Skylanders Academy From Activision Blizzard Studios Now Streaming
October 28 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The Netflix Original Series Stars Jonathan
Banks, Parker Posey, Norm Macdonald, Ashley Tisdale, Justin Long
and Features an Exclusive Song Produced by GRAMMY®
Award Winner Timbaland
Activision Blizzard, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: ATVI) highly anticipated
animated series Skylanders Academy makes its debut today on
Netflix. Based on Activision Blizzard’s Skylanders video game
franchise, Skylanders Academy follows the heroic adventures of
Spyro, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz as they travel
the vast Skylands universe, protecting it from evil-doers.
Skylanders Academy is the first project from Activision Blizzard
Studios.
“‘We are so excited to bring Skylanders to families in a new,
fun and exciting way,” said Activision Blizzard Studios
Co-President Stacey Sher. “High-quality writing, incredibly
talented actors and beautiful animation make Skylanders Academy an
epic adventure for the whole family.”
“With a huge and engaged global fan base, the $3 billion
Skylanders franchise was a natural fit for our first project,” said
studio Co-President Nick van Dyk. “Partnering with Netflix means
huge new audiences can meet the Skylanders, while giving millions
of fans worldwide even more of the characters they love.”
In Skylanders Academy, as darkness begins to threaten peace in
the Skylands, Master Eon is forced to assemble a ragtag group of
heroes to protect the universe from evil-doers Kaos and the Doom
Raiders. Using their unique blend of personalities and super
powers, Spyro and his fellow Skylanders are called upon to set
aside egos as they come together to maintain harmony and balance in
the land.
Created by Toys For Bob, the Skylanders franchise has sold
through more than 250 million toys since pioneering the
toys-to-life category in 2011. Earlier this month Activision
revealed the Skylanders Imaginators video game, which gives kids
the power to create their very own Skylanders and bring them to
life for the first time.
Season 1 of Skylanders Academy runs for 13 episodes and Season 2
will debut on Netflix in late 2017. Led by showrunner Eric Rogers
(Futurama), the series features the voices of Justin Long
(DodgeBall) as Spyro; Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical) as
Stealth Elf; Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad) as Eruptor; and Norm
Macdonald (Saturday Night Live) as Glumshanks. Additional voice
talent includes Susan Sarandon, Daniel Wu, Bobcat Goldthwait, The
Diamond Minecart, Parker Posey, James Hetfield, Catherine O’Hara,
Chris Diamantopoulos and Harland Williams, among others. The series
features the exclusive song “Harmony” (The Skylanders Academy
Theme) produced and performed by GRAMMY® Award winner Timbaland,
featuring Dalton Diehl. Skylanders Academy is the first Netflix
original series to be inspired by a video game franchise.
Sher and van Dyk are joined by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby
Kotick and Sander Schwartz, the Emmy® award-winning producer of
animated hits including “The Batman” and “The Aquabats! Super
Show!” as the show’s executive producers. Skylanders Academy is
animated by the internationally acclaimed TeamTO studio in
France.
Activision Blizzard Studios launched last year to create
original content based on the company's extensive library of iconic
and globally-recognized intellectual properties, which includes
some of the most popular entertainment franchises in the world.
About Activision
Blizzard
Activision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is the
world's most successful standalone interactive entertainment
company. We delight nearly 500 million monthly active users around
the world through franchises including Activision's Call of
Duty®, Destiny and Skylanders®, Blizzard
Entertainment's World of Warcraft®,
StarCraft®, Diablo®, Hearthstone®: Heroes of
Warcraft™ and Overwatch®, and King's Candy
Crush™, Pet Rescue™ and Farm Heroes™. The company is one
of the Fortune "100 Best Companies To Work For®." Headquartered
in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard has
operations throughout the world, and its games are played in 196
countries. More information about Activision Blizzard and
its products can be found on the company's
website, www.activisionblizzard.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements:
Information in this press release that involves Activision Blizzard
and Activision Blizzard Studios’ expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, including statements about the
expected release date of Skylanders Academy, are forward-looking
statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Blizzard and
Activision Blizzard Studios’ actual future results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and
other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision
Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any
subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking
statements in this release are based upon information available to
Activision Blizzard and Activision Blizzard Studios as of the date
of this release, and neither Activision Blizzard nor Activision
Blizzard Studios assumes any obligation to update any such
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to
be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These
statements are not guarantees of the future performance of
Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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