Animated Adaptation Of “Echo Boy” On The Way From The Same Producers As “Undone”

Submarine Animation is currently in production for the second season of Undone with a couple of episodes in early filming stages even despite COVID-19 which is great news for fans of the excellent Amazon series. But, that’s not all.

Deadline is reporting that Submarine Animation has picked up the rights to adapt the sci-fi novel Echo Boy written by Matt Haig. The adaptation will be a rotoscope animated drama revolving around  a murder mystery set in the future in a world of robots. It takes place in the year 2115, when the life of teenager Audrey Castle is shattered after her parents are murdered by a malfunctioning Echo — humanoid robots designed to assist with every aspect of daily life. However, when Audrey crosses paths with a thinking, feeling Echo prototype named Daniel, she is forced to grapple with her prejudices, fears, and the idea of what it means to be human.

Submarine is co-developing the dramatic property with Tommy Pallotta and will soon start fielding for writers.

Our Take

The largest animation studio in the Netherlands is mostly known for pre-school content, but is starting to make waves over here. Undone was completely snubbed by the recent Emmy nominees which, in it of itself, is a larger issue at hand that needs fixin’.