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  Blumhouse president Abhijay Prakash said the company had been looking at building out a team to  “start accessing the growth opportunity in interactive media” for some time. “When we sat with Zach and Don they articulated an approach that resonated with Blumhouse’s model and we knew it was a perfect place for  us to start our push into the interactive space,” Prakash said. “With their experience, sensibility and knowledge of the gaming marketplace Zach and Don are the ideal leaders to leverage Blumhouse’s unique genre strengths into gaming.” Wood has been a video game producer for more than 25 years and has shipped 30-plus games on every major platform. Those titles have ranged from large-teamed AAA games to indie games like “Sound Shapes,” “Hohokum,” “The Unfinished Swan” and “Bound” at Santa Monica Studio/PlayStation; “Prey: Mooncrash” and “Redfall” at Arkane/Bethesda; and most recently, a stint with Iron Galaxy.

  Unlike My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Moon Girl is an adapted property  whose family narrative was ultimately expanded from its source material through the original concept of Roll With It, the last family-owned roller skating rink in New York City. It was a choice that helped the show “go to places where we needed it to go for a different medium,” according to Loter. “We put our own spin to it, to make it entertaining and educational but also to include a portrayal of Black families that are three dimensional,” Clouden continued. Similar to the Netflix series and its predecessor The Proud Family, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur depicts a different family structure than many live-action TV portrayals. In the case of My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Sean and Lisa’s parents are separated but are in a positive co-parenting relationship . In Moon Girl, viewers can see a multi-generational family of parents and grandparents that offer its leading hero Lunella, “different points of view and les...