Potential W.I.T.C.H. Live Action Adaptation For Disney+ In Meeting Talks With Original Creators.
Disney is looking to bringing Heatherfield and Kandrakar to the live-action realm as the House of Mouse is looking to revive the popular Italian fantasy franchise W.I.T.C.H. for a potential live-action adaptation for Disney+.
This was revealed by Trey Callaway writter of the first season of the original animated W.I.T.C.H. series from the 2000s on the podcast Radical Retro Rewind?! talking that Disney is in meetings with the creators of the W.I.T.C.H. franchise on a potential live-action adaptation of the series for the streaming service.
On October 4, 2023, a reboot graphic novel, W.I.T.C.H. - Il cuore dell'amicizia, was published in Italy by Disney Books and Disney Press.
It seems that Disney is looking to bring some of its popular cartoons from the 90s and 2000s from Disney Television Animation and Disney EMEA Animation in the live-action world as a way to compete with Netflix's huge sucessful live-action adaptations of the beloved anime "ONE PIECE" and the Nickelodeon Animation series AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER who where huge hits for them with accumulating over 2B views upon release. Additionaly yesterday the rival platform ordered a new "SCOOBY DOO" live action series from Warner Bros Television.
Disney started this strategy by ordering a live-action reboot of the beloved Disney Television Animation action series from the 90s "GARGOYLES" for the Disney+ streaming service which is being executive produced by James Wan and Jason Blum through the Atomic Monster and Blumhouse Television label with Gary Dauberman acting as showrunner.
Additionaly a tween live-action sitcom based on the Disney Jr. series "VAMPIRINA" is coming to Disney Channel later this year as part of a new strategy by Disney Branded Television CEO Ayo Davis to innovate the It's A Laugh Productions division.
