Final Space creator Olan Rogers has premiered the pilot for his all-new animated series on YouTube: Godspeed. Within seven hours of posting the short last Friday, Rogers had already raised an impressive $100,000 on Kickstarter to make more episodes. The pilot release included the surprise reveal of voice acting legend, Tom Kenny.
The series is produced by Lightfold, a new creator-led studio in Atlanta established by Rogers, Academy Award-nominated executive producer Rosa Tran (Anomalisa, Robot Chicken) and director Ben Bjelajac (Final Space). Their debut venture, Godspeed is a 24-minute sci-fi story about a young woman named Iris and Bowie, her karaoke-bot sidekick. Together they brave a planet ending storm to search for power in the abandoned homes of their crumbling world.
The cast includes the voices of Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants, Adventure Time), Troy Baker (The Last of Us), Claudia Black (Farscape, The Nevers), Bryce Charles (Big Nate), Coty Galloway (Final Space) and the show’s creator, Rogers.
Watch the pilot below, check out the previously released trailer here, and follow Olan Rogers on YouTube and the Godspeed Instagram for updates. More information can also be found at the studio’s website, lightfold.tv, and the project’s Kickstarter page.
