Capcom’s popular Monster Hunter video game series is expanding its horizons.
Fresh off last year’s live-action Monster Hunter feature film, Netflix will debut the animated movie Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild Aug. 12, as reported by comicbook.com. Check out the trailer for the new CGI film on this page.
The animated movie will present a brand-new story in the Monster Hunter universe, and will spotlight Aiden–a young character who will help the monster hunter Julius and his cohorts battle an Elder Dragon “in the hope of restoring the balance of nature.”
The film, according to the official synopsis, will take place “in a world where humans and fearsome monsters live in an uneasy balance.” In the main storyline, Aiden “fights to save his village from destruction by a dragon.”
The new movie–helmed by first-time director Steven F. Yamamoto– features the voice talents of Ben Rausch, Erica Lindbeck and Dante Basco.
The 2020 Monster Hunter live-action film was written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starred Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa and Ron Perlman.
The Capcom Monster Hunter video game series–which started out in 2004 for PlayStation 2–unveiled its most recent entry, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, earlier this month. The franchise–which has sold more than 72 million units worldwide–is Capcom’s second best-selling series following Resident Evil.
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You may know him as Ace Cadet or Excitable A-Lister… now let's meet young Aiden, the self-proclaimed Hunter, in an epic quest to save his village.@MonsterHunter: Legends of the Guild debuts on @NetflixGeeked August 12.
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