We all executed tossing cash at mutant sellswords but? Word on the road is there’s an Overwatch animated collection and Diablo anime within the pipeline over at ActiBlizzion HQ. Look, there’s a hearsay a few game collection floating about each different month (what’s up, Halo?), so take all this with a pinch of salt. But if this one’s true? Then yeah, I can see these franchises engaged on the telly.
‘Course, I additionally favored the Warcraft film, so what the hell do I do know?
The hearsay stems from the LinkedIn page of Activision Blizzard movie and tv division president Nick van Dyk (through Gamespot). Importantly, van Dyk’s itemizing could maintain water. His job description cites his work on the Skylanders Academy Netflix collection (which positively exists) alongside mentions of Diablo and Overwatch variations (that are as-yet unconfirmed).
Van Dyke notes that he acted as govt producer on a Diablo collection, one famous to be “rendered in anime style” and allegedly in pre-production phases for international distribution through Netflix. Rumours concerning a Diablo adaptation have additionally been circulating since at least 2018, supposedly underneath the route of Hellboy (the current, forgettable one) author Andrew Cosby.
There’s much less to go on for the animated Overwatch collection, nonetheless. Van Dyk merely notes that he “developed and sold” an adaptation alongside an unnamed inventive companion. It does really feel extra ripe for a cartoon, thoughts. Blizzard have been placing out Pixar-quality shorts since day 1, hitting a very “Marvel flick” tone of superhero banter. Would I, personally, watch it? Almost definitely not.
Diablo, then again, may very well be something. The seminal dungeon crawler has its moments of high-concept lore shenanigans, but it surely’s at all times actually been in regards to the nitty-gritty of ploughing axes into demon skulls. It would possibly find yourself like Castlevania, a Netflix anime people inform me is sort of good. I’d fairly see one thing extra low-key myself, wordlessly following a celebration of travellers as they descend the underworld, fussing over each sword coming out of a skeleton’s ribcage.
Of course, van Dyk additionally raises his work creating the Call of Duty “cinematic and television universe”. However, simply this weekend director Stefano Sollima – who was on observe to direct the primary Call of Duty film – instructed Italian website Badtaste that the challenge is at present on maintain.
Even if we assume Overwatch and Diablo exhibits are within the pipeline, there’s no assure they’d hit the small display screen anytime quickly.
