Comedy Big Bang Theory Spin-Off ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ | HBO Max

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‘The Big Bang Theory’s John Ross Bowie To Join Max Spinoff, Reprising Barry Kripke Role

John Ross Bowie, who played Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory, is joining alums Kevin Sussman, Brian Posehn and Lauren Lapkus in the Max spinoff.

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‘The Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff Gets Stuart-Centric Title

The Big Bang Theory spinoff on Max is untitled no more. The series, which remains in development, will be named Stuart Fails To Save The Universe.

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I'll give it a shot!

 

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The who is doing what because why??

 

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“Comic book store owner Stuart Bloom (Sussman) is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon. Stuart is aided in this quest by his girlfriend Denise (Lapkus), geologist friend Bert (Posehn), and quantum physicist/all-around pain in the ass Barry Kripke (Bowie). Along the way, they meet alternate-universe versions of characters we’ve come to know and love from ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ As the title implies, things don’t go well.”

“I wanted to do something radical that would take me out of my comfort zone. Something the characters on ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ would have loved, hated, and argued about,” Lorre said.

“Putting characters we loved from ‘The Big Bang Theory’ into a complex science fiction story with the kind of mythology that those characters love while maintaining the comedic elements is incredibly satisfying.”

“There’s a lot of CGI,” Lorre revealed. “There’s a lot of special technical stuff that — you know, for me in my career, a big production number was two people sitting on a couch, drinking coffee! This is different. This is trying to incorporate some of that world of science fiction/fantasy into a comedy. And I’m completely out of my element, which is what I wanted. Which is what I was hoping to do, something that I had no experience with. And maybe I can learn as we go.”