The Roller Derby Comic SLAM! is Being Adapted as an Animated Series For HBO Max
HBO Max is developing an animated series that is set in the world of roller derby titled Slam! The series is being adapted from a comic book series of the same name.
WarnerMedia-owned Rooster Teeth Studios, BOOM! Studios and Minnow Mountain are producing the project, which is co-created by Pamela Ribon and Veronica Fish. Ribon and Fish co-created the comic and also co-wrote feature films such as Moana and Ralph Breaks the Internet. Ribon is also adapting her book.
The story for the series is "set in the fast-paced, hard-hitting, super cheeky, all-female world of banked track roller derby, follows two young women who will have to decide if their budding friendship is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line.”
Ribon actually has some personal experience with roller derby, having skated with the LA Derby Dolls for several years. She said in a statement:
“I’m so fortunate to have the coolest, talented-est, Austin-est animation studios in the world partnering to bring Slam! to life as a television series. Billy Wee and the team at HBO Max geeked out just as hard as we did when talking about where this could go in storytelling and animation. That’s when knew we’d found the perfect home. We’re so excited to make this rough and tumble, emotional, honest show about what it means to surrender your life, and your knees, to roller derby.”
Ryan P. Hall, Head of Rooster Teeth Studios added:
“We are beyond thrilled to be working with BOOM! Studios and Minnow Mountain to bring Slam! to life in animation. Pam Ribon is one of the best storytellers in the business and Slam! is a truly inspiring story, so we can’t wait to share this world with the HBO Max audience.”
The series will be brought to life using a combination of rotoscoped and 3D animation with Craig Staggs and Steph Swope’s Minnow Mountain animating. They previously worked on Amazon’s Undone.
Source: Deadline