
“The IP of the game is unbelievable and it did set up some relationships,” Wesson explained at the time, “but we’ve taken it into another place that is really about the two brothers. Netflix first teased The Cuphead Show! at the 2020 Annecy Animation Festival, where Segurson, producer Dave Wasson (Mickey Mouse Shorts), and art director Andrea Fernandez explained how they found their way into adapting the game. The tease gives fans their first look at how director Cosmo Segurson ( Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling) and his animation team translated StudioMDHR’s retro gameplay for the small screen, and (re)introduces King Dice, voiced by Wayne Brady. The two get up to all kinds of wild antics including crossing paths with the fiendish gambler and the villain of the original game, The Devil himself.

Netflix debuted a first look for the The Cuphead Show! on Friday during its Geeked Week presentation, promising more of the 1950s style that made the video game so great.Īs veteran Cuphead players might expect, The Cuphead Show! will follow the adventures of Cuphead and his sidekick Mugman.

A video game based on fake cartoons now has its own real cartoon series.
