STAGE TUBE: Promo for FX's WILFRED Starring Elijah Wood

FX offers a sneak peek at its upcoming summer comedies. Check out the latest spot for WILFRED, starring Elijah Wood and premiering Thursday, June 28.

WILFRED is a live-action comedy series starring Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Jason Gann, which is based on the critically acclaimed Australian series of the same title, announced Nick Grad, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, FX Networks.

Wilfred was adapted for FX by David Zuckerman (Family Guy, American Dad), who wrote the pilot and will serve as Executive Producer/Showrunner. Randall Einhorn (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Modern Family) directed the pilot episode.

Wood stars as "Ryan," an introvert who struggles to find social and professional happiness, until he meets "Wilfred" (played by Gann), who Zuckerman describes as part Australian Shepherd, part Russell Crowe on a bender. The world sees Wilfred as a dog; Ryan sees Wilfred as a man dressed in a dog suit. Wilfred is Ryan's alter-ego intent on pushing Ryan out of his shell. Fiona Gublemann (Californication) co-stars as "Jenna," Ryan's attractive next door neighbor and owner of Wilfred. Wifred marks Wood's first starring role in regular series television. Gann co-created and played the title character in the Australian version of Wilfred.