Netflix has ordered World War II drama series The Liberator, which tells the riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the second World War: the battlefield odyssey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe.
Based on the book The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey by Alex Kershaw, the series was created by Jeb Stuart (Die Hard, The Fugitive).
The combat drama will follow Sparks and the one-fifty-seventh Infantry Regiment from Oklahoma, a National Guard unit comprised primarily of cowboys, Native Americans and Mexican-Americans from the Invasion of Italy to the liberation of the concentration camp of Dachau.
The four-part series will be the first ever produced in Trioscope Enhanced Hybrid Animation, developed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys.
The series is being produced for Netflix by A+E Studios and Unique Features in partnership with Atlanta-based animation studio School of Humans. The Unique Features executive producers are Bob Shaye, Michael Lynne and Sarah Victor. The School of Humans executive producers are L.C. Crowley, Grzegorz Jonkajtys, Brandon Barr, and Mark Apen. Grzegorz Jonkajtys will also serve as director for all four episodes.
Jeb Stuart is creator, writer and will executive produce through his Real Folk Productions. Barry Jossen serves as executive producer for A+E Studios while Alex Kershaw serves as co-producer.
