Update: The Cuphead Show Renewed For A Second Season
Update, 3/3/22:
Just two weeks after the release of Season 1 on Netflix, The Cuphead Show has been renewed for a second season. The official Netflix Geeked account announced the renewal, with a new image (presumably from Season 2). What's more, is that it will hit Netflix this Summer. As for what to expect, that's anybody's guess but it will likely continue the ongoing narrative that began in Season 1.
THE CUPHEAD SHOW IS OFFICIALLY RENEWED FOR SEASON 2!!! AND IT'S COMING THIS SUMMER! pic.twitter.com/gIam56ARp2
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Original story, 1/18/22:
Cuphead and his trusty drink-holding brother will hit Netflix next month.
This news was announced today with the first official trailer for the series, which is called The Cuphead Show. This new trailer comes seven months after our first sneak peek at the show and as that peek indicated, The Cuphead Show will be about the titular character and his brother, Mugman, traversing the Inkwell Isles.
Unlike the game, which tasks players with wiping some debt owed to the Devil, it seems that the show is less about a central story such as that and more about episode-to-episode adventures that may or may not be hijacked by some devilish deeds from the Devil. However, the trailer reveals quite a few of the locales visited in Cuphead as well as many of the bosses our heroes face in the game.
“Based on the award-winning video game that smashed onto the scene with a gorgeous retro animation style, The Cuphead Show is a character-driven comedy series following the unique misadventures of loveable, impulsive scamp Cuphead and his cautious but easily swayed brother Mugman,” a press release from Netflix reads. “As the two scour their surreal homeworld of the Inkwell
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