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Ubisoft is strengthening its TV offering, with a series and a Netflix movie in the works, the firm announced during its E3 conference.
Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet will be Ubisoft Film and Television’s first live-action comedy series, announced by It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s Rob McElhenney on stage during the Ubisoft E3 show earlier tonight. The series will be available on streaming service Apple TV+ and will depict the daily life of a game development studio.
It’s produced in partnership with Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, 3 Arts Entertainment and Lionsgate Television and also co-created by It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s veteran Megan Ganz. Voice actress Ashly Burch (Horizon Zero Dawn) has also announced on Twitter that she’s done some writing and acting for the upcoming series.
Ubisoft didn’t announce any release date but here’s a first look at the upcoming series:
Ubisoft also announced during its E3 conference that its Tom Clancy’s The Division film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain will be headed to Netflix, which bought the distribution to the film, Variety has confirmed. The Division will be directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2), with Rafe Judkins (Marvel’s Agents of Shield) working on the screenplay.
Ubisoft Film and Television is co-producing the movie alongside 87North Productions, Jessica Chastain’s Freckle Films and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories.
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