Netflix orders World War II drama The Liberator, which will be made using a new technology blending live-action with animation

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The Liberator will be the first project ever produced using Trioscope, "which combines state-of-the-art CGI with live-action performance," according to Deadline. "The technology allows creators to tell a visually compelling story with rich detail in a way that conveys the human emotion and drama of the serious subject matter." The Liberator is based on Alex Kershaw's book The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey, which tells "the riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe."