Andy Samberg’s Digman! treats archaeologists like rock stars

Guz Khan has been cast in Andy Samberg’s new US animated comedy series Digman!

The half-hour Comedy Central show is set in a world ‘where archaeologists are massive celebrities and the coolest people on the planet’, Hollywood trade media reports.

Samberg has written the show with Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Neil Campbell, as well as providing the voice of the protagonist, Rip Digman.

It has not been reported what role Man Like Mobeen star Khan will play, but he joins a cast that also includes Netflix sketch comedian Tim Robinson, Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Melissa Fumero  and  Dale Soules from Orange Is The New Black.

In a statement, the series’ creators said: ‘As kids we were led to believe that archaeologists are all bad-ass, adventure-seeking rock stars, but after spending 20 long years pursuing careers in archaeology we now see that was a lie perpetuated by Big Hollywood.  So we created Digman! to finally bring our childhood dreams to life.

‘Plus, we noticed a dearth of new TV shows recently and figured it was wholly on us to bring the world what it’s missing the most: content.’

Comedy Central content chief Nina L. Diaz   called Samberg ‘a singular creative force with a vision to explore bold, genre-shifting, comedic storytelling’.

Published: 15 Sep 2022