[STEAM][PRESS]A Golden Axe Animated Series Is Being Made by the Creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks

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An animated Golden Axe series is in the works at Comedy Central, based on the popular ***** video game series of the same name.

Per a Comedy Central press release, Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan has teamed with ********* Dad producer Joe Chandler to create a 10-episode Golden Axe series that will take fans of the side-scrolling beat 'em-up arcade games on an all-new adventure with some of the franchise's beloved characters.

Chandler will serve as showrunner and co-write the first episode with McMahan, which, according to the logline, will tell the story of "veteran warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead as they once again battle to save Yuria from the evil giant ****** Adder, who just won't seem to stay *****," though, it notes, "this time they have the inexperienced and underprepared Hampton Squib on their side."

The voice cast features Matthew Rhys playing grumpy battle dwarf Gilius Thunderhead, Danny Pudi as inexperienced adventurer Hampton Squib, Lisa Gilroy as fearsome battle sorceress Tyris Flare, Liam McIntyre as barbarian warrior Ax Battler, and Carl Tart as humanoid panther Chronos "Evil" Lait, originally from Golden Axe III.

McMahan and Chandler will executive produce the fantasy tale of blades and magic for television alongside Haruki Satomi, President and CEO of ***** Sammy Holdings Inc., Shuji Utsumi, president and COO of ***** Corporation, and *****'s Toru Nakahara, as well as Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, and Toby Ascher of Original Film, and Titmouse's Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio, and Ben Kalina.

The first Golden Axe game hit shelves in 1989 but quickly evolved into a franchise comprising four games in the main series and multiple spin-offs. ***** announced in December that it is

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, the first one since 2008's Golden Axe: ****** Rider, as part of an initiative to revive several dormant franchises.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X/

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