An animated Diablo series may soon be coming to Netflix.
Andrew Cosby, founder of Boom! Studios, has tweeted that he’s in final talks with Netflix regarding an animated adaption of the Diablo series. The original tweet has since been deleted, but it stated that Cosby hopes “to the High Heavens” that it “all works out,” which would tend to suggest that the deal is not final at this time.
However, that initial tweet was enough to inspire people to do some digging into the situation. It seems that Cosby has previously spoken about his interest in doing a Diablo series and noted that if he were to do one, it would “DEFINITELY be Rated R.” While there’s no word at this time regarding whether or not he has stuck by his guns and is still insisting that an adaptation of Diablo be R-Rated, we don’t think it’s that much of a stretch to suggest that Netflix would be into that.
Why? Well, the reported success of the adult Castlevania animated series would seem to suggest that Netflix might be open to the idea of pursuing other, similar projects. So far as that goes, the world of Diablo would certainly translate well to an R-Rated series.
Blizzard isn’t saying anything about these rumors at the moment, but previous statements from the company suggest that this adaptation may indeed be in the works. Blizzard community manager Brandy Camel previously suggested that the studio is working on several projects related to the Diablo franchise. At the time, it was widely speculated that they were referring to multiple games (like a Diablo II remake). However, it makes a lot of sense that one of those projects is actually an animated series.
As for Cosby, he seems like the perfect guy to run such an adaptation. He’s clearly passionate about the Diablo franchise, has worked on a variety of “adult-oriented” properties, and has even worked on projects related to video games in the past. All in all, we’re excited by the potential of this project and look forward to bringing you more information on this project as it becomes available.