{"id":54564,"date":"2022-08-24T04:10:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T04:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/king-kong-live-action-series-in-early-development-at-disney\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T04:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T04:10:58","slug":"king-kong-live-action-series-in-early-development-at-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/king-kong-live-action-series-in-early-development-at-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"King Kong Live-Action Series in Early Development at Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tA live-action series about the origin of King Kong is in early development at Disney+, <em>variety<\/em> has confirmed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tThe series would be a serialized drama that would explore Kong&#8217;s origins as well as the mysteries of his home, Skull Island. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tThe series would be based on the original \u201cKing Kong\u201d written by Merian C. Cooper as well as new novelizations by artist Joe DeVito produced in conjunction with Cooper&#8217;s estate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tStephany Folsom, who recently developed the Amazon series \u201cPaper Girls\u201d for television, will write and executive produce the King Kong show.  James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett will also executive produce on behalf of Atomic Monster along with Dannie Festa for World Builder Entertainment.  Disney Branded Television will produce. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tThe original \u201cKing Kong\u201d movie debuted in 1933 and became an instant hit.  The character has been used in numerous films to date, most recently in the Legendary-Warner Bros.  Monsterverse movies.  Those include \u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d and \u201cGodzilla vs.  Kong.\u201d  Netflix also has the \u201cSkull Island\u201d anime series on the way.  Peter Jackson also remade the original movie in 2005 with Adrien Brody, Jack Black, and Naomi Watts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tThis marks the second live-action show about iconic movie monsters set up at a streaming service.  Apple is currently prepping a series about Godzilla and the Titans, with Kurt Russell and his last Wyatt Russell recently announced as stars.  That series is connected to the Monsterverse films, while the King Kong Disney+ show is a separate entity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tDeadline first reported this development news. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A live-action series about the origin of King Kong is in early development at Disney+, variety has confirmed. The series would be a serialized drama that would explore Kong&#8217;s origins as well as the mysteries of his home, Skull Island. The series would be based on the original \u201cKing Kong\u201d written by Merian C. 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