Paramount revealed the most recent series primarily based on a online game: ARK: The Animated Series, primarily based on the survival recreation ARK: Survival Evolved. The series has additionally launched on Paramount+, with the primary six episodes — the primary half of the season —accessible to stream solely on the platform within the U.S. and Canada. It rolls out globally on April 19, with the seven episodes comprising the second half of the season launching at an unspecified later date.
ARK: The Animated Series follows the adventures of a 21-century paleontologist who’s mysteriously resurrected on an island the place dinosaurs and different beasties roam. She should survive (as I’m certain ARK gamers know) and ally with different people to find the reality of how she got here to be there.
The series includes a solid that features Michelle Yeoh, Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler, David Tennant, Jeffrey Wright, Elliot Web page, Madeleine Madden and Vin Diesel. Crowe, Butler and Diesel additionally function govt producers.
The primary trailer for the animated series dropped in early 2023. It’s supposedly going to increase the lore of the franchise forward of the launch of Ark 2, which at present has a launch window of “late 2024.”