Get ready for a new monster-hunter duo with SYFY’s new series Astrid & Lilly Save the World. The cabler has released the first teaser trailer for the 10-episode winter series, which you can check out below.
High school is hard enough when you’re different, but when outcast BFFs Astrid (Jana Morrison) and Lilly (Samantha Aucoin) accidentally crack open a portal to a terrifyingly quirky monster dimension, it gets a lot more complicated. It’s up to them to vanquish the creepy creatures and save the world, becoming the badass heroes they were meant to be. That is, if they can survive the horrors of high school.
Astrid & Lilly Save the World was written by Noelle Stehman and Betsy Van Stone, who executive produce along with Lance Samuels, Daniel Iron, and Samantha Levine. Danishka Esterhazy (“SurrealEsteate,” “Slumber Party Massacre” (2001)) serves as producing director. Blue Ice Pictures will produce.
“This world isn’t just made up of one type of person and representation on screen matters,” said Stehman and Van Stone. “Astrid and Lilly will hopefully help remind us that heroes come from all walks of life. There’s an effervescent charm to Jana and Samantha that immediately captivated us, and their chemistry was undeniable. We can’t wait to see these talented actors take on the roles of Astrid and Lilly to save the world!”
Aucoin will play Lilly who is sweet-natured and intuitive with a passion for investigative photography. Morrison will play Astrid who is bold and unfiltered with a knack for “sciencey” gadgets. Together, their friendship proves that being classically unpopular is actually pretty damn cool.
Astrid & Lilly Save the World premieres Wednesday, January 26 on SYFY.
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