To tell the adventures of lawyer Kate Walker in a new format, the French publisher has entered into an agreement with the French production company What The Prod, which is working on the next film by Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist) on the life of Marcel Pagnol. Kate Walker, Oscar, the Youkols and everything that characterizes Kate Walker’s journey since the beginning of her adventures in 2002 will therefore come to life in a new way in the hope of reaching a wider audience. The announcement obviously has a particular flavor two years after the death of the author Benoît Sokal, the main architect of the imagination of this saga sprinkled with steampunk in which the protagonist travels from Western Europe to the borders of Eastern Russia. . As responsible for the creative heritage of the author, Martine Sokal and her children, Hugo and Jules, approved the start of this project.
” 20 years after the publication of the first opus of Syberia, our ambition is to create an animated series adapted from the universe of the game, intended for fans as much as for the uninitiated, by bringing to it a new and enriched writing worthy of the great series. dystopian or uchronic fiction. The artistic direction, the style and the quality of the animation will offer the spectator an experience located on the borders of reality and fantasy. », comments CEO Ashargin Poiré, son of director Jean-Marie and grandson of producer Alain. Microids and What the Prod promise to work closely together to ensure that the adaptation lives up to expectations, especially among young adults. The press release quotes Arcane as an example of a successful series that appealed to everyone and not just the fans of the game from which it is taken. No information on the team in charge of the project is yet known.
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