translated from Spanish: The protagonist of “Dr. House” returns with a sci-fi comedy

No matter how many papers interpret Hugh Laurie in his career, the public always will be Dr. House, but this year the actor (and musician) will catch up with Armando Iannucci (creator of the brilliant Veep) orders in the new space comedy of HBO, Avenue 5. chain the actor gave green light to the pilot last year, but since then and the representatives of HBO is stranded in a long negotiation that came to fruition this week. According to the synopsis official Avenue 5 is “a comedy of space tourism set forty years into the future, when the solar system is available to anyone. With Hugh Laurie as captain, can nothing go wrong?” Laurie will perform Ryan Clark, the captain of the ship cruise Avenue 5, a type safe, driver and decided. Will accompany it Josh Gad (The Comedian) as Herman Judd, “the face and the name behind 5 Avenue and mark Judd, which includes hotels, sports clubs and space tourism”; and Zach Wood (Silicon Valley) as Matt Spencer, the head of care to the public, a “good guy who expects to reach the end of its last cruise before receiving a promotion to an executive role in the land”. Complete the cast Rebecca Front (The Thick of It), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Luther), Lenora Crichlow (Deception), Suzy Nakamura (Dr. Ken) and Ethan Phillips (Star Trek: Voyager). Hugh Laurie has already worked with Armando Iannucci during the fourth season of Veep (the last of Iannucci at the forefront of the series), where played Tom James, a recurring character. The actor is also part of the cast of The Personal History of David Copperfield, the new film by Iannucci based on the novel by Charles Dickens, to be released at the end of the year. In this note:

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