Oh Boy!
Insider murmurs are pointing to the possibility that Disney is currently developing a TV adaptation of mega-popular RPG seriesKingdom Hearts.The rumours purport that the animated show is being developed for the Disney+ service at some point in the future.
The story first appearedon the Twitter accountof The Cinema Spot’s Emre Kaya, who claims that Disney turned toKingdom Heartsproducer Square Enix to create a CGI pilot, after The House of Mouse’s original plans for a live-action adaptation fell through. This story was then backed up by the Editor-in-Chief of Disney Insider Skyler Shuler,who also suggestedthat the video games’ original voice-actors will be returning to their respective roles.
All of the above sounds like a no-brainer project –Kingdom Heartshas an enormous fanbase and a wealth of characters and lore to draw upon – but it also sounds incredibly time-consuming and staggeringly expensive. It’s not as if Disney doesn’t have the money, it could buy me tomorrow (I’d be Director-in-Charge of Villainous Queens), but a full-CGIKingdom HeartsTV series would be an incredible undertaking. I think, given the mammoth cast and fathoms-deep lore, a TV series might be a better fit forKingdom Heartsover a movie. But for now, in any case, we’ll just have to wait and see.
Kingdom Hearts IIIis available now on PS4 and Xbox One.
