Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIdris and Sabrina Elba are set to executive produce their first anime title — a new animated fantasy series for Crunchyroll, the global anime-streaming service that’s in the process of being sold to Sony’s Funimation group.The couple inked a deal with Crunchyroll to develop “Dantai” (working tile) through Idris’ Green Door Pictures and Sabrina’s Pink Towel Pictures.
In addition to the deal with the Elbas, Crunchyroll — which Sony group agreed to acquire from AT&T’s WarnerMedia for $1.2 billion — announced that it topped 4 million paid subscribers in January 2021, six months after hitting the 3 million-subscriber mark.“Dantai” is an Afro-futuristic sci-fi series set in a city where the rise of biotechnology.
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