Aubrey Plaza is taking off…
Netflix has released the first-look teaser for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (official title), its upcoming anime series based on the classic graphic novels and 2010 film starring Michael Cera and featuring the 39-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress.
The character Scott is a member of a garage band who falls for a gal named Ramona, but who must first defeat her seven previous lovers.
Cera reunites with many of the film’s cast including Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick and more, who lend their voices to the series.
Plaza voices the character of Julie Powers.
Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, the author and artist of the graphic novels published from 2004 to 2010, will serve as executive producers, writers and showrunners. Edgar Wright — the director, co-writer and producer of the 2010 film — will serve as executive producer on the new project while Science SARU will serve as the animation studio with executive producer Eunyoung Choi and director Abel Gongora.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off will premiere on November 17.