Norse gods and mortals conflict in all their bloody glory in Zack Snyder’s 2D grownup animated collection, “Twilight of the Gods,” premiering on Netflix September 19. The streamer has launched a pink band teaser trailer that revels deliciously in the entire graphic gore.
The hardcore action-adventure, which appears to be like like a cross between “300” and Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers” on acid, is ready towards a love story between badass warrior Sigrid (Sylvia Hoeks) and mortal king Leif (Stuart Martin), whom she saves on the battlefield. Nonetheless, their wedding ceremony day is tragically destroyed by Thor (Pilou Asbæk), inflicting Sigrid to go on a vengeful rampage.
The collection (from The Stone Quarry and Xilam Animation) is co-created by Snyder, Jay Oliva, and Eric Carrasco, with Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, and Oliva govt producing. Snyder, Oliva, Tim Divar, Andrew Tamandl, and David Hartman direct the eight episodes.
The voice forged additionally contains Rahul Kohli as Egill, Paterson Joseph as Loki, Jamie Clayton as The Seid-Kona, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Hervor, Kristofer Hivju as Andvari, Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Thyra, John Noble as Odin, and Peter Stormare as Ulfr.
Snyder advised IndieWire that it was enjoyable making an R-rated animated collection throughout such an enormous panorama and that he was most intrigued by the connection between Sigrid and Leif, which took him a yr to develop. “It goes from icy cold to emotional, and her vengeance really tests their love,” he mentioned. Snyder additionally revealed that they initially thought of 3D animation, however 2D supplied larger graphic prospects and performed to the power of Xilam. “But the artists were working on so many different styles that it took time to make it [blend] together.”
