Survival video games have a unique appeal to them; Starting from nothing, the player sees themselves go from the most basic tools and shelter to something much more extravagant and hospitable. It is a visual representation of the "growth" of the player as he slowly conquers a dangerous and uninhabitable area. Some survival games add to this by featuring a story that unfolds as the player progresses, allowing the player to explore the mysteries of wherever they are at their own pace. ARK: Survival Evolved, however, aims to explain its world's lore further through an upcoming adult animated series.
ARK: The Animated Series was originally announced at the 2020 Game Awards, and while a steady trickle of information has been pouring out since then, it was only recently that the official trailer for the show's first season surfaced online, bringing with it a dazzling array of revelations. and the participation of celebrities. While the show doesn't have an official distributor yet, it would be shocking to see current streaming services pass on the series.
Creators: Jesse Rapczak, Jeremy Stieglitz
Stars: Tatanka Means, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Butler
After years of silence on the project, the trailer for Ark: The Animated Series has arrived, revealing the first proper look at Netflix's latest video game adaptation. The series will be based on the Studio Wildcard game of the same name, with game creators Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak developing the show, while Marguerite Bennett, best known for her work on the Josie and the Pussycats and A-Force comics, is writing with Kendall Deacon Davis. Ark: The Animated Series was first revealed to be in the works in late 2020, after being shown a trailer during the Video Game Awards, but outside of its star-studded cast, not much was known about the series until now.
Just in time for the holidays, the official trailer for Ark: The Animated Series has dropped, providing a deeper look at Netflix's upcoming video game adaptation. The video reveals that the story will center on Helena Walker, a woman grieving the death of her wife who attempts suicide and wakes up on The Island, one of the most iconic maps in the game, and must quickly adapt to her dangerous surroundings and gets involved in a war for power.
Helena Walker, a character shown to have committed suicide after facing a "tragedy", reawakens on a mysterious prehistoric island plagued by dinosaurs and inhabitants with similar backgrounds. Already the idea of the island possibly serving as a means of redemption or healing comes to mind, and they find themselves being reborn as they try to survive in a strange new environment.
The stakes are immediately raised soon after, however, as we're shown a taste of the various conflicts the series will feature: people riding dinosaurs as war horses, approaching a burning village in the distance, giant tigers, spiders and various reptilian monstrosities roaming the isolated vegetation, and human soldiers clad in metal armor, plucked feathers, and tribal body paint, clashing against one another with a mix of man-made weapons and tamed beasts. After the critically acclaimed Primal rose to fame in 2019, another series set in a world of man meets dinosaur is a refreshing break from typical fantasy settings.
While ARK: Survival Evolved doesn't have a typical single-player campaign or traditional story structure, it is confirmed that various characters from the game's "Explorer's Notes", scattered pieces of backstory and world lore, They will appear in the series, finally. putting face and voice to characters like General Gaius Marcellus Nerva, Sir Edmund Rockwell and Meiyin Li.
Jay Oliva will direct the series, with prolific animation experience credited to over 100 separate projects. These include various Marvel and DC animated movies, Hanna-Barbera projects, and adaptations for properties like RoboCop and Ghostbusters. Having served in both the director's chair and the storyboard room, Oliva seems an appropriate fit for an animated project like ARK: The Animated Series.
The animation studio ARK: The Animated Series, Lex + Otis, was also founded by Oliva. He has also previously collaborated with Sideshow Collectibles and Corvus Belli.
Award-winning composer Gareth Coker, who provided the score for the original ARK: Survival Evolved game, will also return to compose the music for ARK: The Animated Series.
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