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Rumour: Animated Overwatch and Diablo TV adaptations are in the worksToss a coin to your Reinhardt.
Toss a coin to your Reinhardt.
We all done tossing coins at mutant sellswords yet? Word on the street is there’s anOverwatchanimated series andDiabloanime in the pipeline over at ActiBlizzion HQ. Look, there’s a rumour about a game series floating about every other month (what’s up, Halo?), so take all this with a pinch of salt. But if this one’s true? Then yeah, I can see those franchises working on the telly.
‘Course, I also liked the Warcraft movie, so what the hell do I know?
The rumour stems from theLinkedIn pageof Activision Blizzard film and television division president Nick van Dyk (viaGamespot). Importantly, van Dyk’s listing may hold water. His job description cites his work on the Skylanders Academy Netflix series (which definitely exists) alongside mentions of Diablo andOverwatchadaptations (which are as-yet unconfirmed).
There’s less to go on for the animated Overwatch series, however. Van Dyk simply notes that he “developed and sold” an adaptation alongside an unnamed creative partner. It does feel more ripe for a cartoon, mind. Blizzard have been putting out Pixar-quality shorts since day 1, hitting a particularly “Marvel flick” tone of superhero banter. Would I, personally, watch it? Almost certainly not.
Diablo, on the other hand, could be anything. The seminal dungeon crawler has its moments of high-concept lore shenanigans, but it’s always really been about the nitty-gritty of ploughing axes into demon skulls. It might end up like Castlevania, a Netflix anime folk tell me is quite good. I’d rather see something more low-key myself, wordlessly following a party of travellers as they descend the underworld, fussing over every sword popping out of a skeleton’s ribcage.
Of course, van Dyk also raises his work developing the Call of Duty “cinematic and television universe”. However, just this weekend director Stefano Sollima - who was on track to direct the first Call of Duty movie - toldItalian website Badtastethat the project is currently on hold.
Even if we assume Overwatch and Diablo shows are in the pipeline, there’s no guarantee they’d hit the small screen anytime soon.
