PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, popularly known as PUBG, you will have your own animation series from the hand of one of the best-known creators of today in this field, Adi Shankar, one of those responsible for the successful animated adaptation of Castlevania in order to Netflix. This is how they have shared it since PUBG Studios Y Krafton Inc. through a post in his Web page, ensuring that they intend to expand the universe of their popular battle royale beyond their natural environment, the video game.
Bringing the PUBG universe to life
“I am grateful to Krafton for the trust they have placed in me to execute my vision as a filmmaker and I’m excited to embark on this journey together. For me, this animated project represents one more step in the evolution of the repair of the burned bridge between the games industry and Hollywood ”, has expressed himself Shankar by making this new animated project official, in addition to ensuring that it is regular player of the game since its launch in 2017.
“I hope I can reveal to everyone what it’s like to win a chicken dinner,” Shankar concludes. For its part, CH Kim, CEO of Krafton, has been convinced of this new path in the expansion of PUBG beyond the video game format: “This partnership represents a step towards our broader strategy of expanding the PUBG universe in a multimedia franchise. We are excited to work with Shankar in exploring and realizing a world that brings the game to life for our fans. We look forward to sharing more about this animated project in the near future, ”concludes the head of the South Korean company formerly known as Bluehole.
Recall that the PUBG universe has already transcended the video game previously through a real action short film known as Ground Zero, in addition to a series as a documentary titled Mysteries Unknown: Birth of the Battlegrounds.
At the video game level, the franchise continues to move on several fronts, since the cancellation of the version Lite from PUBG to the next arrival of a new version for iOS and Android mobiles known as PUBG: New State.
Source | PUBG Studios
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