With the Game Developers Conference underway this week, Paramount+ has launched a surprise streaming premiere for ARK: The Animated Series. Based on the adventure video game ARK: Survival Evolved from Studio Wildcard, the first six episodes of the PG-rated Paramount Original are now available on the platform in the U.S. and Canada. International Paramount+ markets will follow on April 19, with the seven-part second half to come.
Featuring the voices of Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Oscar winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Gerard Butler (How to Train Your Dragon films), David Tennant (DuckTales), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy), Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time) and Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious films), the 2D animated series presents “a sweeping saga spanning eons of human history.”
Synopsis: When 21st century paleontologist Helena Walker (Madeleine Madden) finds herself resurrected on a mysterious primeval island populated by prehistoric beasts, she must learn to survive with new allies from throughout time, while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.
ARK: The Animated Series is produced by Lost Continent Entertainment and Lex + Otis for Paramount+. Executive producers are Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak; Marc Diana, Doug Kennedy, Jay Oliva, James Baldanzi, Vin Diesel and Samantha Vincent for ONE Race Films; Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel for G-Base Entertainment; and Russell Crowe. Stieglitz, Oliva, David Hartman and Sebastian Montes serve as directors. The series is co-written by Marguerite Bennett and Kendall Deacon Davis.
[H/T Deadline]
