Melissa McCarthy leads an all-star podcast!
Premiering today, "Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Firehold" starring...let me look at this list... Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, Octavia Spencer, Joel McHale, Allison Janney, Ben Falcone, and more.
That alone should pique an interest. However, listening to the trailer (below), it's comedy fiction podcast that should have some laughs, especially if you're main character/hero is a barback.
About: When an evil force threatens to incinerate the fantastical land of Golgorath, it's up to Hildy the Barback and her friends to kick some ass on a comedic epic quest to save the world. Oh – also, there are lots of dragons.
Podcast & Trailer:
WHO: “Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire,” stars award-winning actress Melissa McCarthy as Hildy. Written by Ben Falcone and Steve Mallory, the podcast features a star-studded lineup of celebrity voices including Octavia Spencer as the narrator, Glenn Close as the announcer, Allison Janney as “Gorwan the Dragon,” Joel McHale as “Dra-ell The Usurper,” Jim Rash as “Drith,” Ben Falcone as “Urgrall the Horned One,” and more. McCarthy and Falcone’s daughters Vivian Falcone and Georgette Falcone also appear in the series as “Oracle of Two.”
ABOUT LEMONADA MEDIA
Founded in 2019 by Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Lemonada Media is an award-winning, independent, audio-first podcast network, with a mission to make life suck less. In 2024, The Hollywood Reporter named both Cordova Kramer and Wittels Wachs among the ‘The Most Powerful People in Podcasting.’ Lemonada has created hit original series’ including Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, which spent 29 days straight at #1 overall on the Apple Podcast charts and was named Apple’s 2023 Show of the Year; Blind Plea, which launched to #1 overall on the Apple Podcast charts; Fail Better with David Duchovny, which launched to #1 in Society & Culture on the Apple Podcast charts; The Pink House with Sam Smith which launched to #1 in Arts; Gracie award-winners Last Day, Believe Her and Choice Words with Samantha Bee, as well as Webby award-winners, Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak and BEING Trans. The company is also the creator of the audio reality™ podcast genre, and launched BEING Studios, where reality TV meets podcasting. In 2023, Lemonada partnered with Apple Books to launch The Lemonada Book Club -- a first-of-its-kind, free-to-join digital program that unites fans of nonfiction storytelling across books and podcasts. The network also recently announced Lemonada Books, a new imprint and co-development partnership with Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster.