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Netflix Orders ‘Tomb Raider,’ ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Anime Series
Kong: Skull Island for two different anime series. The streamer is partnering with Legendary Television to develop both projects. The former is based on the Square Enix video game, while the latter is centered around the Legendary monster King Kong.
The first series to be developed is
Kong: Skull Island, which is described as “a new chapter in Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise.” According to the log line (via /Film), the premise is “a thrilling animated adventure series that follows shipwrecked characters desperate to escape the most dangerous place on Earth a mysterious island home to prehistoric monsters, including the greatest titan of them all, Kong.” Brian Duffield (
Netflix and production company Legendary are working on a Tomb Raider animated series.
The announcement was made by the streaming giant on Twitter, with the series to focus on Lara Croft s adventures after the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy, released between 2013 and 2018.
The series will be penned by Tasha Huo, who s also behind Netflix s Witcher prequel, Blood Origin. They will also act as executive producer alongside Jacob Robinson, president of animation-focused production company Tractor Pants. Also joining as executive producers are Dmitri M. Johnson, Stephan Bugaj and Howard Bliss all three from DJ2 Entertainment, the production company behind the Sonic the Hedgehog film.
Tomb Raider Is Getting Transformed Into An Anime Series
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There is a ton of adaptations in the works right now for the video game industry. For the films, we have the likes of
Uncharted,
Sonic The Hedgehog 2, and a
Resident Evil reboot. Not to mention there are television series also being developed such as a
Halo project and
The Last of Us. To top it off, there are anime series being produce as well which we can now officially label
Tomb Raider as one of the IP receiving an anime treatment.
This news comes from
The Hollywood Reporter which alerted followers of a Netflix