Multiple individual journalists have been claiming to have inside information about a Kingdom Hearts animated series being in the works for Disney+, Disney's subscription video on-demand streaming service.
While a Kingdom Hearts TV show has been rumored to be in production multiple times in the past, with one even being canceled in the series's early years, this is the first time multiple reporters from a handful of popular Disney news sites are claiming this to be true at the same time.
Jeremy Conrad, founder and editor-in-chief at MCU Cosmic, DCEU Mythic, and Star War Unity, with previous work history with IGN and in supporting roles in video games production, hinted at this earlier today with a cryptic tweet. Daniel Richtman, known as a Disney news insider, had also made a strange Kingdom Hearts tweet earlier, which he retweeted for emphasis.
Emre Kaya, a film and TV reporter at The Cinema Spot and former writer for Geeks WorldWide (GWW), followed with a short Twitter thread, claiming that they have inside information about the matter.
QuoteI was originally going to publish this as an exclusive article, but apparently a few other insiders have heard about it too so I'm just going to tweet it out I think.
There is a #KingdomHearts series in the works at Disney+.
Disney originally wanted to make it but that didn't work out, so Square Enix was asked to create a pilot using Unreal Engine.
This series is most likely not live-action, but CG animated. They're currently casting.
Skyler Shuler, editor-in-chief at The DisInsider, then reported that Jeremy's post was "true".
QuoteBeen tagged in Jeremys post (which is true), so here’s what I know:
-Kingdom Hearts will be a Disney+ series, not a movie.
-It’s animated (CG)
-Disney VO actors are expected to reprise their roles (Jim Cummings, Bill Farmer, Tony Anselmo)
All I know.
I will say @Vullein [Emre Kaya] says Square Enix has been tapped to work on the project, which I didn’t know, so kudos to him on that part, he is the series scoopster!
Getting asked why I didn’t report on this, I knew a ton of my fellow insiders were on this too. @Vullein, @DanielRPK [Daniel Richtman], @PolitoThomas [film and TV reporter at The Cinema Spot, previous at GWW], @ManaByte [Jeremy Conrad]
Also, I don’t know how Final Fantasy characters would play into this or even a story at this point.
Shuler also tweeted that the alleged new Kingdom Hearts series would not be live action.
We will be keeping an eye on this rumour and provide relevant updates as it develops.
What do you guys think – is there any truth to this rumor? Do you think we will be seeing a Kingdom Hearts (CG) animated series at last? Let us know in the comments!
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