It’s been a few years since we’ve seen Mike Myers do anything other than revive his iconic characters in Super Bowl commercials, but the Canadian actor is back with a new series on Netflix that looks like it could be the spiritual lovechild of Austin Powers and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.
A lot of the details of the Pentaverate are still under wraps, but we do know that the film is about a secret society of men who have been steering global events since the Black Plague. Now, a Canadian journalist is on a mission to uncover their secret.
In the new mini-series, Myers will be playing eight different characters including:
- 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, 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.
Joining Myers is a cast that includes Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer Saunders, Lydia West, and Jeremy Irons. The Pentaverate hits Netflix on May 5th.