The showrunners for Wings of Fire are Emmy nominee Dan Milano (Robot Chicken, Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape), Christa Starr (Warren the Ape) and Justin Ridge (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels). David S. Cheng (Megamind, Avatar, How to Train Your Dragon) is also the technical director of the series.
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is producing with her ARRAY production company. Author Tui T. Sutherland is also on the creative team as executive producer. She commented on the development of the series when it was announced in April 2021:
Netflix’s Wings of Fire is an animated event series adaptation of the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling book series from author Tui T. Sutherland.
We have learned that the studio responsible for bringing the world of Wings of Fire to life for Netflix will be Warner Bros. Animation. Their collaboration with Netflix already includes Green Eggs and Ham as well as the upcoming Skull Island anime about King Kong. Here’s the trailer for the former:
Among the names we’ve found to be involved in the series includes Violaine Briat who serves as episodic director, Lila Martinez who serves as a storyboard artist on the project, and Jean-Denis Haas as an animation supervisor.
Lila Martinez serves as a Storyboard Artist on the project and gives some insight into the production process and animation style behind the show:
Audrey Diehl is overseeing the Warner Brothers Animation series slate which includes Wings of Fire.
On Netflix’s side, Jess Choi serves as a production executive on the project.
Netflix’s Wings of Fire will reportedly consist of 10 episodes. Their exact length is still unconfirmed, but we’ve seen evidence indicating that they will be around 40-60 minutes long.
Whether the series will just be a limited series is yet to be announced. Event series are commonly associated with limited series as in the they’re the same thing but we’ll wait and see for more.
Production on the series has been ongoing since August 2021 according to multiple staffers on the project. The likelihood is, however, it was going on for far longer.
What’s the Netflix release date for Wings of Fire?
Netflix hasn’t set a release date for the Wings of Fire series, but considering that animations take a while, we shouldn’t expect it to drop on the streamer any time soon. Considering that, projects like The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf or Arca