It might not have achieved the same level of buzz as its counterparts such as comedies like “Ted Lasso,” but “Mythic Quest” remains in its third season one of the funniest comedies currently airing. Created by Rob McElhenney (who also stars) along with Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, the Apple TV+ series centers on the day-to-day office work of a team responsible for one of the biggest multiplayer video games of all time.

Continue reading ‘Mythic Quest’: Charlotte Nicdao On Poppy, The Apple TV+ Show’s Third Season & The Importance Of Relationships [Interview] at The Playlist.

The second season of Apple TV+’s “Mythic Quest” ended in a manner that could have been a series finale, getting several characters to a finish line while blowing up some others. So what now? The sad news is that the sense that the show is rebooting its themes and characters during the third season (and setting up a fourth that has already been commissioned) leads to a bit more lackluster writing than the first couple of years.

Continue reading ‘Mythic Quest’ TV Review: Apple TV+ Comedy Hit Experiences Growing Pains In Third Season at The Playlist.

What’s better than a workplace comedy focused on the day-to-day operations of a company filled with whacky employees? A workplace comedy focused on TWO companies filled with whacky employees. Welcome to “Mythic Quest” Season 3.

As seen in the trailer for Season 3, “Mythic Quest” picks up where the last season ends with Ian and Poppy gone from MQ to start a new game development company, GrimPop.

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Can two actors turn around the fortunes of a Welsh football club? Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds are putting the question to the test with “Welcome To Wrexham.” While it might sound like a comedic feature, this docuseries is all too real. At stake is a football club facing an uncertain future and the town whose history intertwines with its success(or failure). As new team owners, the actors quickly learn the ups and downs of club ownership.

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Rob McElhenney is one of the hardest-working guys in TV right now. Not only is he one of the main stars of the history-making FX sitcom, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” which is about to begin production on episodes for Season 15, but he’s also the co-creator, co-writer, director, and star of the Apple TV+ series, “Mythic Quest.” And on top of that, he took the time out of his busy day in the writers room for ‘Sunny’ to join The Playlist Podcast.

Continue reading Rob McElhenney Discusses ‘Mythic Quest’ Season 2 & How The Writers of ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Will Approach The New Season [The Playlist Podcast] at The Playlist.

Once a staple of every broadcast network, the workplace comedy is slowing becoming an endangered species as streamers and cable take over. As more and more single-camera comedies mean there’s less of a need for single sets, the funny shows that centered on day jobs have slowly lost their dominance. However, a clever and unpredictable one remains on Apple TV+ in “Mythic Quest,” created by Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Megan Ganz (collaborators on FX’s beloved “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”).

Continue reading ‘Mythic Quest’ Season 2 Is A Reminder That Workplace Comedies Can Still Be Great [Review] at The Playlist.

What do you get when you mix a little bit of “The Office” with some “Silicon Valley” and a dash of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia?” Well, for Apple TV+, you get a hit sitcom series, “Mythic Quest.”

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And as seen in the trailer for “Mythic Quest” Season 2, the gang all returns for a new season of hijinks following the creation of a video game.

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Looked at one way, Rob McElhenney‘s career is defined by unprecedented consistency. Renewed by FX for its forthcoming 15th season, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia“—the show he co-created in 2005 and in which he’s starred as Mac ever since—is poised to set the record for most seasons by a live-action comedy series. The saga of five Philadelphia sociopaths bellying up to their bar (Paddy’s Pub) and plotting outlandish, self-destructive schemes is as reliably funny now as it was before anyone had ever uttered the phrase “streaming service.”

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But that consistency also makes McElhenney a fascinating speaker on rolling with the changes in the TV industry, comedy meeting politics, and launching a second original comedy—”Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet.”

“If you are the autocrat and you’re in charge and you just dictate to everyone how it’s going to be … at best you become a dinosaur that nobody gives a shit about,” McElhenney says.

Continue reading Rob McElhenney On Evolving ‘It’s Always Sunny,’ Making Quarantined ‘Mythic Quest’ & More [Be Reel Podcast] at The Playlist.

With all these news items about delays in production for films and TV series, it’s clear that Hollywood is taking a massive hit due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, what isn’t being discussed a lot are the crew members that work on TV shows and film sets that won’t be paid during this hiatus, as studios attempt to figure out how to best move forward with their productions. Well, Rob McElhenney, one of the creators of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and the recent “Mythic Quest,” hopes that studios will continue to pay these workers, and he offered a plan.

Continue reading ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Co-Creator Has An Idea To Help Limit Financial Impact Of Coronavirus Delays at The Playlist.

What happens when you take two of the minds behind “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and mix it with the tech workplace shenanigans of “Silicon Valley?” Well, you’ll probably get something like the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet.”

And while “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet” doesn’t have the most easy-to-remember title, all you need to know is that the series is basically Mac from ‘Sunny’ trying to make a video game.

Continue reading ‘Mythic Quest’ Trailer: Creators Of ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Bring Their Brand Of Comedy To Video Games In New Apple TV+ Series at The Playlist.

Turning video games into hit movies is one piece of alchemy Hollywood has yet to master, missing far more often than they manage to make something work. But given the built in fanbase and potential money to made, by God they will keep trying to make it happen. And Warner Bros. is getting a little bit closer to bringing “Minecraft” to the big screen by finally landing a star to lead the way.

Continue reading Steve Carell To Star In Video Game Adaptation ‘Minecraft’ at The Playlist.