Archer Embarks on a Jungle Adventure in First Pulpy Trailer For ARCHER Season 9 "Danger Island"!
Finally! FXX has cracked open the first trailer for Archer Season 9 "Danger Island" and it looks like it's going to be one hell of a fun season! The story is set in 1939 and it follows Archer as he flies to the South Pacific where he will embark on an Indiana Jones-style jungle adventure! Only it's not going to be as serious.
Just in case you aren't aware, this story is taking place in Archer's head. Archer has been in a coma since the Season 6 finale. I love that this time around the fans are going to get a wildly fun 30s-style pulp adventure.
This season of the animated spy comedy finds Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) as a semi-functioning alcoholic seaplane pilot — a lush on the lush South Pacific island of Mitimotu. It’s 1939, and while the rest of the world is concerned about the looming Second World War, Archer is concerned only with who’s buying his next drink. Along with his trusty co-pilot/sidekick Pam (Amber Nash), Archer must navigate quicksand, cannibals, super-intelligent monkeys, poison darts and pirates in this dangerous and mysterious land.
Jessica Walter returns as Archer’s acid-tongued mother and hotel owner; Aisha Tyler is Princess Lanaluakalani, island royalty and local revolutionary; Judy Greer is the abandoned heiress Charlotte Vandertunt; Chris Parnell is Siegbert Fuchsthe, an obvious German spy posing as a businessman; Adam Reed as the impeccably uniformed French Capitaine Reynaud; and Lucky Yates plays the audacious scarlet macaw, Crackers.
Series co-creator Matt Thompson previously talked about the new season and explains how it is meant to return the show to a lighter tone than "Dreamland":
“Last season, we loved it, but things got pretty dark, pretty fast. And [Archer creator] Adam Reed had talked about just doing something that’s fun and just having a blast with this season. So we basically stuck all these people on this tiny volcanic island, and we’re just going to have as much as fun as we can, with quicksand, cannibals, super intelligent monkeys, and a volcano, and a talking fucking parrot."
It's going to be really interesting when Archer finally comes out of his coma and the stories will be set in the real world again. Archer Season 9 is set to premiere on April 25th!