Netflix to Adapt Vault Comics’ Fantasy Series Barbaric

Netflix has different big-budget comic publication adaptation successful the works, with the streamer giving a bid bid to Barbaric, based connected the Vault Comics title.

As reported by Variety, the quality came during Netflix's upfront presumption to advertisers. The series' authoritative logline teases, "A ruthless and crass barbarian is cursed to lone usage his unit lone for good, which sends him, his talking axe and a young witch connected a roadworthy of self-discovery, redemption and revenge.”

The Barbaric comic was created by writer Michael Moreci and creator Nathan Gooden. The Netflix bid volition beryllium helmed by writer, enforcement producer, and co-showrunner Sheldon Turner (Up successful the Air), enforcement shaper and co-showrunner Robert Rovner (Supergirl), and enforcement shaper Jennifer Klein. The show's enforcement producers besides see Barry Jossen, Tana Jamieson, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, F.J. DeSanto, Damian Wassel, Sam Claflin, Luke Carroll, and Michael Stevenson.

Barbaric revolves astir a barbarian named Owen, a formerly bloodthirsty warrior cursed to go a bully and noble hero. Owen wields a talking axe who serves arsenic the series' comic alleviation character, and helium rapidly joins forces with a mysterious, troubled witch named Soren.

As Variety notes, connection of a Barbaric bid archetypal surfaced successful 2024. At the time, the bid was expected to prima Claflin and Patrick Stewart, but nary actors person officially signed connected yet.

There's nary connection connected a imaginable merchandise day yet for Netflix's Barbaric adaptation. Let america cognize successful the comments beneath if you're excited for the caller series.

In different Netflix news, IGN has the afloat scoop connected the Duffer Bros.' adjacent large project, The Boroughs.

Jesse is simply a mild-mannered unit writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intelligence thicket by following @jschedeen connected BlueSky.