Gervais' 'Alley Cats' Trailer Debuts on Netflix
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- "Alley Cats" trailer debuted on Netflix, the foul-mouthed animated series from Ricky Gervais where British feral cats discuss topics like their preferred death ("a hand job") and plans to take on "a little wagyu fat kid" — set for August 7 with an Annecy sneak peek.
- The voice cast includes Tom Basden, Andrew Brooke, David Earl, Kerry Godliman, Jo Hartley, Diane Morgan, Natalie Cassidy, and Tony Way alongside Gervais, who voices "a fat, lazy, rude, opinionated creature with fangs."
- Elliot Dear co-directs with animation from Blink Industries ("Dead End: Paranormal Park," "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared"); Tang Heng ("Kung Fu Panda" 1 & 2) serves as production designer.
- Gervais exec produces for Derek Productions alongside Steven Hamilton Shaw of Shush Creative, with Hugo Donkin producing — marking his return to TV as a creator for the first time since "After Life" ran three seasons on Netflix from 2019-2022.
Why it matters: The six-episode series reteams Gervais with Netflix four years after "After Life" wrapped in 2022, pairing him with Blink Industries — the studio behind "Dead End: Paranormal Park" and "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared." The vulgar trailer content is a deliberate callback to the crude-comedy tone that defined his Netflix run.
