Martin Sensmeier To Star In Netflix's Animated Series, THE LIBERATOR

By: Kaitlin Milligan Feb. 01, 2019

Martin Sensmeier has been tapped to star opposite Bradley James in The Liberator, Netflix's four-part animated World War II drama series, according to Deadline.

The series is based on the book by Alex Kershaw, and is from writer Jeb Stuart (Die Hard, The Fugitive), A+E Studios, Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne's Unique Features and School of Humans. Stuart created, wrote and will executive produce the drama.

The Liberator is based on Kershaw's book The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey. It 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 (James) and his infantry unit as they fought for over 500 days to liberate Europe.

The combat drama will follow Sparks and the 157th Infantry Regiment from Oklahoma, a National Guard unit composed primarily of cowboys, Native Americans and Mexican-Americans from the invasion of Italy to the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

The Liberator is the first project produced in Trioscope, a new enhanced hybrid animation technology that combines state-of-the-art CGI with live-action performance.

Sensmeier will play Samuel Coldfoot. A member of the Choctaw nation, Coldfoot is a born leader; brave, meticulous and inspiring. While outwardly stoic, Coldfoot is willing to sacrifice his personal well-being for what is right and this attitude has thwarted his advancement in the Army. His abilities and skills are immediately recognized by Sparks and he becomes one of the leaders of E-Company.

Sensmeier was recently seen in Taylor Sheridan's Wind River and in HBO's Westworld. He can next be seen recurring opposite Kevin Costner on Paramount Network's Yellowstone.

Read the original article on Deadline.