Netflix has given a green light to The Liberator, a four-part animated World War II drama series based on Alex Kershaw's book The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey and written by Jeb Stuart (Die Hard, The Fugitive). Deadline reported that this "will be the first project produced in Trioscope, a new enhanced hybrid animation technology that combines state-of-the-art CGI with live-action performance. It allows creators to tell a visually compelling story with rich detail in a way that conveys the human emotion and drama of the serious subject matter."
Grzegorz Jonkajtys (Sin City, Pan's Labyrinth, The Revenant), who developed the Trioscope technology with School of Humans' L.C. Crowley, will direct all four episodes. The series, originally developed for A+E Studios' sibling History, is being produced for Netflix by A+E Studios and Unique Features in partnership with animation studio School of Humans.
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The CW network has put in development The Progeny, based on Tosca Lee's bestselling book, from writer Chris Roberts (Orphan Black), Edward Burns's Marlboro Road Gang Productions, Radar Pictures and CBS TV Studios, Deadline reported.