Who would have guessed that a failed horse movie from the early 2000s would wind up being this lucrative? Dreamworks released Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron at a time in which traditional 2-D animated features were on their way out (Shrek, from their own studio, had already made his first farting appearance). Yet Spirit, these days, is somehow getting a lot more work than Shrek is. He has his own multi-season Netflix series, and soon there’ll be a Spirit video game where kids can take that light brown horse for a ride themselves.
The full title is Dreamworks Spirit: Lucky’s Big Adventure, coming to consoles and PC this summer. Lucky is a little girl who lives in frontier-era America, and Spirit happens to be her horse. In the game, she’s on the hunt for hidden treasure in Miradero, but the squeaky-clean presentation will explore other themes such as “adventure, friendship and the special bond between a girl and her horse.”
● BE LUCKY – Star in a new adventure with your...
