Netflix Legendary ‘Skull Island’ & ‘Tomb Raider’ Anime Series Bundle – Deadline

Does your life need more King Kong-like monsters and Lara Croft? Well, Netflix and Legendary Television are here for you. The streaming giant is teaming up with the TV studio to expand the Skull island and Grave robber universe with two new animated series.

Skull island will be a new chapter in Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise and just like the film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts in 2017 Kong: Skull Island, the animated series will follow the adventures of castaways as they attempt to escape the mysterious and dangerous titular island, home to prehistoric monsters, including the titan, Mr. Kong.

The legendary Monsterverse debuted in 2014 with Godzilla so what Kong: Skull Island followed by Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 2019. Things will stop in the next chapter of Monsterverse with Godzilla vs. Kong who recently released a jaw-dropping trailer. The new animated series will continue the story of these monsters and myths.

Brian Duffield (Underwater, the babysitter) who will write and produce the animated series alongside Jacob Robinson who will be executive producer under his Tractor Pants company. The animation studio behind Skull island is Powerhouse Animation which is the company behind Castlevania and Blood of Zeus.

the Grave robber The animated series will follow the hugely popular Square Enix video game. The series will pick up after the video game reboot trilogy and follow heroine Lara Croft 25 years after the appearance of her first game as she explores new territories.

Grave robber has led to a worldwide franchise comprising films, merchandise and comics. The new Netflix-Legendary project marks Lara Croft’s first appearance in an animated series. The most recent version of the game, Shadow of the Tomb Raider has been very successful.

In 2001, Angelina Jolie played the titular heroine in the feature film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider then reprized the role in the 2003 sequel Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life. In 2018, Alicia Vikander reprized the role of Lara Croft in a new iteration of the film franchise and will again step into the role in the sequel which will be written and directed by Lovecraft Countryis Misha Green.

The animated series will be written by Tasha Huo (the Witcher: Origin of blood, Red Sonja), who will produce executive with dj2 Entertainment founder and CEO Dmitry M. Johnson (Sonic the hedgehog) as well as Stephan Bugaj and Howard Bliss. Jacob Robinson will also serve as the EP on this series under his company Tractor Pants.