Netflix has announcedCaptain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, an adult animated series that’s one of two projects in the works inspired by Ubisoft’sFar Cryvideo game series.Captain Laserhawkis a spinoff from the third installment’sBlood Dragonexpansion, which sawMichael Biehnvoice Sergeant Rex “Power” Colt in a tribute to 1980s genre cinema.
Adi Shankar, no stranger to Netflix’s animated output having spearheaded all four seasons ofCastlevania, is credited as creator and executive producer, with Ubisoft’sHélène Juguet, Hugo Revon, andGérard Guillemotadditionally listed on the producorial side of things, with animation studio Bobbypills having been involved since 2019.
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Captain Laserhawkwill run for six episodes, and feature the alter egos of well-known Ubisoft characters in a homage and pastiche of 90s actioners this time around. TheFar Cryfranchise has sold over 60 million units to date, and the next main entry arrives in October withGiancarlo Espositoas the villain.
Shankar offered up someCaptain Laserhawkdetails at the Netflix Geeked Week event following the reveal, and it sounds wild. Set in a parallel universe where the rise of automated labor in the 1950s rendered the majority of citizens unemployed, the world’s largest tech company Eden offers basic income support but also manipulates the population through mass surveillance and abuse of power. Cybernetically enhanced soldier Dolph Laserhawk is part of the Eden army, but he’s planning a major heist so he can escape with his boyfriend.
No official release date has been announced as of yet, but It’s the latest in a long line of collaborations between Netflix and Ubisoft, which includes a properFar Cryanime adaptation,as well as the animatedSplinter Cellthat’s being overseen byJohn Wick’sDerek Kolstad, while a live-action episodic spin onAssassin’s Creedis also in the works. The streamer previously acquired the rights toThe Division, the feature length adaptation of theTom Clancygame that’s set to be directed byRawson Marshall ThurberwithJake GyllenhaalandJessica Chastainin the lead roles, on top ofRob Lettermansigning on to tackleBeyond Good & Evillast year, so it’s all systems go for console-to-screen translations.
Watch the announcement video forCaptain Laserhawkbelow.
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