We had heard that Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment company was teaming up with Hasbro to make a cartoon series based on his Energon Universe, which contains GI Joe, Void Rivals and Transformers. Now,
thanks to Deadline, we know who the showrunner will be. It is Joe Henderson, who worked on the Lucifer TV show. While the Energon Universe show it is currently in the works, we don't know who will pick it up. So the show is currently being shopped around and shown to companies like Amazon (which hosts Kirkman's Invincible show), Netflix and others.
Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment has teamed with Hasbro Entertainment to produce Energon Universe, an adult animated series based on the comics of the same name created by Kirkman and published by Skybound. Joe Henderson (Lucifer) is attached to write the adaptation and serve as showrunner on the series, an epic crossover of G.I. Joe, Transformers and Void Rivals mythology, which is expected to be taken out to buyers shortly.
Despite featuring the family-friendly Hasbro characters G.I. Joe and Transformers, the Energon Universe series will be broad, with adult sensibility in the vein of Kirkman’s gritty adult animated series Invincible, based on his comic, which has been a hit for Prime Video, renewed for Season 5 ahead of its Season 4 premiere next March.
Comic book and TV writer Henderson previously served as showrunner on Lucifer, the successful Fox/Netflix TV series also adapted from comics. His TV credits also include White Collar and Almost Human.
