The Netflix SVOD platform is no longer just a good way to spend your evenings in front of a good series or a romantic movie. For some time now, Netflix subscribers have also been able to enjoy a catalog of games, destined to grow more and more. Among these new games, one of them will benefit from a series adaptation: Exploding Kittens.
Netflix announces the arrival of the game Exploding Kittens in its catalog
To stand out from other SVOD platforms, Netflix has decided to include a video game service in its subscription. This one is at no extra cost, and is a way to have a good time of entertainment for subscribers. However, it is necessary to have an internet connection or a 4G box to enjoy these services. This novelty should soon make its entry into the catalog of available games. This is the well-known Exploding Kittens license.
This license is a card game that consists of drawing cards until one of the players falls on the explosive kitten. It is a question of avoiding at all costs to draw this card, under penalty of immediate defeat. Other cards have very different attributes and have the function of avoiding drawing the fatal card.
To stand out from the platforms on which the game is already present, namely iOS and Android, the Netflix version will have two exclusive cards: Radar and Flip Flop. These two cards will be used respectively to:
- View the nearest explosive kitten map.
- Shuffle the deck of cards.
Another element will eventually allow the Netflix version of the game to attract new players: the future animated series. The elements and characters of the series will therefore be catapulted into the game, with of course priority to the version of the Netflix store. A question still arises: when will this series be released and which actors will lend their voices to such unique characters?
An Exploding Kittens series arrives for 2023
The Exploding Kittens license will therefore be entitled to its serial adaptation on the most famous SVOD platform in the world. This partnership, if successful, could call for others. According to the official announcement of the SVOD platform, Exploding Kittens is scheduled for release in 2023.
Beware of spoilers : the synopsis has been announced. The plot takes place in the middle of a battle between God and the Devil, who have each incarnated in the body of one of the cats that make up the card game. Behind this far-fetched scenario, hides a desire to offer crazy and quite fresh content. That is all the information we have now. Other news will arrive such as a first trailer, shooting photos in the coming months.
Regarding the casting, some actors have been announced, although the roles have not yet been officially unveiled. Among them, viewers will find headliners, present in other series on Netflix.
Thus, the series around a battle between God and the Devil contains neither more nor less than the actor Tom Ellis, who plays in the series Lucifer and holds the main role. Another very famous actress is present in the cast: Lucy Liu, one of the three funny ladies in the movie Charlie's Angels, as well as O'Ren Ishii (Water Moccasin) in Kill Bill. More recently, you have certainly seen her in the series Elementary, where she plays Doctor Watson in a reinterpretation of Sherlock Holmes.
A roaring cast, a scenario just waiting to be developed and a video game license in full expansion: here is the cocktail offered by Netflix with Exploding Kittens. In addition, to keep the spirit of the original game, Netflix has announced that the creators of the game are also part of the adaptation project. A guarantee of loyalty for viewers, because video game adaptations in film or series often suffer from comparison with their video game version, especially because the writers usually try to apply a recipe already worn out many times to universes yet unique.
