Ava DuVernary to Make Netflix Animated Series Wings of Fire
Netflix today announced
Wings of Fire, an animated event series for the whole family, based on the best-selling series of books published by Scholastic with 14 million copies in print. The epic fantasy saga marks the first animated series from Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Award Winner Ava DuVernay and ARRAY Filmworks. Season 1 will consist of ten 40-minute episodes.
Wings of Fire is an animated event series adaptation of the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling book series from author Tui T. Sutherland. A bitter war has raged for generations between the dragon tribes who inhabit the epic world of Pyrrhia. According to prophecy, five young dragons will rise to end the bloodshed and bring peace back to the land. Raised and trained in secret from the time they were hatched, the Dragonets of destiny – Clay, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight, and Sunny – embark on an evolving quest that will bring them face to face with their true selves and the overwhelming scope of this savage war they are destined to bring to an end.