Airdate: ARK: The Animated Series

ARK: The Animated Series based on the adventure video game ARK: Survival Evolved, will premiere on Paramount+ in April.

A top-notch voice cast Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice), Gerard Butler (Plane), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction, Westworld) and Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy), Aussie Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time), and Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious franchise).

An animated adaptation of the hit video game featuring Yeoh, Butler, Crowe and Diesel, ARK: The Animated Series is a sweeping saga spanning eons of human history. When 21st century paleontologist Helena Walker (Madden) finds herself resurrected on a mysterious primeval island populated by prehistoric beasts, she must learn to survive with new allies from throughout time, while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.

A production of Lost Continent Entertainment and Lex + Otis, ARK: The Animated Series is executive produced by Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak, alongside Marc Diana, Doug Kennedy, Jay Oliva, James Baldanzi, Vin Diesel and Samantha Vincent for ONE Race Films; Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel for G-Base Entertainment; and Russell Crowe. Stieglitz, Oliva, David Hartman and Sebastian Montes serve as directors, and the series is co-written by Marguerite Bennett and Kendall Deacon Davis. ARK: Survival Evolved is an original creation of game developer Studio Wildcard.

First six episodes Friday, 19 April on Paramount+.