Exclusive: The iconic monster is headed to Disney +. Disney-branded television is in an early stage of development King Kong (working title), a series for Disney + that follows the original story of the famous monkey. Agreements have just been closed on the project, from James Wan’s Atomic Monster, which will be the first live-action series in the Kong universe.
Is written paper girls Created by Stephanie Folsom, King Kong is a serialized action-adventure drama that brings the classic monster story into the modern era with the return of Skull Island and the dawn of a new Kong. The series will explore the mythology of King Kong’s origin story and the supernatural mysteries of his home based on the intellectual property of Marian Cooper’s original books and Joe DeVito’s new King Kong novels.
Folsom is the executive producer of Wan, along with Michael Clear and Rob Hackett for Atomic Monster and Danny Festa and Mark Manus for World Builder Entertainment.
The Merian C. Cooper Estate partnered with DeVito to create new novels to use as source material for the series, along with the intellectual property of the original book.
live action series, King Kong Skull Island, There was a development at MarVista Entertainment and IM Global Television five years ago with another creative team also based at Cooper’s. King Kong and DeVito ArtWorks’ skull islandExecutive production of Festa. It did not work.
King Kong, a 90-year-old character with an intricate web of rights, has been the subject of many films, the latest in the Legendary / Warner Bros. Monsterverse, which uses the Kong part of the gorilla monster’s name. His titles: 2017 kong: Skull Island, 2019 Godzilla: the king of monsters and 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong followed by a Netflix anime series, Skull Island.
Director Wan, whose television production includes MacGyver Y swamp thingRecommended by CAA, Stacey Testro International and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light.
Folsom, creator and executive producer of the science fiction series Amazon paper girls and also worked on the streamer’s next fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The rings of power, Portrayed by Verve, Kaplan / Perrone and Yorn, Levin, Barnes.
DeVito ArtWorks, owner of the property, is represented by Festa of World Builder Entertainment and the legal team of Jackoway Tierman and Robert Siegel’s Darren Trattner.
Source: Deadline
