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Netflix isn’t done with bringing some of the most prolific video game adaptations to your screens. We’ve learned that Netflix has been quietly developing a Crash Bandicoot animated series, which comes from the same studio as Sonic Prime.
The Crash Bandicoot franchise began in 1996 as a flagship exclusive for the original Sony PlayStation, developed by Naughty Dog, which Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin co-founded. The studio created the original critically and commercially successful trilogy and the popular spin-off Crash Team Racing before eventually moving on from the series. After Naughty Dog’s departure, the franchise changed hands multiple times, moving from its original publisher, Universal Interactive (later Vivendi), to its current owner, Activision (now part of Microsoft). Over the years, the series has branched out into other genres, such as kart racing and party games. Its popularity saw a significant resurgence with the 2017 release of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, a highly successful remake of the original three games, which paved the way for new entries like Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time.
WildBrain Studios is the animation studio behind the new series, according to our intel. That’s the same team that has worked on a variety of Netflix titles in the past, but perhaps most pertinently, Sonic Prime, which ran for three seasons and 23 episodes between December 2022 and January 2024.
Elsewhere, for Netflix, they’ve worked on Carmen Sandiego, Johnny Test, Go, Dog. Go!, and, on the live-action front, I Woke Up A Vampire. The Studio has also worked on Malory Towers, Polly Pocket, The Snoopy Show, and Fireman Sam.
Story details are under wraps, and talent behind the series has yet to be revealed.
This would technically mark Crash Bandicoot’s second appearance on Netflix through an Original series. The PlayStation icon had a guest role in Skylanders Academy from Activision Blizzard Studios and TeamTO, where it was voiced by Eric Rogers in season 1 and Rhys Darby in the third and final season. Coco Bandicoot also featured.
This marks the first major time the icon will front his own series, though, despite plans in the past. The last iteration to be in the works was several years ago, when Activision and Amazon Studios were working on an animated series.
This is just the latest push into video game programming on the animation front. On the adult side, we’ve seen Splinter Cell and Tomb Raider given adaptations, plus, of course, the award-winning Arcane based on League of Legends. On the younger front, Netflix is working on a Minecraft series again, also with WildBrain, and Clash of Clans is also in active development. Board games seem to be the latest push with adaptations planned for Catan, Clue!, and Monopoly, among others.
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