Netflix Collars New Interactive Special ‘We Lost Our Human’

Netflix has announced a new 2D-animated interactive comedy-adventure special, We Lost Our Human, created by Rikke Asbjoern and Chris Garbutt (creators of Pinky Malinky).

Audiences will choose to experience the story from the perspective of a self-involved cat (Pud, voiced by Sonic the Hedgehog‘s Ben Schwartz) or a loving, hyperactive dog (Ham, voiced by Big Mouth newcomer Ayo Edebiri), who wake up one day to find that their human and ALL humans have disappeared from Earth! Desperate to find their owner, these two homebound pets venture out into the world for the first time to discover strange mysteries, meet bizarre creatures and maybe — with the audience’s help — save the universe along the way!

The voice cast also includes Adrienne C. Moore, Lauren Tom, Jon Glaser, Henry Rollins, Lucas Grabeel and Matty Cardarople. Asbjoern and Garbutt will serve as creators, executive producers and directors and wrote the screenplay alongside Laura Sreebny and Nick Arciaga.

“Creating a huge interactive project has been an exciting challenge and gave us a unique chance to approach Pud and Ham’s story outside of a traditional format,” said the creator duo. “We got to explore their many parallel and interwoven paths, which resulted in our story room becoming a complex web of post-it notes, push pins and string. Quite a dizzying sight for anyone witnessing one of our story pitches!”

Curtis Lelash, Director of Original Animation for Netflix, added, “We Lost Our Human combines the very best of animation, comedy and interactivity, expanding the possibilities of how stories are told today. We can’t wait for audiences of all ages to take this hilarious journey with Pud and Ham, because their fate rests in the audiences hands … literally.”