The Xbox video game Grounded is getting developed as an animated series.
Released in 2020, the videogame which was inspired by A Bug’s Life and Honey I Shrunk The Kids, is being adapted by Star Wars: Clone Wars writer Brent Friedman.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Four friends, who the summer before high school, plan “big things” to elevate their social standing, but their plans are upended when they stumble upon shrinking technology that makes them two inches tall. Now the four shrunken friends must learn to survive in a towering backyard that’s a jungle full of enormous predators and hiding a vast corporate conspiracy threatening their entire town.
The series is getting adapted by Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox in association with Waterproof Studios/SC PRoductions, Kinetic Media, and Bardel Entertainment.
The game was released via early access in July 2020 and has had over 10 million players and will be launched wider in September.
Friedman will craft the story with Brien Goodrich, who worked on the Halo videogame attached to direct.
The move comes as the development team will be hosting an in-person booth in the interactive zone at San Diego Comic Con in July. The show will then be taken to Kidscreen and Mipcom later this year.