Keep in mind Netflix’s Love, Demise & Robots? No? Effectively, get on that present if you have not, as a result of it is one of many coolest animated anthology sequence round, and a fourth season is coming sooner quite than later. The truth is, it is quietly change into such a significant win for Netflix that Amazon’s Prime Video service now desires a bit of that cake… however tying it into massive video video games.
Through Deadline, we have realized that Love, Demise & Robots’ Tim Miller and Blur Studio, the famend CGI firm whose work consists of numerous video video games and even some Hollywood productions, are working with Amazon MGM Studios on an animated anthology sequence based mostly on the worlds of video video games from a variety of totally different publishers. Oh, and it is obtained a becoming title: Secret Stage.
Deadline’s sources additionally tease the sequence has been within the works for fairly a while, and a reveal might arrive as quickly as subsequent week’s Gamescom Opening Evening Stay occasion, so be careful. As for the video games probably included within the anthology, phrase is that Spelunky and Amazon’s personal New World will probably be a part of it. Furthermore, PlayStation titles additionally seem like a part of the package deal. Does that imply there is a slight probability of getting something Killzone in spite of everything these years? Let me get my copium bottle…
Particulars on the variety of episodes and full roster of studios concerned are unknown. Whereas Blur Studio is the primary manufacturing firm (alongside Netflix) on Love, Demise & Robots, your entire factor is a collaborative effort with totally different studios from all around the globe that work on distinct shorts for every season. Prime Video’s Secret Stage might logically observe the identical format, particularly contemplating that just about each online game ever has its personal visible id and tone. Moreover, it might be fascinating to see sure IPs painted below a special mild.
For Prime Video, Secret Stage would mark one more main addition to an increasing adult-animated slate that features sequence like Invincible, Hazbin Resort, and Batman: Caped Crusader. In the meantime, Tim Miller continues to be a notable gaming-adjacent determine, given his credit on films like Borderlands (which he partially reshot) and the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy (govt producer).
