A week on from its premiere on the streaming service, Netflix has announced that it has granted a season two renewal to Devil May Cry, the animated series adaptation of the beloved Capcom video game franchise. Produced by Adi Shankar (Castlevania), Devil May Cry debuted at #4 in Netflix’s global top ten list last week […]
Netflix teases Devil May Cry anime series with behind-the-scenes sneak peek
Netflix released a featurette for Devil May Cry during its Geeked Week ’23 virtual event, which gives us a behind the scenes look at the upcoming series, and sees executive producer/showrunner Adi Shankar (Castlevania) discussing the animated adaptation of the Capcom video game. “I’m honored that Netflix and Capcom have entrusted me to shepherd the […]
Adi Shankar teams with Krafton for PUBG animated project
Krafton, Inc., the company behind the hugely successfully PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has announced that it is teaming with producer Adi Shankar for an upcoming animated project based upon the hit online battle royale game. “As a player, I’ve been crushing the competition in the Battlegrounds since PUBG released in 2017,” said Shankar, whose credits include Netflix’s acclaimed Castlevania […]
Adi Shankar developing Hyper Light Drifter TV adaptation
Castlevania producer Adi Shankar is teaming with creator Alx Preston for a television adaptation of the latter’s frenetic 2D action RPG video game Hyper Light Drifter, with the search currently underway for writers. A homage to classic 8-bit and 16-bit games, Hyper Light Drifter follows a Drifter, a collector of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies and […]
Castlevania producer Adi Shankar developing Devil May Cry series
Last month, Adi Shankar – producer on Netflix’s acclaimed anime series Castlevania – revealed that he was partnering up with an iconic Japanese video game company to adapt one of their video game titles as a TV series. On the back on the tease, The Wrap reported that the project in question was an adaptation […]
Castlevania producer to adapt The Legend of Zelda as TV series
According to The Wrap, Castlevania producer Adi Shankar is set to adapt of another classic Japanese video game franchise, with the trade reporting that he is teaming with Nintendo for a TV series based upon on The Legend of Zelda. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, The Legend of Zelda was released in 1986 […]
The Punisher: All of the Different Frank Castles Ranked
Ahead of The Punisher on Netflix, Ben Robins ranks all of the different Frank Castles… In an almost unprecedented act of genius, Marvel’s long lost, secretly loved but consistently butchered anti-hero The Punisher is finally getting his own ultra-violent spin-off series. And with star of just about every crime/drama movie/series in the last few years […]
Brigitte Nielsen joins Adi Shankar’s superhero thriller series Gods and Secrets
Actress Brigitte Nielsen has signed on to play the main villain in Gods and Secrets, a new superhero-themed show from producer Adi Shankar (Castlevania). Nielsen will replace Glee star Mark Salling, who was charged with the possession of child pornography last year and subsequently removed from the project. Speaking to Variety, Shankar revealed that “I […]
Producer Adi Shankar wants to work on “Dark Metroid” series, says Castlevania Season 2 “will blow season 1 out of the water”
Adi Shankar is quickly becoming a hero in the eyes of gamers. The first season of Shankar’s Castlevania series has hit Netflix to mostly positive reviews, and he has also recently announced an animated take on Assassin’s Creed. Now, Castlevania has already been given the green-light for another season, and things seem to be moving […]
Castlevania’s Adi Shankar developing Assassin’s Creed anime series
Adi Shankar, producer of the upcoming Castlevania animated series at Netflix, has taken to Facebook to reveal that he’s dipping into the world of video games once again for his next project – an anime based upon the hit franchise Assassin’s Creed. “I’m happy to let you guys know that I’ve selected my next project,” […]
