EXCLUSIVE: Tubi has picked up Roboforce: The Animated Series, from The Nacelle Company (The Toys/Movies That Made Us, Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History) and Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions (Red One, Behind the Attraction). The six-episode half-hour animated sci-fi series is set to premiere on the free, ad-supported streamer in April.

Based on the nostalgic toys of the 1980s, the animated series, written by Gavin Hignight (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012, Transformers: Cyberverse) and Tom Stern (Freaked), will continue the narrative inspired by the original robot action figures. In 2089 Detroit, Soraya Aviram’s RoboForce debuted with plans to assist a new intergalactic society on Earth. Unfortunately, the same day as the announcement, Soraya’s rival, Silas Duke, revealed his new Utopia Aegis 101 line of bots, which made RoboForce immediately obsolete. RoboForce split up and was forced into menial jobs for 15 years without hope of ever being heroes… Until suddenly, the Utopia Aegis 101’s turn on humanity and no one else besides RoboForce can stop them.

RoboForce: The Animated Series is produced for Tubi by The Nacelle Company and Seven Bucks Productions. The series is directed by Brian Volk-Weiss, who also serves as executive producer alongside Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Brian Gewirtz for Seven Bucks Prods, as well as Cisco Henson, Matt Kravitsky, and Michael Goodman for Nacelle. Music was composed by Matt Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Rocketman) and Andrew Brick Johnson (Star Wars Young Jedi Adventures).

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