The company taps UE5 technology for its first animated film, which is based on its popular video game ‘Mutant: Year Zero Road to Eden;’ the story follows an unlikely team of animal mutants as they navigate a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of answers.
Heroic Signatures announced the start of production on its first animated feature film, Mutant: Year Zero, which is based on its tactical adventure video game Mutant: Year Zero Road to Eden (2018). The movie follows an unlikely team of animal mutants as they navigate a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of answers.
Dolph Lundgren (Expend4bles, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) and Ian McElhinney (The Outlaws, Game of Thrones) will lend their voices to the feature. More voice talent announcements are coming.
The film’s producers are using Unreal Engine 5, an innovative approach to video game IP adaptation. The team will introduce all-new animation assets that expand the storyline of Mutant: Year Zero Road to Eden, also developed with Unreal technology, while revitalizing original assets for a cinematic experience.
Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull (The Dark Knight, Hellboy2), directs and produces. In addition, Heroic Signatures president Fred Malmberg and Pathfinder founding partner Mark Wheeler serve as producers. Project development is a collaboration with HaZimation and Northern Ireland Screen, the national screen agency for Northern Ireland. Additional film creatives include Paula Crickard, producer (Expend4bles, Memory, My House), and music composer Edward White (Gears of War, Transformers: Reactivate).
“We cannot wait for fans to get a glimpse at what we have been working on to bring Mutant: Year Zero to life as an animated feature film,” said Malmberg. “Our goal at Heroic is to constantly challenge ourselves to create fresh, expanded experiences across different media based on our adventurous characters and stories for both existing fans and new ones.”
The Mutant: Year Zero, set in a post-apocalyptic world, follows an unlikely team of animal mutants, led by a witty duck and a gruff boar, as they set out on a dangerous mission to reclaim an essential generator stolen from their sanctuary, the Ark. Together, the group of scavengers uncover a deeper truth behind the Ark’s divisions, confront the oppressive regime of the Elder, and discover the secrets that could reshape their dystopian existence.
The video game Mutant: Year Zero Road to Eden exists within the Mutant franchise, which originated as the “Mutant” tabletop role-playing game in the late 1980s and has grown to include additions to the core tabletop game, a miniatures game, and a series of novels.
Source: Heroic Signatures
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
