Netflix will launch Exploding Kittens animated cartoon series and mobile game
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Netflix is doubling down on games with the upcoming launch of an Exploding Kittens mobile game and an animated cartoon series.
The entertainment streaming company will partner with Los Angeles-based Exploding Kittens, a card and tabletop game studio created by cartoonist Matt Inman (creator of The Oatmeal and creative director at Exploding Kittens) and cofounders Elan Lee and Shane Small.
Since debuting in 2015, Exploding Kittens (the card game) has sold more than 18 million copies. It is based on the hilarious art created by Inman, with cats doing crazy things. The company has gone on to create a series of raucous card and mobile games.
“The company was growing, toys were selling everywhere, games were selling everywhere. And we realized we were in a weird and unique position where we had success with toys and games, but we had no kind of story behind it,” said Inman, in an interview with GamesBeat. “Like a movie or television show. So we ended up connecting with Peter Chernin. And he ended up connecting us with Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. And I got to work on the idea of what the Exploding Kittens show would be that I would actually want to watch.”
The adult animated cartoon TV series will debut in 2023 and is being produced by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge (who are also working on the animated series Bad Crimes). The Exploding Kittens animated series will star the voice talent of Tom Ellis (Rush, Lucifer), Abraham Lim (Clickbait,The Boys), Lucy Liu (Shazam, Elementary), Ally Maki (Wrecked, Toy Story 4), Mark Proksch (What We Do In The Shadows, Better Call Saul) and Sasheer Zamata (Woke, Home Economics).
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