Skylanders: an animated TV series is in the works

With hundreds of million of toys sold since its launch, the Skylanders series has definitely been one of the most successful franchises for Activision. And it looks like the publisher wants to go even further and make Skylanders a true cross-media franchise. Yesterday, it announced the creation of Activision Blizzard Studios, a film and television studio devoted to making contents based on Activision’s IP.

And the first production of Activision Blizzard Studios is an animated TV series of Skylanders, called Skylanders Academy. Here’s some of the people working on the show:

• Eric Rogers (“Futurama”): supervisor
• Justin Long (“Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Ask Me Anything”): voice actor for Spyro
• Ashley Tisdale (“Phineas and Ferb,” “High School Musical”): voice actress for Stealth Elf
• Jonathan Banks (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”): voice actor for Eruptor
• Norm Macdonald (“Saturday Night Live”): voice actor for Glumshanks
• Harland Williams: voice actor
• Richard Horvitz: voice actor

Acitivision is also planning to create a “robust cinematic universe” based on the Call of Duty series.

Source: Activision PR