Netflix Animation Eliminates 70 Jobs, Drops Three Projects
The three dropped animated projects are 'Wings of Fire,' 'Antiracist Baby,' and 'With Kind Regards From Kindergarten.'
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The three dropped animated projects are 'Wings of Fire,' 'Antiracist Baby,' and 'With Kind Regards From Kindergarten.'
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Justin Ridge ( Star Wars Resistance) serve as executive producers and showrunners, with Milano and Starr adapting the book series for television. Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire books are becoming a Netflix animated series, and Sutherland – who is set to executive produce the show – sounds understandably excited about it. “‘Will there ever be a TV show?’ has been the #1 question I’ve gotten at events almost from the beginning, and the answer is finally yes!” the author said in a statement, adding: Not just “yes,” but “yes, AND I cannot believe the amazing team who a...
Wings of Fire animated series is officially a go over at Netflix. On Tuesday (April 20), Netflix announced that it is teaming up with Ava DuVernay and Warner Bros., Animation on an animated series adaptation of Wings of Fire. Based on Tui T. Sutherland’s best selling book series of the same name, the Wings of Fire fantasy novels take place in the fictional continents of Pyrrhia and Pantala— both inhabited by dragons. The streamer has ordered 10 40-minute episodes of the new animated series, which will center on a bitter war that had raged for generations between the dragon tribes who...
More dragons are coming! Ava DuVernay’s animated adaptation of Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire series, which was announced last year, has found a home at Netflix. The fantasy series for young readers will transform into 10-episode animated event series, executive produced by DuVernay. Dan Milano ( Glitch Techs) and Christa Starr ( Mystery Science Theater 3000) will write the adaptation and share showrunner duties with Justin Ridge ( Star Wars Resistance). Wings of Fire is set in Pyrrhia, a world ruled by dragons. They’ve adapted to every landscape: some breathe underwater, some breat...