actor ravi patel is set to play a pivotal character in an upcoming comedy series animal control according to the reports the singlecamera show features joel mchale and vella lovell in lead roles it is described as a workplace comedy following a group of animal control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple but humans are not patel will essay the role of amit patel an animal control officer and overwhelmed family man with more family responsibilities than he bargained for read alsonobody director ilya naishuller to helm john cena idris elbas heads of statefamous hollywood director ilya naishuller is all set to direct actors john cena and idris elba in the upcoming action comedy film heads of state produced by amazon studiosthe indianorigin actor was recently seen in the hit comedy ghosts as well as the englishlanguage remake of the french film the valetanimal control hails from writers and executive producers bob fisher rob greenberg and dan sterling the makers are planning to air the show sometime this year