Netflix has introduced a collection order for a brand new untitled animated collection set inside the Duffer brothers’ Stranger Issues universe and developed by Flying Bark Productions and Govt Producer Eric Robles. The Duffer brothers will govt produce for Upside Down Footage, their manufacturing firm launched in 2022. Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen govt produce on behalf of 21 Laps, and Robles on behalf of Flying Bark Productions. No launch date was introduced.
The Duffer brothers mentioned, “We’ve at all times dreamed of an animated Stranger Issues within the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving, and to see this dream realized has been completely thrilling. We couldn’t be extra blown away by what Eric Robles and his staff have give you — the scripts and paintings are unbelievable, and we will’t wait to share extra with you! The journey continues…”
The Duffers created the Stranger Issues franchise – one of many streamer’s hottest English-language collection. In keeping with Netflix, the latest fourth season gathered 1.35 billion viewing hours in its first 28 days.
Along with the newly introduced West Finish manufacturing of Stranger Issues: The First Shadow, directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Kate Trefry, the brothers have a number of tasks in improvement, together with a live-action collection adaptation of Demise Observe and an authentic collection from creators Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews. The brothers broke out in late 2011 with their horror-thriller script Hidden, which they directed for Warner Brothers. They subsequently wrote and had been govt producers on M. Night time Shyamalan’s tv present Wayward Pines.
Levy’s 21 Laps tasks embody the multi-Oscar-nominated Arrival and the award-winning Netflix collection Stranger Issues. The corporate additionally produced Netflix’s Most Streamed Film of 2022, The Adam Challenge, which Levy additionally directed, and it launched the hit action-comedy Free Man in August of 2021.
Presently, 21 Laps is in post-production on the Netflix restricted collection directed by Levy, starring Hugh Laurie, and Mark Ruffalo, All of the Mild We Can not See. Upcoming tasks from 21 Laps embody Stephen King’s The Boogeyman and Crater for Disney+. Different productions embody the Lionsgate function movie By no means Let Go, starring Halle Berry, and the upcoming new Deadpool film, starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Emma Corrin, which Levy additionally directs.
Sydney and Los Angeles-based unbiased animation studio Flying Bark Productions is a full-service manufacturing facility offering animation companies for international purchasers. Its animation staff throughout CG, 2D, and CG/2D hybrid productions continues to develop with over 400 staff. Flying Bark Productions is owned by media and theme park group Studio 100, headquartered in Belgium.
Supply: Netflix
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
