Prime Video is getting a new animated cat comedy from Audrey Plaza and Big Mouth’s Joe Wengert – and it sounds hilarious

We need to talk about Kevin. No, not that one

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We need to talk aboutKevin: not the boy of the harrowing book and movie of that name, but the star of a brand new animated comedy that’s coming toPrime Video. ThisKevinis a cat, and it’s safe to say his show is likely to be a lot funnier.

According toVariety, the setup is simple enough: after spending most of his life as a house cat, Kevin decides he doesn’t want to live with real people – and that has hilarious consequences. It’s apparently partly based on a real cat caught up in the middle of a real-life break-up, which it makes it even more intriguing.

The upcomingPrime Video showalso has quite the pedigree: it’s being written by Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert with Dan Murphy, co-writer of the kids' bookThe Legend of the Christmas Witchand its sequel.

What do we know about Kevin the cat comedy?

According toAmazonMGM Studios' head of animation Melissa Wolfe, the show is told through Kevin’s POV (point of view) and “hits on the extremely relatable theme of self-discovery and living your desired life”. And Plaza isn’t exactly new to making animated shows: she starred in and executive produced FXX’s seriesLittle Demonwith Dan (Rick and Morty)Harmon and Danny DeVito, and loaned her voice to Netflix’sScott Pilgrimtoo.

Netflixremains the biggest streaming spender when it comes to animation but Amazon is catching up. And Prime Video’s animation division has been producing some great stuff lately, with smartly written, more adult-oriented shows includingFairfax,Hazbin Hotel, Undoneand the huge hitInvincible,which is gettinga third season.

Adult-themed animation is liked by streamers because it’s often extremely popular, with shows such asBojack HorsemanandBig Mouthreaching wide audiences, generating lots of positive word of mouth and sometimes opening up new revenue streams for merchandise and other branded content. The fact that animated comedies are often cheaper to make than live action ones doesn’t hurt either, and to some extent that means interesting and unusual shows are more likely to get greenlit – and less likely to be canceled – than their studio-based equivalents.

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

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