If you're wondering just WTF The Midnight Gospel is, you're in good company. There hasn't been much information by way of description available beyond announcing that the psychedelic series from Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time) and Duncan Trussell (Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast), animated by the talented folks at Titmouse, would be streaming on Netflix. The synopsis, which calls The Midnight Gospel "the story of Clancy, a spacecaster with a malfunctioning multiverse simulator who leaves the comfort of his extra-dimensional home on the Chromatic Ribbon to interview beings living in other worlds," doesn't really explain much …

Netflix has released into the world a delightfully new and trippy trailer for upcoming show The Midnight Gospel as well as a new poster. The animated series hails from Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and his partner-in-crime, podcaster/actor/writer/director/producer Duncan Trussell, further fleshing out Netflix's line-up of adult-focused animated content in addition to shows like BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, and Big Mouth. [caption id="attachment_886279" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Netflix[/caption] I honestly don't know what I love more about The Midnight Gospel: That is looks like the …

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer and images for The Midnight Gospel, a new animated series from Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and Duncan Trussell (Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast). If you're wondering if this show will scratch the same wonderful itch provided by Adventure Time, the answer is...kiiiiiinda? The animation style is in the same realm and the tone seems to strike the same offbeat tone, but The Midnight Gospel is geared toward a far more adult audience, as evidenced by the trailer, which starts with our main character sticking his head in a decidedly ass-…

I imagine there will be audiences quick to dismiss Mary Magdalene because it seems too Christian or not Christian enough. Evangelicals will look at a scene of Mary baptizing followers of Jesus and blanch, and secular audiences may not have the patience for any movie that is unapologetically religious. As my last name may have tipped you off, I was not raised Christian, so while I technically lean closer to a secular reading of the movie, I was impressed by how director Garth Davis unapologetically leans into a social justice reading of Jesus’ teachings as seen through the eyes of …