Robert Rodriguez Reveals There's a FROM DUSK TILL DAWN Animated Series in Development
For those of you who are fans of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s vampire horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn, you might be excited to learn that there’s an animated series in development that’s set in that universe. Rodriguez revealed the news of the project while talking about how his From Dusk till Dawn TV show came about. This is what he told SFX Magazine:
"Over here, I have my own television network [El Rey]. So I had a television network here. And I needed to create programming, so Quentin [Tarantino] and I still control the rights to it. So I went, 'Oh, wow, I'd love to expand the story of Santánico Pandemonium, and the whole Aztec vampire lore for my network.
“And then internationally it was just put out as a Netflix original, I think is probably how you saw it. But here it was an original series for my television network, action television network called El Rey, which is, you know, the place they're trying to get to at the end of Dusk till Dawn so it fits perfectly [laughs]. That was originally why we did it, so we did three seasons of that.
“And now we're looking towards, we're developing an animated Dusk till Dawn. You’re the first person to hear that!"
He went on to explain that this will not be an animated remake of the movie, this series “will follow in the footsteps of the live-action show and further explore the world of Aztec vampires.”
For those of you who don’t remember, the live-action show was based on the 1996 movie. The story followed Bank robber Seth Gecko and his violent brother, Richie. After a robbery went wrong and left several people dead, they find themselves on the run while the FBI and Texas Rangers are in pursuit. As they head for Mexico, the brothers meet the Fuller family heading the same way. They take the family hostage and continue the trip in the Fullers' RV. Chaos breaks out when they stop at a bar to meet the cartel king who offered them shelter. The bar is home to vampires and becomes the scene of another fight.
What are your thoughts on Robert Rodriguez developing a From Dusk Till Down animated series?
Source: GamesRadar