#ARCHER SEASON 11 EPISODE 1 SERIES#
(George Coe, who voiced Archer’s dedicated valet, Woodhouse, died in 2015, and his character was killed off in the series rather than replaced.) It’s been a devastating loss, but, fortunately, Walter was able to complete her voice work for Season 12, which begins August 25.Archer's best season in years, and not just because of its heartfelt send-off to Jessica Walter. Yet the one constant has been Malory, Archer’s snarky mom and stern head of the spy firm, voiced by the late Jessica Walter, who passed away in March. But Cheryl flips back to her old self pretty quickly.” It was Chris Parnell’s acting and then Archer just being a dick about making fun of his weight. “We didn’t do much because he’s hidden behind a suit. “I also liked seeing Cyril as he transformed throughout the season,” Willis added. “The first time that Archer sees Lana again at the museum and she tells him that she’s married hits him pretty hard,” Willis said.Įven the choice of music in the cold open motorcycle chase (Judas Priest’s “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”) conveyed how cruel scientist Krieger (Lucky Yates) had moved on from prog rock to heavy metal. For example, Lana has married billionaire Robert (Stephen Tobolowsky).
Not only did the writers give Archer a new arc of being lost in a once familiar world (he now requires a Bond-like tactical cane for assistance), they also provided small transformations for his colleagues as well. “People think we must’ve amped the animation budget, but it’s merely an evolution of the artists’ techniques and skills.”
“That cold open got a lot of attention,” added Willis. This was never more evident than in the cold open motorcycle chase in Episode 1’s “The Orpheus Gambit,” which very much resembles a live-action vibe. However, Floyd County has become a polished 2D animation team, relying on a workflow that combines Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects. But when we looked at those backgrounds again, the leaps that we made in the drawing and background painting made us realize that we had to redraw everything.” In fact, initially when we went into Season 11, we thought we’d be able to reuse things again. “So we weren’t saving on any drawings in those seasons. “There’s a reason why Homer and Bart are always wearing the same clothes,” Willis said. Turns out that’s not the smartest move for animation.
Genre-hopping prevented the series from becoming stale, but it also meant rebooting every season. We’re switching how we make the show with new voices.” But also having so much of ‘Archer’ being written by Adam and then going to a team has been a challenge. “Adam and I would always talk about the season,” he said, “but having so many writers has been fun coming up with ideas with them. They consequently divided the scripts among five writers. Creator Adam Reed stepped further into the background after providing the premise to pursue other projects, which gave more creative control to executive producers Casey Willis and Matt Thompson, who also directed the Sony/Netflix animated feature, “America: The Motion Picture,” produced by “Spider-Verse’s” Phil Lord and Chris Miller. He was suddenly like a fish out of water - out of sync, out of shape, and even more clueless - trying to cope with the fact that his dysfunctional colleagues were more efficient without him.Īt the same time, the Atlanta-based Floyd County Productions had to make some adjustments as well. Jon Benjamin) return to consciousness was a shock to his overblown ego. In Season 11 “ Archer,” FXX’s Emmy-winning, adult animated sitcom, returned to the world of spies after a genre-hopping, delirious, three-year coma.
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