Elvis enters the building in Netflix toon

Agent King imagines a fictional Elvis as a government agent

Netflix has ordered an adult animated action comedy featuring Elvis Presley from the star’s former wife Priscilla Presley.

Agent King is co-created and executive produced by Priscilla Presley and John Eddie, with Mike Arnold (Archer) on board as showrunner and writer.

The series imagines a fictional Elvis as a covert government agent who fights to keep America safe while also maintaining his cover as the king of rock ’n’ roll.

Sony Animation is also on board the project, which joins other animated series aimed at adults on Netflix such as BoJack Horseman, Big Mouth and the anthology series Love, Death & Robots.

In related news, Netflix has also commissioned an anime series about comic book superhero He-Man from filmmaker Kevin Smith.

Masters of the Universe: Revelation, will focus on some of the unresolved storylines of the original 1980s He-Man series, He-Man & the Masters of the Universe.

Smith will serve as showrunner and executive producer of the series, which will be produced by Mattel Television, while Powerhouse Animation will oversee animation.

Mattel TV’s Rob David is also exec producing. Writers include Eric Carrasco, Tim Sheridan, Diya Mishra and Marc Bernardin.