Bass X Machina

Bass Reeves Meets Steam-Powered Outlaws

Bass X Machina reimagines legendary frontier lawman Bass Reeves inside an alternate post-Civil War America filled with machines. Brian Tyree Henry voices Reeves, a formerly enslaved man who became a formidable deputy U.S. marshal. Here, his pursuit of outlaw gangs expands into a steampunk conflict involving cybernetic enhancements and towering mechanical weapons.

Revolvers Share the Frame With Mechs

The first teaser moves through snow-covered frontier towns, train heists, gunfights, and battles against colossal machines. Industrial sound design connects the metal-heavy science fiction to the hard physicality of a Western. That mix gives Reeves' real historical legacy a bold genre setting without losing his role as the lawman at its center.

Studio Mir Takes On the American Frontier

Studio Mir is producing the adult animated series after work on The Legend of Korra, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and Devil May Cry. Its experience with kinetic action makes the studio a natural fit for a show combining horseback-era imagery with oversized machinery. Henry's performance supplies the human anchor inside that heightened world.

A New Legend Rides Onto Netflix

Bass X Machina premieres globally on Netflix on November 3, 2026. The series is less a straightforward biography than a speculative adventure built around the scale of Reeves' reputation. By placing a historic Black marshal against mechanized threats, it finds a fresh route into both Western mythology and science-fiction action.