You should know the gist of “Love, Death & Robots” an adult animated anthology horror streaming television series on Netflix. The story goes something like this: for years, David Fincher wanted to remake the adult animated anthology movie “Heavy Metal,” based on the adult-oriented sci-fi fantasy magazine, and he wanted Tim Miller, a VFX artist who went on to direct his own films like “Deadpool” and “Terminator: Dark Fate” to work on it (Miller and Fincher go way back and he designed the title sequences of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”). Cut to years later, Fincher is creating a very strong relationship with Netflix (which is now an exclusive deal), and instead of getting the rights to “Heavy Metal” which was tricky, they just create their own similar and inspired series, “Love, Death & Robots.”
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The series, which is very gnarly and not for kids—some of it feels pretty NC-17 too with a lot of sexual violence—has been on for two seasons now. Late yesterday, Netflix quietly announced via a not-really-promoted teaser trailer that “Love, Death & Robots” is returning for a third season on May 20.
The animated series consists of stand-alone episodes, all under 20 minutes long and produced by different casts and crews, though some episodes may share certain crew members. The series title refers to each episode’s thematic connection to the three aforementioned subjects, though not every episode contains all three elements.
While Fincher has yet to direct any episodes, Miller has and the series has included great talents like Alberto Mielgo, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Robert Valley, Jerome Chen, and Meat Dept (aka Kevin Van Der Meiren, David Nicolas, Laurent Nicolas). Here’s the official synopsis for season three:
Emmy-winning animated anthology Love, Death + Robots returns with a third-volume executive produced by Tim Miller (Deadpool, Terminator: Dark Fate) and David Fincher (MINDHUNTER, Mank). Terror, imagination and beauty combine in new episodes which stretch from uncovering an ancient evil to a comedic apocalypse, telling startling short stories of fantasy, horror and science-fiction with trademark wit and visual invention.
So far, over two seasons there have been 26 episodes, which is quite a ton of animated work. Many of the shorts have been based on the work of notable creators like Harlan Ellison, J. G. Ballard, John Scalzi and Peter F. Hamilton.
While it’s unknown who has directed episodes of season three, some of the animation studios involved in the previous two seasons include Miller’s Blur Studio, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Platige Image Studio, Passion Animation Studios, Blink Industries, and more. Presumably, some of those teams will be back for season three. “Love, Death & Robots” returns May 20. Watch the new teaser below which begins as a fakeout for the success of Netflix’s “The Crown.”