Development Twilight of the Gods was first conceived by
Jay Oliva during an off-the-cuff phone call. John Derderian from
Netflix called Oliva during a writer's summit for his previous Netflix animated series,
Trese, to ask if Oliva knew anything about
Norse mythology. Oliva came up with a story on the spot and pitched the idea to Derderian. Netflix loved the idea and contacted Oliva again to set it up, asking if Oliva would like to work with previous collaborator
Zack Snyder, who was also already working with Netflix on a number of projects. The two developed the idea further, then brought on Eric Carrasco as head writer, who would eventually write the scripts with his writing team. "Eric, Zack, and I would sit together and discuss the series as a whole. Eric would write out a breakdown summary of each episode based on what we all had agreed upon. Then, Zack and I would add our notes and then Eric would then hand it off to his writing team or write it himself." In 2019, Zack Snyder revealed he had plans for an animated series based on Norse mythology. That July, Snyder and Olivia were announced as directors, with Olivia serving as showrunner. Two years later, on June 10, 2021, during Netflix's Geeked Week event, the title was finally revealed to be
Twilight of the Gods, and the cast list was revealed by Snyder and
Rahul Kohli.
Sylvia Hoeks,
Stuart Martin,
Pilou Asbæk,
John Noble,
Paterson Joseph, Rahul Kohli,
Jamie Clayton,
Kristofer Hivju,
Peter Stormare,
Jamie Chung,
Lauren Cohan, and
Corey Stoll and their roles were revealed. On June 24, 2021,
The Hollywood Reporter announced the formation of KRAKN Animation, which would be a new joint venture spearheaded by Jay Oliva and Louis-Simon Menard, the CEOs of Lex + Otis and Digital Dimension Entertainment Group, respectively. The new studio would create the animation for
Twilight of the Gods. One of the writers of the show, Eric Carrasco, stated that the animation of the show would still take some time as of April 10, 2022, but that the impactful artistry would be worth the wait. Carrasco was later confirmed to be a producer for the series alongside the announcement that Xilam Animation was one of the studios behind the animation. During the
Rebel Moon promotional tour, Zack and
Deborah Snyder revealed that the series was set to be completed in the summer of 2024. They provided a basic synopsis for the first time since the series' announcement, confirmed the eight episode count, and estimated a late-2024 release date. In April 2024, director at Xilam Animation, Slimane Aniss posted that animation had been completed in March. He also confirmed that the series would utilize a 2D style. Later that month, Netflix revealed that they'd be presenting
Twilight of the Gods at the French
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, also revealing that the series would finally release in the fall. Annecy Festival took place June 9–15, 2024, while
Twilight of the Gods was shown specifically on June 12. On April 26, 2024, Sherry Gunther Shugerman, a producer for the series, confirmed via
LinkedIn that post production had been completed the day before and that the series would be releasing in September. In June 2024, it was announced by
Collider that
Jessica Henwick had joined the cast as Sandraudiga. Many of the character designs were created in house by a team of artists. Snyder said around 50 designs were done in various styles, including 3D versions. They wanted the animation style to feel unique to this series, and not be chasing
anime and
Pixar.
Casting and voice recording Alongside the series' announcement,
Sylvia Hoeks,
Stuart Martin,
Pilou Asbæk,
John Noble,
Paterson Joseph,
Rahul Kohli,
Jamie Clayton,
Kristofer Hivju,
Peter Stormare,
Jamie Chung,
Lauren Cohan and
Corey Stoll, were cast as the ensemble cast.
Music In June 2024, it was revealed that
Hans Zimmer would compose the series' music. ==Release==