Captain Laserhawk Interview: Adi Shankar on His R-Rated Animated Series Featuring Rayman

Netflix recently debuted a brand-new adult animated series, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, after a pretty lengthy wait for fans ready to feast on this “amalgamation” of video games and ‘90s nostalgia. In an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, creator Adi Shankar talks about the ideas behind Ubisoft's Far Cry: Blood Dragon spinoff series and the moves he made with the creatives to bring this universe to the screen.

Captain Laserhawk was first announced back in 2021 when it was confirmed that Shankar would be teaming up with Netflix again after spearheading the Castlevania series. In the new six-episode series, the alternate versions of popular Ubisoft characters will band together in a dystopian techno reality of America—now called Eden—in 1992 to fight the corruption that’s ultimately consumed the nation. Dolph Laserhawk (Nathaniel Curtis) is a super soldier who’s been arrested and placed in Supermaxx, where he’s made the leader of a misfit team of rebels. The series features the vocal talent of Boris Hiestand, Mark Ebulué, Caroline Ford, Shankar himself, and many more.

During their interview, Shankar discusses working with Netflix again and how they’ve supported him creatively since joining forces in 2015. He talks about the many different animation styles used in the series and why they were important to the story, why even the characters fans will see use different animation styles, and if a Season 2 is in the works yet. The creator touches on other projects he has in the works, from his other Netflix video game adaptation, the anime series, Devil May Cry, to a mysterious video game he’s lending his artistic vision to.

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