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Exploding Kittens Gets a Mobile Game and Animated Show On Netflix

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Exploding Kittens Gets a Mobile Game and Animated Show On Netflix

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Published on April 19, 2022

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From the creator of The Oatmeal, this new project is the first time Netflix is launching a mobile game and television series from the same franchise—in this case, the Exploding Kittens card game. Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis and Butthead) and Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Rec) are executive producing, and the show has an impressive cast lined up.

That cast includes Tom Ellis (Lucifer), Abraham Lim (Clickbait, The Boys), Lucy Liu (Shazam, Elementary), Ally Maki (Wrecked, Toy Story 4), Mark Proksch (What We Do In The Shadows, Better Call Saul) and Sasheer Zamata (Woke, Home Economics).

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The premise of the series deals with the eternal conflict between heaven and hell when God and the Devil are sent to Earth… in the bodies of chunky cats. No news yet on who on the cast will be taking which parts, but I do hope that Tom Ellis, who played the Devil on Lucifer, reprises the demonic role in feline form.

“Netflix is the only service that could bring Exploding Kittens to life in both a series and a game,” Matthew Inman, Exploding Kittens Chief Creative Officer and Creator of The Oatmeal, said in a statement. “We actually launched Exploding Kittens on Kickstarter as a weekend project, but our community has been the heart and soul of the company over the past six years. The new series and game will give our fans new ways to connect and interact with the franchise.”

Inman along with co-writer Shane Kosakowski are showrunners for the series. Exploding Kittens—The Game is a digital version of the classic card game with two new cards included: Radar, which reveals to players the position of the Exploding Kitten closest to the top of the card deck, and Flip Flop, which reverses the order of the cards in the deck.

The game has single and multiplayer options and future versions of the game will play off themes seen in the show. It will be available to Netflix subscribers without additional fees or in-app purchases.

The Exploding Kittens mobile game comes out this May and the animated series will drop on Netflix sometime in 2023.

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Vanessa Armstrong

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Vanessa Armstrong is a writer with bylines at The LA Times, SYFY WIRE, StarTrek.com and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles with her dog Penny and her husband Jon, and she loves books more than most things. You can find more of her work on her website or follow her on Twitter @vfarmstrong.
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