Video game company Studio Wildcard has released the first trailer for “Ark II”, which highlights the appearances of Vin Diesel (“Fast and Furious”) and Auli’i Cravalho (“Moana”), and has announced the voice cast. main of an animated film series derived from the attraction.
First revealed during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase this Sunday (5/12), the trailer for the survival adventure, set in a world of ravenous dinosaurs, announces the sequel to 2015’s “Ark: Survival Evolved” and features Diesel as the main hero, a Brazilian warrior named Santiago. The original young voice actress of “Moana” plays the character’s daughter, Meeka.
“Ark II” will debut in 2023 and will be created in Unreal Engine 5 with real-time photorealistic lighting technology. In addition to voicing and playing the protagonist, Diesel is also an executive producer on the Xbox game.
The animated series, “Ark: The Animated Series”, will have 14 30-minute episodes and will be released on HBO Max.
Currently in post-production, he will again see Diesel voice his character, as well as a strong cast in other roles, including Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere at Once”), Gerard Butler (“Invasion of the Secret Service”), Russell Crowe (“The Mummy”), Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”), Karl Urban (“The Boys”) and David Tennant (“Good Omens”), among many others.
Created by the masters of the game franchise, Jesse Rapczak and Jeremy Stieglitz, the series is directed by Jay Oliva, who is responsible for several animations for DC Comics, such as “Batman: The Dark Knight” and “Justice League Dark”.
See below for the trailer, a previous video (no voiceovers) with cinematic scenes from the game and the art of the characters from the animated series, which pinpoints the main performers.
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