CrossMore: Afflicted Wasteland

### Based on

Characters by Daron Nefcy, Alex Hirsch, Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas, Dana Terrace, Matt Braly, Matt Groening and The Houghton Brothers

### Directed by

Lance Kramer
 Victor Cook
 Stephen Sandoval (Supervising)

### Written by

Kevin Burke & Doc Wyatt
Krista Vernoff
 Todd Casey
Aaron Montalvo
Colleen Evanson

### Composer

Michael Giacchino
 Daniel Rojas
 TJ Hill

### Country of Origin

United States
 Japan

## Production

### Executive Producers

Aaron Montalvo
 Edward Kitsis
 Adam Horowitz
 Jed Elinoff
 Scott Thomas
 Eden Sher
 Nick Cron-DeVico
 Stephen Sandoval
 Brian Ash (co)

### Producers

Eric Kaplan (supervising) Sib Ventress (supervising)
 Suzanna Olson
 Eliza Hart
 Natasha Kopp (line)

### Production Company(s)

20th Television Animation
 Hollowfox Television Animation
 MontalVerse Productions
 Kitsis/Horowitz
 ABC Signature
 Rough Draft Studios
 Sugarcube
 Bones

### Distributed by

Disney-ABC Domestic Television
 Montalvo Releasing

## Chronology

### Succeeded by

CrossMore: Forge of Hellscape

***CrossMore: Afflicted Wasteland*** is a three-episode miniseason/limited series of *CrossMore: The Series*, written by Aaron Montalvo, Kevin Burke, Doc Wyatt, Colleen Evanson, Krista Vernoff, Todd Casey and directed by Lance Kramer and Victor Cook. The miniseason is another "What If" story in the dreams of Mariposa Diaz as she finds a reason to live after losing his brother and Star, especially with a baby that she is tasked to protect during a dangerous encounter. It is a parody and tribute to post-apocalyptic stories from Mad Max, Attack on Titan, and The Walking Dead, and it is a direct sequel to *Neverzone Apocalypse*. This is the ninth of the CrossMore Universe Chronicles series of miniseasons.

It is three full-hour episodes aired on Montalvo Xtreme in December 22 to 24, 2023 for three nights on the Christmas weekend. The series is rated TV-MA for post-apocalyptic themes/bloody violence, gore and adult content.

It will be followed up by *Forge of Hellscape*, which aired on Montalvo Xtreme on the final days of December of 2023.

## Premise

In the dreams of Mariposa Diaz, picking up where Neverzone Apocalypse left off as Mariposa arrives to the afflicted wasteland from the afflicted forest, losing sight of herself after losing Marco and Star and the CrossMore resistance to violent actions. However, after Luz and Amity takes care of a young child and finds Meteora, the quest for the magical source will give her hope to fight a losing battle that she struggled without Star and Marco on her side.

## Episodes

There will be three episodes set to be air in three nights on Montalvo Xtreme through the Chromix programming block as part of the "Chromix-mas" weekend. Although Part 2 will be aired after AEW Collision and Saturday Night at the Holiday Movies. On December 25, the miniseason will be streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, while MontalVue will stream the series an hour after it aired in Montalvo Xtreme.

## Final Direct Sequel

*Main article: CrossMore: Forge of Hellscape*
The week after the predecessor, Forge of Hellscape will be airing from December 29-31, 2023 with Kevin Burke, Doc Wyatt, Colleen Evanson, Krista Vernoff, Todd Casey and Aaron Montalvo writing the episodes and Kramer and Cook co-directing. It is confirmed to be the Chronicles' "X-103" trilogy. Unlike the predecesor, the miniseason is now set to be around 45 to 55 minutes long. Forge of Hellscape is the 10th miniseason.

In the dreams of Mariposa Diaz, Reaching the Forge of Hellscape in the X-103-influenced society, in order to revert it back to its original form, Mariposa and the new CrossMore 103 Squad, along with a grown Evelyn Deamonne will find the source for a reversible effect, although one of the survived Hekapoo clones might stand in their way.