Hamish Steele’s ‘DeadEndia’ series & cast info unveiled
Eisner-award-winning animator, writer and comics artist Hamish Steele‘s DeadEndia has been adapted into a new 2D animated series and is set to premiere internationally on Netflix in 2021. The series is being made by London-based, BAFTA-nominated development and production studio Blink Industries and follows the adventures of “Barney, Norma and magical-talking-dog Pugsley, as they balance their summer jobs at the local theme park haunted house while battling the totally real supernatural forces that dwell within it. Together with their guide to the underworld multiplane, a sardonic thousand-year-old demon named Courtney, they’ll face zombie mascots, demonic game show hosts, sleep-sucking witches and the scariest thing of all: their first crushes!”
DeadEndia is about terrifying demons, vengeful ghosts and mysterious magic. It is also about coming of age in a world that wasn’t made for you. It’s a drama about found family, identity and making mistakes. And of course it’s a laugh out loud comedy! I’ve always dreamed of making the show I needed as a lonely, horror-obsessed closeted gay kid and thanks to Netflix and our ridiculously talented, diverse and representative writers room and crew, we have shot way past my dreams and into wildest fantasy territory!
-Hamish Steele
The graphic novel series has received critical acclaim for its handling and depiction of young adults across a broad spectrum of identities, such as transgender teenager Barney (played by Zach Barack) and the neurodiverse Norma (Kody Kavitha). Other announced cast members include Emily Osment as Courtney, Alex Brightman as Pugsley, Clinton Leupp (a.k.a. Miss Coco Peru) as Pauline Phoenix, Kenny Tran as Logs and Kathreen Khavari as Badyah.
DeadEndia will premiere globally on Netflix in 2021. Find Hamish Steele online at hamishsteele.co.uk and see more of the work of Blink Industries at blinkindustries.tv