Starring MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes, the comedy (it was never going to be a drama, was it?) is set 300 years in the future, on a spaceship named ‘Orville’. Favreau will continue to work as a consultant over the show’s 13 episodes, the pilot of which will start filming in January.
After the success of The Jungle Book, Favreau is confirmed to direct the sequel, staying with Disney to serve as an executive producer on both Avengers: Infinity War and 2019’s currently untitled Avengers film. MacFarlane will soon be heard lending his vocal talents to Garth Jennings’ Sing, and will also pop up in the definitely-still-not-quite-retired Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky.