An animated sequence based mostly on Squanch Video games’ High on Life is reportedly in the works with Curb Your Enthusiasm’s J.B. Smoove connected as a producer.
These first particulars on the video-game-to-show adaptation come from Deadline, which says that Smoove will produce the undertaking by way of his Alternate Aspect Productions banner. He starred as Gus in Squanch’s first-person shooter upon its launch in 2022, and though the positioning says there’s a “good likelihood” he’ll play a half in the sequence, he’s not formally joined the forged but.
Along with live-action roles in films like Date Night time and Spider-Man: Far From Residence, Smoove has supplied his voice abilities in tasks like Max’s Harley Quinn, Teen Titans Go!, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012).
Smoove shared a assertion about how High on Life will shoot its shot in animation:
“When Squanch Video games initially reached out to JB Smoove (I like to speak about myself in the third individual) about voicing a character in their unimaginable online game High on Life, my first query was what does my character appear to be? They advised me that I might be a fish that shoots…which makes excellent sense to me! As a Vegan I really feel a fish ought to have the appropriate to defend itself! I imply proper?! And now that I’m partnered with Squanch Video games and Striker Leisure to convey the hilarious High on Life to sequence it feels prefer it was inevitable!”
Smoove continued: “They invited me to affix them in the gaming universe and now I’m serving to them transfer into the TV world! It’s a case of a sport recognizing sport! High on Life is wild, bizarre, and fantastic, and the sequence goes to be that and extra! Get able to chuckle your manner by means of house with some unforgettable characters like myself! We’re locked and loaded and able to go!”
Alternate Aspect is dealing with the chief producer position together with Striker Leisure’s Russell Binder and Mandy Bardisbanian. Squanch can also be concerned in the animated present’s improvement, with the unique sport’s narrative director, Alec Robbins, connected as properly.
High on Life launched for PC and Xbox in late 2022 and arrived on PlayStation consoles July 2023. Story DLC content material, titled High on Knife, then adopted in October. The animated present has no launch date and has not formally confirmed who will be a part of its forged. The sport, nevertheless, is understood for its checklist of expertise, which incorporates notable appearances from stars like Tim Robinson, Michael Cusack, Mike Stoklasa, Zach Hadel, Tom Kenny, Nolan North, and extra.
High On Life started as a online game two years in the past, and in our 8/10 overview, we defined why we beloved the “laugh-out-loud humorous” story it needed to inform. Although its journey into animation will mark a main change from its humble begin in video games, it’s not fairly the primary time the sequence has explored different mediums. Robbins helped convey the franchise to comics, too, and you may study extra about its off-shoot tales right here.
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