Netflix plans to roll out a mobile game and TV series from the popular Exploding Kittens card game, a company blog said.
The game will debut on Netflix in May and the adult animated comedy series in 2023.
The series will star Tom Ellis, Abraham Lim, Lucy Liu, Ally Maki and others.
In the animated series, “the eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell reaches epic proportions when both God and the Devil are sent to Earth — in the bodies of chunky house cats.”
Meanwhile, the mobile game will keep the gameplay from the card game – in which players draw cards and try to avoid the titular Exploding Kitten cards, with fans being able to enjoy new cards as well.
There will also be new cards revealed later that are themed around the show.
“The co-development of a game and animated series breaks new ground for Netflix,” said Mike Moon, Netflix head of adult animation. “And we couldn’t think of a better game to build a universe around than Exploding Kittens, one of the most inventive, iconic and original games of this century!”
And Exploding Kittens Chief Creative Officer Matthew Inman, who also made The Oatmeal, said Netflix was the only company that could help to bring the game to life.
“We actually launched Exploding Kittens on Kickstarter as a weekend project, but our community has been the heart and soul of the company over the past six years,” he said. “The new series and game will give our fans new ways to connect and interact with the franchise.”
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PYMNTS wrote that Netflix has also recently added game developer Boss Fight Entertainment to its in-house creative team.
This comes as the platform debuted mobile games months prior. And the move sees Netflix hoping to expand its catalog.
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