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“Secret Level” has been renewed for a second season at Amazon Prime Video.
The series is an adult animated anthology made up of short stories set in the world of various video games, such as “Pac-Man” and “Dungeons & Dragons.” Season 1 of “Secret Level” debuted with eight episodes on Dec. 10 with another seven set for Tuesday. Details about Season 2, including which video game worlds will be featured, remain under wraps.
Amazon says that “Secret Level” achieved the most-watched animated series debut of all time for the streamer within its first week, though exact viewership numbers were not provided. According to measurement from Luminate, the series was watched for 155.3 million minutes in the U.S. during its first week of availability, which translates to roughly 1.4 million views when divided by its 109-minute runtime.
The Season 1 cast of “Secret Level” includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves, Temuera Morrison, Ariana Greenblatt, Heaven Hart, Emily Swallow, Gabriel Luna, Ricky Whittle, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Merle Dandridge, Claudia Doumit, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Clive Standen, Laura Bailey and Michael Beach. Along with “Pac-Man” and “Dungeons & Dragons,” featured video games include “Sifu,” “New World,” “Unreal Tournament,” “Warhammer 40,000,” “Crossfire,” “Armored Core,” “The Outer Worlds,” “Mega Man,” “Exodus,” “Spelunky,” “Concord,” “Honor of Kings” and “Playtime.”
Popular on Variety Tim Miller, best known for directing “Deadpool,” the sixth “Terminator” film and the Netflix animated anthology “Love, Death & Robots,” is the creator of “Secret Level.” He serves as executive producer alongside supervising director Dave Wilson. Blur Studio and Amazon MGM Studios produce.
