Netflix preps interactive 2D toon special

We Lost Our Human follows Pud and Ham as they search for their owner

Netflix is working on a new 2D animated interactive special created by Rikke Asbjoern and Chris Garbutt, creators of Pinky Malinky.

We Lost Our Human will allow audiences to choose to experience the story from the perspective of self-involved cat Pud or loving, hyperactive dog Ham, who wake up to find that their human and all other people have disappeared from Earth.

Starring Ayo Edebiri, Ben Schwartz, Adrienne C Moore, Lauren Tom, Jon Glaser, Henry Rollins, Lucas Grabeel and Matty Cardarople, it follows other interactive Netflix specials such as Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale.

Asbjoern and Garbutt will serve as creators, executive producers and directors and wrote the screenplay alongside Laura Sreebny and Nick Arciaga.

In a joint statement, Asbjoern and Garbutt said: “Creating a huge interactive project has been an exciting challenge and gave us a unique chance to approach Pud and Ham’s story outside of a traditional format.

“We got to explore their many parallel and interwoven paths, which resulted in our story room becoming a complex web of Post-it notes, push pins and string. Quite a dizzying sight for anyone witnessing one of our story pitches.”

Curtis Lelash, director of original animation at Netflix, added: “We Lost Our Human combines the very best of animation, comedy and interactivity, expanding the possibilities of how stories are told today. We can’t wait for audiences of all ages to take this hilarious journey with Pud and Ham, because their fate rests in the audiences hands… literally.”