‘Minecraft’ Animated Series Set At Netflix With New Characters

Netflix is developing a new animated series based on the hugely popular Minecraft sandbox game. Few details are known, but according to Netflix, the series “will feature an original story with new characters that shows the Minecraft world in a new light.”

In Minecraft, players explore a blocky, pixelated, procedurally generated, three-dimensional world with virtually infinite terrain. Players can discover and extract raw materials, craft tools and items, and build structures, earthworks, and machines. Depending on game mode, players can fight hostile mobs, as well as cooperate with or compete against other players in the same world.

Netflix will co-produce the CG-animated series with Mojang Studios, the Swedish developer of the game.

Canadian animation studio WildBrain will handle animation.

Here’s Netflix’s official announcement: