King Kong live series in development at Disney +

diverse It brings you a series of live events detailing the origin of the iconic movie monster king kong character He works at Disney+. According to the trade, the series will be “a serial drama that will explore Kong’s origins as well as the mysteries of his home, Skull Island.” Stephanie Folsom, who developed Amazon Prime Video paper girls Adaptation, was assigned to write production and executive. Director James Wan will also be producing the Atomic Monster banner alongside Michael Claire and Rob Hackett. Disney Branded Television will produce the series, which does not yet have a target release date.

Perhaps you’re reading this story and wondering, how exactly could Disney do that? Didn’t Warner Bros. The latest King Kong movie? To put it simply, King Kong rights are quite complex but at their core there is a piece of the character within the public domain (specifically, the original 1933 feature film novel), allowing anyone to take anything of their choosing with the character and place it as long as they use that as inspiration. for them. But what makes this ad somewhat more curious is diverseHe noted that the film will be based on the original film directed by Merian C. Cooper, “as well as new novels by artist Joe DeVito that were co-produced with Cooper’s estate.”

What this part of the announcement seems to be implying is that Disney will be free to use not only parts of the Kong movie itself (there are some slight differences in the feature film and the novel) but also many of the DeVito novels that were published from the late 1990s into the early 2000s. of the twenty-first century. This will help Disney distinguish their version of the character and his tropical home from many others out there, ironically using the actual basis of the story rather than the pieces that are public property. The Legendary MonsterVerse series also has a live TV series in the pipeline, set in Apple TV+, that will be linked to their movies.

The upcoming Disney series represents the latest big media piece to include Kong. 2021 sequel Godzilla vs. Kong It is currently filming, although it has not been confirmed whether it will include the great ape yet, while Netflix is ​​also developing its own productions. Skull Island Original series, anime from Powerhouse Animation Studios. All that remains now is an arms race to see who will release first, and how Disney can make their project different from the others out there.

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