rhys Thomas (Documentary Now!) directing and executive producing. Free Association’s Tatum, Reid Carolin (Logan Lucky), Peter Kiernan (Mad Love) and Andrew Schneider are executive producers along with A24’s Ravi Nandan (The Carmichael Show) and John Hodges (Safety Not Guaranteed).

In addition to Tatum and Gordon-Levitt, the dubbing cast includes Jenny Slate (Obvious Child), Chloë Sevigny (Bloodline), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Jason Mantzoukas (The House), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Fred Armisen (Documentary Now!), Kim Basinger (LA Confidential), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Tracey Letts (The Lovers), Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Debra Winger (The Lovers), Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed), Katie Aselton Duplass (Legion), Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show), Bo Burnham (The Big Sick) and John Early (Search Party).

Joe Lewis, the head of comedy, drama and VR at Amazon Studios, said, “In a world of global television, it was inevitable that the best comedy of the year would come from Romania. Well, that day has come. Comrade Detective is unbelievably compelling, visually brilliant, and Gregor and Iosef are the heroes we need. Thanks to A24, Channing Tatum, Rhys Thomas, Brian Gatewood, Alex Tanaka, as well as the incredibly creative team behind this wild new series.”

“As passionate fans of cinema and television, we have long heard about this genre-defining show and are thrilled to work with Free Association and Amazon to bring it to audiences,” said A24 in a statement.