First Look: Steve Carell-Greg Daniels Netflix comedy ‘Space Force’ gets May premiere

Workplace comedies have provided some of the biggest laughs of the past decade on television. Whether it’s a local government office in Pawnee, a mundane Pennsylvania paper company, or a bumbling precinct in Brooklyn, there’s just something special about workplace hijinks.

But what if that office was set in space? Or, at least headed that way. From Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, the minds behind “The Office,” the best workplace comedy ever, comes “Space Force,” a new original series hitting Netflix on May 29.

Per Netflix: “A decorated pilot with dreams of running the Air Force, four-star general Mark R. Naird (Steve Carell) is thrown for a loop when he finds himself tapped to lead the newly formed sixth branch of the US Armed Forces: Space Force. Skeptical but dedicated, Mark uproots his family and moves to a remote base in Colorado where he and a colorful team of scientists and ‘Spacemen’ are tasked by the White House with getting American boots on the moon (again) in a hurry and achieving total space dominance.”

When president Donald Trump first mentioned establishing a Space Force back in 2018, the idea was treated as a joke. But Daniels and Carell took it and ran, and now that it’s a real-life functioning service branch, it makes the comedy even better.

Joining Carell onscreen are stars John Malkovich, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome and Ben Schwartz, alongside co-stars Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy O. Yang, Noah Emmerich, Alex Sparrow and Don Lake.

In Wednesday’s announcement, it was also revealed Kudrow will be playing Maggie Naird, the wife of Carell’s General Mark R. Naird. Maggie is described as “a Washington Air Force wife who has sublimated parts of herself to her husband’s career for two decades. But as he takes on his biggest challenge, she is growing in a different direction.”

“Space Force” premieres on Netflix on May 29, 2020.

Check out the gallery below for a first look at stills from the series!

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Steve Carell as General Mark R. Naird in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Ben Schwartz as F. Tony Scarapiducci in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Steve Carell as General Mark R. Naird in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

John Malkovich as Dr. Adrian Mallory in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Steve Carell as General Mark R. Naird and Lisa Kudrow as Maggie Naird in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Don Lake as Brad Gregory in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Diana Silvers as Erin Naird in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Jimmy O. Yang as Dr. Chan Kaifang in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Tawny Newsome as Angela Ali in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Steve Carell as General Mark R. Naird in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Jimmy O. Yang as Dr. Chan Kaifang in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

John Malkovich as Dr. Adrian Mallory and Steve Carell as General Mark R. Naird in “Space Force.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix)