Deadline reviews that Al Gough and Miles Millar, the creators and government producers behind Wednesday, are creating a brand new grownup animated sequence for Netflix based mostly on Grim, a horror-fantasy comedian guide created by author Stephanie Philips and artist Flaviano.
The comedian guide sequence, which was revealed by Growth! Studios, follows “Jessica Harrow, a newly recruited Reaper tasked with ferrying souls to the afterlife. Unlike her fellow Reapers, Jessica has no memory of her death or life before. Her search for answers pulls her deeper into the unseen architecture of the afterlife, revealing hidden forces, cosmic secrets, and her shocking personal connection to Death itself.” I’m not aware of the sequence, nevertheless it actually sounds attention-grabbing.
Gough and Millar will government produce Grim alongside Jennifer Yuh Nelson, who directed Kung Fu Panda 2 (which acquired an Oscar nomination for Finest Animated Characteristic) and has helmed a number of episodes of Netflix’s Love, Dying + Robots. Stephen Christy and Adam Yoelin government produce for Growth! Studios, with Mette Norkjaer co-executive producing. Phillips and Flaviano additionally co-executive produce the sequence.
As for Wednesday, the massively standard sequence wrapped up its second season in September and has already been renewed for a 3rd. The brand new season is anticipated to start out taking pictures in Eire within the coming months, and sequence star Jenna Ortega just lately expressed her want to see Wednesday and Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) group up extra. “I would like them [Morticia and Wednesday] to stop arguing and team up. We’d just been talking about women banding together, and you see that a bit in the final episode, or episodes. I think we should lean into that,” she mentioned. “It’s actually thrilling and refreshing to see ladies displayed that means. I feel it’s essential to see Wednesday take care of the darker facet of herself a bit bit, too – but in addition by no means taking issues too critically. And I want to see extra demise makes an attempt between her and Pugsley. She doesn’t attempt to kill him sufficient! I wish to see stuff like that.“
Have you ever learn Grim? Do you suppose it’s going to make for a great Netflix animated sequence?
