The Wings Of Fire show is coming out on Netflix.
https://deadline.com/2021/04/ava-duvernays-wings-of-fire-animated-series-netflix-1234740066/
I'm surprised to read that it'll be a ten, 40-minute episode series. It's a stretch, but wonder if Invincible had a hand in some studios being more comfortable with longer animated episodes, at the sacrifice of shorter seasons?
I'm also surprised that this is going to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation, as I figured they would try and get all of their productions on HBO Max no matter what.
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Maybe the show was in production before HBO Max came out and could only come out on whatever service it was originally greenlit for. To give an example, the 2020 Animaniacs would've most definitely been on HBO Max, but I would assume the original series doing well on Hulu when the new series was in production is what caused it to go there. I'm just guessing though.
Plus, there's Green Eggs and Ham (2019) on Netflix, and that's also from Warner Brothers.
Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Apr 20th 2021 at 10:52:28 AM
Hm. Do we think this season might adapt the entire first arc (So books one through five.)? I feel like there's enough time to do so. The books are pretty fast paced for the most part so I think two episodes per book makes sense provided they don't stretch things out.
Edited by Chariot on Apr 20th 2021 at 4:06:49 AM
Lila Martinez's Linked In profile said how she worked on the show as a storyboard artist. She's worked as a storyboard artist on projects like The Simpsons and American Dad. While her material hasn't come out yet, she's also worked on Harley Quinn, The Chicken Squad, Batwheels, and Firebuds.
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lilamartinez
Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Nov 23rd 2021 at 3:53:46 AM
Some good news from Variety: Amazon is developing a new animated series based off the books:
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/wings-of-fire-animated-series-amazon-netflix-1235919326/

https://deadline.com/2020/03/ava-duvernay-wings-of-fire-books-adaptation-warner-bros-tui-t-sutherland-1202875630/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Ava Duvernay is developing a series based on the Wings Of Fire books. She and Tui T. Sutherland (who worked on the books) will be executive producers alongside Sam Register, Dan Milano (co-creator of Glitch Techs), Justin Ridge, and Christa Starr.
"If you haven’t read any of the Wings of Fire series, the multi-continental books initially focus on the differing PO Vs of a group of five young dragons who are prophesized to end a decades long war that has decimated the fictional lands of Pyrrhia and Pantala."
Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Apr 20th 2021 at 9:03:04 AM