Amazon Studios Orders Animated Series Adaptation of the Comic Book WYTCHES
Amazon Studios is producing an animated adaptation of the Scott Snyder and Jock-created comic book series Wytches. I’ve never read this comic, but I am familiar with it, and it has the potential to make for a great show! I enjoy these types of stories!
The series will tell the story of “17-year-old Sailor Rooks, whose family moves to a remote New England town after a tragic accident, only to discover that a burrow of monsters—ancient creatures that prey on our darkest fears and desires—lurks beneath the town.
Snyder and Jock will both serve as executive producers on the project along with Plan B Entertainment, Project 51 Productions’ Kevin Kolde, and Amazon Studios.
Melissa Wolfe, head of animation for Amazon Studios said in a statement: “Driven by the pairing of Scott and Jock along with our partners at Plan B and Project 51 Productions, Wytches fuses nail biting horror and evocative drama while unearthing the dark lore surrounding an ancient burrow of witches. Given the haunting and intimate nature of Scott and Jock’s well regarded comic series, we are looking forward to delivering their creative vision to our global audience and expanding our growing roster of animated series.”
Snyder said: “Wytches is possibly my most personal work. It’s all about the monsters that dwell beneath the surface of things, both literally and figuratively. I’ve been intimately involved with this animated series from the start, and I can honestly say that I love this show as much as the book, if not more. The animation brings the incredible art by Jock to life, and the episodic format expands the world of ‘Wytches,’ taking the characters and mythology to terrifying new places. Jock and I are deeply grateful to Plan B Entertainment, Kevin Kolde, and Amazon Studios for believing in Wytches and giving us a chance to make this show dark, personal, twisted, and very special.”
Wytches was originally published by Image Comics. It ran for six issues released between October 2014 and March 2015. Are you excited to learn that this comic is being adapted? Do you think it will make for a good series?
Source: Variety