UK-based animation studio Farside Features has partnered with Strange Matter Media Ltd to develop and produce a slate of animated series for the adult market. Their first project is Blood of Camelot, a dark fantasy that re-imagines King Arthur as a vampire despot ruling over a blighted realm.
With work on the pilot underway, the team is looking to place the series with a network during 2022.
“We’re incredibly excited to be developing Blood of Camelot with Strange Matter Media. This is a dream project for us, as myself and many here grew up on a strict diet of anime and comic books. Since starting out in animation, it’s been my goal to push the industry here in the UK and start focusing on more adult animated content. Blood of Camelot is such an exciting project for Farside Features, our very own animated series built from the ground up which is already shaping into something amazing,” said Farside Features creative director Dylan Shipley.
“Blood of Camelot combines our mutual love of folklore, mythology and horror. Farside Features are the ideal partner to bring the show’s sweeping action and emotional depth to life, giving familiar characters an unexpected and often brutal twist,” said Strange Matter’s joint CEO and Sunday Times bestselling author George Mann.
“The early visuals are nothing short of extraordinary. The story we’re crafting alongside Dylan and the team at Farside Features is truly epic in scope, while never losing sight of the very human story at the heart of the Arthurian mythos,” said Strange Matter joint CEO and New York Times bestselling author Cavan Scott.
As per the official synopsis of the upcoming work of adult animation, Blood of Camelot sees King Arthur making a terrible choice to protect his kingdom, a decision that splits the knights of the roundtable and corrupts the dream of Camelot. As the realm falls prey to vicious monsters and vampiric knights, only Guinevere and Arthur’s former champion Lancelot can save the king from himself.
