The tribe has spoken – and so they need an animated “Survivor” film that includes animal contestants. Paramount Animation, in partnership with CBS, is growing an animated comedy primarily based on “Survivor,” a long-running CBS sequence, with animator Jeff Probst as govt producer.
The official synopsis reads: “Set on a distant and mystical island, animals from all over the world compete for a once-in-a-lifetime probability to be topped Sole Survivor. »
“I am so excited to group up with Paramount Animation to carry you Survivor such as you’ve by no means seen it earlier than… within the animal kingdom!,” Probst wrote on his Instagram. “It is going to be a complete comedy with animals competing for the prospect to be topped Sole Survivor. Right here we go!!!!”
“Placing it within the animal world provides us a complete new enjoying subject,” Probst mentioned in his video. “It is nonetheless every part we love about ‘Survivor’: massive personalities, humorous characters, stunning alliances, competitors, chaos – and naturally a number of coronary heart – however this time, the gamers aren’t human.”
Jennifer Dodge, who was named president of Paramount Animation in November, oversees the division that just lately introduced Robert Rodriguez’s Christmas film “The Naughty Listing.” Rodriguez has been growing the idea for over a decade, from drawings and tales created with and for his kids. Dodge beforehand served as president of Spin Grasp, producer of “PAW Patrol,” overseeing growth, manufacturing and worldwide distribution.
Paramount Animation’s “PAW Patrol: The Dino Film” comes out August 14.
Hosted by five-time Emmy winner Probst, “Survivor,” from Banijay and Amazon MGM, is at the moment in manufacturing in Fiji for a fall broadcast on CBS. The sequence debuted in 2000 and just lately concluded its fiftieth season with the most-watched finale since 2020. Throughout the reside finale, New Hampshire native Aubry Bracco was topped Sole Survivor of the fiftieth season with a $2 million prize.