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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Trollhunters’ Heads to Netflix; ‘Voltron’ Gets Animated!
Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have expanded their film and TV rights agreement, adding a number of original series and the studio’s feature film library in a pact that will bring DWA content to all markets outside of China, Variety reports out of a press release.
Beginning this year, Netflix will launch several new DWA-produced series, including a reimagining of the “Voltron” franchise, and “Trollhunters.”
“Trollhunters,” shepherded by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, “will unleash a new, fantastical world wrapped around two best friends who make a startling discovery beneath their hometown.”
Del Toro came aboard the project back in 2010 and was said to be Cloverfield-esque.
“I wanted very much to develop a story that could be written for kids but dealt with a genre that was scary,” del Toro explained back in 2010. “It essentially combines fairy tales with modern times and is about how difficult it is to be kid. Normally, kids are idealized in animated films. But the growing pains, married with the notion that there is a world right next to us that is completely plagued by creatures of ancient lore, it’s thematically fitting with the rest of my stuff.”
“Voltron,” on the other hand, needs no introduction. The popular 80’s cartoon follows five lion robots and their pilots who defend the planet Arus and the galaxy from evil King Zarkon. Readers 30 years of age or older probably had all of the toys…
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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