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\nWarner Bros. Animation, hugely active this year at Annecy, unveiled Friday at Annecy a new \u201cDark Shadows\u201d animated series,\u00a0 confirming the studio\u2019s push in adult animation into other genres beyond adult comedy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tReimagining the 1960s cult TV series, the show is in very early development stages, with Lisa Holdsworth, creator of Channel 4\u2019s \u201cDreamers\u201d and a writer on Sky\u2019s \u201cDiscovery of Witches\u201d and BBC\u2019s \u201cCall the Midwife,\u201d set as executive producer and showrunner. Cathy Curtis, Tracy Curtis, Eric Homan, Kevin Kolde and Fred Seibert serve as executive producers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe announcement was made Friday at a WBA adult animation showcase at Annecy\u2019s Mifa Market hosted by Shaleen Desai, senior VP, creative affairs, and Peter Girardi, executive VP, alternative programming at Warner Bros. Animation.<\/p>\n

\n\tBowing 1967, the supernatural family saga gained a huge teen following after the introduction of family member Barnabas Collins, a vampire played by Jonathan Frid, becoming ABC\u2019s\u00a0 highest-rating daytime series and spawning multiple spin-offs including a Tom Burton\u2019s 2012 movie starring Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new version is in development. It still remains to be seen what way Warner Bros. Animation will take the new series.\u00a0WBA used the adult animation session to add more granularity to some of its \u2013 and indeed Annecy\u2019s \u2013 biggest announcements made this week at the French animation festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThese took in a series development greenlight on \u201cAbsolute Batman,\u201d adapting the popular comic book, and a\u00a0 series greenlight on DC\u2019s first anime series \u201cJoker: Laugh Riot\u201d \u2013 plus series development on \u201cKrypto,\u201d enrolling some of DC\u2019s biggest super heroes and super villains across, as WPA noted, a wide range of styles, tones and stories for audiences of every age.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnnounced Wednesday at Annecy, these major plays for Warner Bros. Animation and DC, followed on the world premiere of \u201cBatman: Knightfall,\u201d the first instalement of a planned animated feature trilogy.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the biggest comic book events of the 1990s, starring Anson Mount and Michael Mando and unveiling a Robin we\u2019ve barely seen in film before, it played to thunderous applause at Annecy on Tuesday Variety<\/em> noted.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAt its Friday adult animation showcase, Warner Bros. Animation and Hanna-Barbera studios also revealed first images of the Gerry Anderson-inspired puppet TV series \u201cHit Squad,\u201d with extensive footage shown to an enthusiastic crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re truly happy to bring this brand new series, written by Gerry Anderson in the late 1970s, to the screen,\u201d said Giraldi. \u201dWith upgrades on the puppetry, and a blend of CG and practical effects, \u2018Hit Squad\u2019 blends action with dark humor, brought forth by both Hanna-Barbera Europe and Warner Bros. Animation teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCircling back to their new Adult Swim family show \u201cKeeping Up With the Joneses,\u201d the WBA duo described the upcoming series as part of \u201can emphasis on original stories, with character-based comedy bringing the \u2018family comedy show\u2019 genre to our long-time partners and friends at Adult Swim.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the fastest growing divisions at Warner Bros. Animation with titles such as \u201cHarley Quinn,\u201d \u201dKiteman\u201d and more, adult animation teams has been pushing the boundaries of both WBA and DC Studios legacy IPs while opening up to new animated narratives. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a house style,\u201d added Girardi. \u201cInstead, we let the show dictate that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTo prove the point, the duo shared previously revealed early development images of the upcoming \u201cAbsolute Batman\u201d series, which got the Bonlieu on its feet during Wednesday\u2019s DC Studios showcase.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAn even truer testament to this approach is definitely \u201cGet Jiro,\u201d a project seven years in the making which has been one of Annecy\u2019s most-awaited projects for a long time. Following up on its 2025 work-in-progress session, the duo treated attendees on Friday at the Voli\u00e8re, Mifa\u2019s biggest venue, with a screening of the series\u2019 first episode, unveiling the post-apocalyptic setting of this cuisine-revenge driven half-hour show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAnimation fans were in for a very tasty treat, as the episode introduced villains and set the tone for the brutal show adapted from the best-selling Vertigo series by the late Anthony Bourdain, co-created with Joel Rose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nJohn Hopewell contributed to this article.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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