The eccentric, disturbing and hilarious series of "DeadEndia" will arrive on Netflix
BAFTA and Netflix-nominated production / development studio, Blink Industries, announces new 2D animated series Dead Endia, based on the graphic novel by the award-winning cartoonist Hamish Steele. The series will be produced in the Blink Industries studio in London and will premiere on Netflix in 2021.
Based on Hamish's comic horror comic and web short film Dead End The series follows the adventures of Barney, Norma and the magical talking dog Pugsley, as they perform their summer jobs in the haunted house of the theme park while fighting the supernatural forces that inhabit it. Together with their guide to Underworld Multiplane, a thousand-year-old sardonic demon named Courtney, they will face zombie pets, demon game presenters, sleep-sucking witches and, even more terrifying: their first crushes!
The comics of Dead Endia they were praised for being able to capture the early adolescent frustrations of characters with a wide variety of identities and experiences, including Barney, a transgender teenager and Norma neurodiversity.
To give life to the animated series are the stars of the series Zach Barack (Spider-Man: Far from Home) like Barney, Kody kavitha (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) like Norma, Emily Osment (almost family, The Kominsky Method) like Courtney, Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice The Musical) like Pugsley, Clinton Leupp also known as Miss Coco Peru (Will and grace) like Pauline Phoenix, Kenny Tran (Maybe Happy Ending) as a record e Kathreen Khavari (Marvel Rising, Insecure, Big Little Lies) like Badyah.
"Dead Endia tells of terrifying demons, vengeful ghosts and mysterious magic. It's also about coming of age in a world that wasn't created for you. It is a drama about rediscovered family, identity and mistakes. And of course it's a comedy laugh! Said Steele, whose artistic skills helped create animated comics like Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, Steven Universe e Regular Show and the author-illustrator of Pantheon.
“I've always dreamed of doing the animated series I needed as a lonely, horror-obsessed gay guy and thanks to Netflix and our room and team of ridiculously talented, diverse and representative writers, we surpassed my dreams and entered in the wildest fantasy territory! "
