Netflix reveals Space Force comedy series before Trump gets real thing approved

Welcome to (Netflix's) Space Force. [credit:
Netflix ]




Netflix took the wraps off its latest comedy series on Wednesday, and while that may sound humdrum for a company with roughly 7,000 series in the works, this one has set its sights on something huge: the outer reaches of space. Er, sorry, we misread that. The Space Force.
Indeed, before President Trump's proposal for a sixth military branch can become an official item in the United States' 2020 budget, Netflix has jumped on the idea of making a show about this branch's day-to-day ops—and it has three major vets of TV's The Office on board, including Steve Carell as both a co-creator and a star.
The resulting TV series, currently named Space Force, was unveiled in the form of a teaser trailer on Wednesday morning. This mostly text trailer, set to Strauss' 'Zarathustra,' brings viewers up to speed about how the branch began life in a June 2018 speech. 'The goal of the new branch is 'to defend satellites from attack' and 'perform other space-related tasks'... or something,' it reads. 'This is the story of the men and women who have to figure it out.'
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