A new report claims that Netflix is developing an animated Crash Bandicoot series. And that could be cool, Crash seems perfectly suited to a cartoon, but I do have one request: He better not talk.
On October 27, What’s On Netflix reported that it had heard from sources that Netflix has been quietly working on a Crash Bandicoot animated TV show. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the outlet claims that WildBrain Studios is the animation team behind the yet-to-be-announced Crash series. This is the same studio that worked on Sonic Prime from 2022 to 2024. The studio has also worked on Johnny Test, The Snoopy Show, and Carmen Sandiego.
Crash Bandicoot first appeared in the PlayStation 1 OG 3D platformer Crash Bandicoot in 1996. That title was developed by Naughty Dog, long before the studio would go on to make Uncharted and The Last of Us. It then developed two more sequels and a kart racer spin-off before moving on to other projects. Meanwhile, other studios continued to make Crash games well into the Xbox 360 era. In 2017, Activision put out the N. Sane Trilogy, which contained remakes of the first three PS1 games. That was followed by 2021’s Crash 4: It’s About Time. Following Xbox’s purchase of Activision, Crash is now owned by Xbox. Weird.
Assuming this TV show happens—and considering every streaming studio is desperately spending millions of dollars on making their own Fallout or Last of Us-sized hit, it’s very likely—it will be Crash’s first original show. It won’t, however, be his first appearance on Netflix. Controversially, the platforming legend appeared in Netflix’s Skylanders series, sporting an Australian accent. I hate it. And a lot of Crash fans did, too. The character has normally not spoken in the games or, at most, only uttered a handful of words, like “Whoa!” or “Uh-Oh!” And that’s all he needs. Let the others do the talking. Crash should be a force of nature that causes chaos in each episode.
Talking or no talking, this reported Crash Bandicoot show is likely still a ways off from being announced and released. While we wait, we can watch some footage from a different animated Crash Bandicoot show that Amazon was rumored to be working on a few years ago, but which was reportedly canned in 2021.
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