Ramy Youssef’s upcoming Amazon animated series has set its main cast, Variety has learned exclusively.
The series, which was originally ordered for two seasons in March 2022 under Youssef’s first-look deal with Amazon, is now titled “#1 Happy Family USA.”
The series regulars are Youssef along with Alia Shawkat, Salma Hindy (“Roast Battle”), Randa Jarrar (“Ramy”), Mandy Moore, Chris Redd, Akaash Singh, and Whitmer Thomas. Full character descriptions can be found below.
The series logline describes “#1 Happy Family USA” as an exploration of “the experiences of a Muslim-American family that must learn how to code-switch as they navigate the early 2000s: a time of fear, war, and the rapid expansion of the boy-band industrial complex.”
Youssef co-created the series with Pam Brady. Both serve as executive producers along with Mona Chalabi, a journalist and illustrator whose work has been featured in publications like The New Yorker and The New York Times,...
The series, which was originally ordered for two seasons in March 2022 under Youssef’s first-look deal with Amazon, is now titled “#1 Happy Family USA.”
The series regulars are Youssef along with Alia Shawkat, Salma Hindy (“Roast Battle”), Randa Jarrar (“Ramy”), Mandy Moore, Chris Redd, Akaash Singh, and Whitmer Thomas. Full character descriptions can be found below.
The series logline describes “#1 Happy Family USA” as an exploration of “the experiences of a Muslim-American family that must learn how to code-switch as they navigate the early 2000s: a time of fear, war, and the rapid expansion of the boy-band industrial complex.”
Youssef co-created the series with Pam Brady. Both serve as executive producers along with Mona Chalabi, a journalist and illustrator whose work has been featured in publications like The New Yorker and The New York Times,...
- 1/17/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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