Tomb Raider, Skull Island Anime Series Coming to Netflix

Netflix is collaborating with Legendary Entertainment to develop anime series for Kong: Skull Island and Tomb Raider. According to Deadline, both of these projects are in early stages of development.

The most iconic heroine in video games is jumping to animation! Tomb Raider is a new anime series from @Legendary following Lara Croft after the events of the video-game reboot trilogy.

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) January 27, 2021

A shipwrecked crew, an island of monsters, and one king to rule them all. Skull Island is a new anime series set in @Legendary’s Monsterverse from @PowerhouseAnim.

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) January 27, 2021

The Skull Island anime series follows a shipwrecked crew on an island, who encounter various monsters and Kong himself. Brian Duffield will be writing and producing the anime series. Penthouse Animation, the studio behind Blood of Zeus and Castlevania, will be working on Skull Island. Meanwhile, the Tomb Raider anime follows Lara Croft after the events of Crystal Dynamics reboot trilogy. The Witcher: Blood Origin’s Tasha Huo will executive produce alongside Dmitri M. Johnson, Stephan Bugaj, Jacob Robinson, and Howard Bliss.

Details regarding the cast, directors, and premiere date of Skull Island and Tomb Raider anime series aren’t announced yet.