Netflix Animation has had some hard weeks as tasks in improvement were culled. We’ve visible over 1/2 of a dozen animation tasks canned and any other we are able to now upload to the listing is Kung-Fu Space Punch which comes from Maya and the Three creator, Jorge R. Gutierrez.
First introduced all of the manner lower back at Annecy Festival in 2017, Kung Fu Space Punch become firstly predicted as an lively film that become defined as a “colourful lively sci-fi extravaganza”. Annecy, for folks that don’t recognize, is an animation competition that takes vicinity in France. According to Variety, competition-goers were given to look a work-in-development presentation of the challenge.
The plot, on the time, revolved round Johnny Holliday who is “an American Kung Fu cowboy man in area who falls in love with Ramona Sanchez, a hot-headed formative years rival became hardcore Mexican cop, whilst combating the mythical villain Kathulo for the destiny of the galaxy.”
Since that presentation, matters had long gone darkish at the challenge with Jorge signing an universal cope with Netflix in 2020 and that specialize in different tasks along with Netflix’s restrained collection, Maya and the Three wherein he served as writer, voice actor, and director.
Now we recognize that the challenge become in early improvement at Netflix and designed to be a Maya and the Three sequel that become set withinside the future.
Gutierrez defined the challenge as follows:
” This model of Space Punch might were similar to Maya And The Three, an authentic epic 270min (in nine chapters) restrained collection with a wholesome budget. With the manner streaming is presently going it makes experience to me why that is one of these risk. I’m simply grateful it had any other shot. This Netflix model become an motion packed love tale with the reincarnations of Maya and Zatz as an outlaw and area sheriff. For absolutely everyone who noticed the Annecy presentation this become that instances 100!”
Now we recognize, but that the challenge isn’t always shifting ahead at Netflix. The declaration got here out on Twitter on May twenty seventh along preliminary plans for the challenge.
In a follow-up Tweet, Gutierrez said that the challenge may want to finally move some place else saying:
“It’s now no longer useless DEAD. Just now no longer shifting ahead at Netflix Animation. This method I must set it up a one-of-a-kind studio to make it which of path is my plan. I adore this concept and it’ll get made. The Book of Life took 14 years to happen. I’m a affected person hombre :)”
Other canceled Netflix Original animation tasks (that we recognize about) include:
Anti Racist Baby
Bone
Boons and Curses
Dino Daycare
Pearl
The Twits
Toil and Trouble
Wings of Fire
Despite the information of Kung Fu Space Punch being canceled, the creator’s lively Netflix characteristic film, I, Chihuahua, continues to be believed to be shifting ahead with Gabriel Iglesias attached. That challenge become first introduced simply more than one months in the past in March 2022.