‘For All Mankind’ creator Ron Moore is preparing the first of a potential franchise of projects that will explore characters from Disney parks and classic movies.
Disney is ready to bring the characters from its theme parks and classic movies to life in a new way.
The media giant works together For all mankind creator Ron Moore to develop a franchise for streamer Disney + set in Disney’s beloved Magic Kingdom. The first project in the works as part of the so-called Magic Kingdom Universe is The Association of Explorers and Adventurers, which takes place in a world where all the theme countries and characters of the Disney parks and classic movies exist in a different reality.
Listed Disney superfan and For all mankind creator Ron Moore will write and produce SEA for Disney + and 20th television. The potential range is currently in the development phase. Moore will successfully expand the Magic Kingdom universe and oversee the entire franchise. More would expand the franchise in a way similar to the world he built from Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica and more recently, creating Marvel for Disney +.
Reps for Disney + and 20th Television declined to comment.
For the Magic Kingdom Universe, Moore works closely with the Disney Imagineering team, the group of researchers and developers responsible for the creation and design of all of Disney’s theme parks around the world. According to sources, a room for mini-writers is already being put together with the search for three writers at senior level.
The idea, according to sources, is to explore characters – such as a captain of the Jungle Cruise or a prospector of Big Thunder Mountain or the climbers of the Matterhorn – as part of the world of The association of explorers and adventurers. (To be clear, none of the characters or storylines are currently on the table.)
In addition to Disney’s Imagineering team (which appears in their own documentary articles on Disney +), Maril Davis and Ben McGinnis – Moore’s longtime collaborators on his Tall Ship Productions banner – are also attached to SEA and the larger Magic Kingdom universe.
The potential franchise – which has a seemingly endless number of characters and stories to explore – is the latest collaboration for Moore at Disney since the For all mankind and Foreigner executive producer has moved its overall deal from its longtime home at Sony TV to 20th television. 20th TV actress Carolyn Cassidy was the head of Moore’s deal with the Disney-backed studio last summer during her tenure as president of the Fox-turned-Disney studio. (As part of Disney’s reorganization in December, Cassidy now serves as executive director under new president and former ABC topper Karey Burke.)
Under the multi-year agreement, which according to sources in the eight-digit series is worthwhile, Moore and his Tall Ship Productions banner will create and develop new projects in the Disney portfolio. His first project under the treaty is the Disney + series Swiss Robinson family, working with Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians).
Moore has received several lucrative offers from other streamers and studios, but prefers to leave money on the table to sign up for the 20th TV. According to sources, Sony TV was among those seeking a new deal with Moore. The independent studio for which Moore provided both Starz’s Foreigner and Apple’s For all mankind, offered a more lucrative deal, but Moore eventually chose to sign up for the 20th TV and practice his passion for Disney. (Moore was also of great importance in bringing Diana Gabaldon’s lover Foreigner TV novels, with Sony TV producers currently spinning.)
“I decided to go there, mostly because my childhood was built on many things that were Disney. I’m a big fan and lover of Disneyland Park in Anaheim to the point where I would go there myself from time to time. go and the rides would ride, ‘Moore says The Hollywood Reporter podcast TV’s Top 5 in an interview this month. “The opportunity for me to start working on a lot of the classic IP that Disney has and things in their library that I grew up with as a child, and that I eventually shared with my kids, was just something I could not do.” t pass. ‘Moore, who was previously with a Star Wars live-action TV series starring George Lucas for Disney-owned ABC nearly a decade ago also noted that he is eager to revisit the franchise as part of his lucrative new Disney deal.
The Magic Kingdom universe would be a huge brand integration for Disney +. The year-old spreader has already unveiled extensive plans to expand the worlds of Star Wars and Marvel with nearly a dozen live action series for both franchises. Star Wars sprout The Mandalorian and Marvel’s first Disney + series WandaVision became critical and commercial outbreaks for the platform. The Magic Kingdom universe would further expand the world of Disney’s beloved theme parks and, of course, compliment the list of Disney feature films streaming exclusively on Disney +.
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