Gargoyles (Live-Action)

[SWillie!]

Well then. That makes more sense. I was just going off of the most recent news about it, where it will have "passing similarities".

I'm sure it will be an awesome movie, but it is a bummer that it's not even remotely tied to the series. I guess we'll have to wait to find out more about the premise.

[disneyboy20022]

Okay...this is odd there seems to be cover art of Season 2 Volume 2 of Gargoyles on amazon....it could be fan made though.....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... eimprovemz

[UmbrellaFish]

Okay...this is odd there seems to be cover art of Season 2 Volume 2 of Gargoyles on amazon....it could be fan made though.....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... eimprovemz

It's fanmade.

[disneyboy20022]

Okay...this is odd there seems to be cover art of Season 2 Volume 2 of Gargoyles on amazon....it could be fan made though.....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... eimprovemz

It's fanmade.

Figures...if it looks like a spectacular Disney cover art - it's fan made

if it's crappy Disney cover art - it's the real Disney Cover

[disneyboy20022]

Did Disney scrap this idea?

Also sorry to those in advance who thought there might be a real update from this thread that has been lost to time.

[UmbrellaFish]

Also sorry to those in advance who thought there might be a real update from this thread that has been lost to time.

Yeah, Michael, you nearly gave me a heart attack!

But seriously-- no, there haven't been any updates! Thank goodness!

[D82]

Jordan Peele Reportedly Wants to Direct a ‘Gargoyles’ Movie at Disney
http://www.slashfilm.com/jordan-peele-gargoyles-movie/

In today’s edition of the entertainment industry newsletter The Ankler, writer Richard Rushfield reports that Peele “walk[ed] in and says he wants to do a new version of Gargoyles.” But instead of green lighting it or turning it down outright, Disney is apparently sitting on its hands.

“How do you turn down Jordan Peele? Well, you can’t. Who wants to be responsible for that decision? So in the absence of a good reason to say no, but prevented by their Big IP box from saying yes, Disney is slow walking the decision. It’s hoping, it seems, that they’ll run out the clock, he’ll sign other deals elsewhere, and the project will just fade away.”

[Sotiris]

Q: Is the live-action Gargoyles film happening or was it canceled?

The DisInsider: It was never happening. Jordan Peele ("Get Out") pitched it, that's all.

Source: https://i.imgur.com/Cdpzkff.jpg

Since then it has become a cult favorite that had even got the attention of the popular horror writer and director Jordan Peele that reportedly pitched a live action film to Disney, who at the time weren’t very interested.

Source: https://lrmonline.com/news/keith-david- ... ew-series/

[Sotiris]

The grisly live-action Gargoyles that almost was
https://www.polygon.com/movies/22436088 ... 90s-script

[blackcauldron85]

^ That was such an interesting read- thanks for sharing it! I was thinking the whole time (and then the article addressed it near the end): in the '90s, what would they have used to make this look good? Early CGI or costumes? And whoa @National Treasure ride!!!!

[blackcauldron85]

Belfast director Sir Kenneth Branagh to bring Gargoyles revamp to big screen
https://belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertai ... 77868.html

Gargoyles Creator Greg Weisman Throws Cold Water on Movie Reports
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/ ... ie-reports
(via AnimatedViews.com)

[Sotiris]

Gary Dauberman, James Wan’s Atomic Monster Tackling Live-Action ‘Gargoyles’ For Disney+
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235342849/

‘Gargoyles’ Live-Action Series Reboot in the Works at Disney+ From Gary Dauberman, James Wan’s Atomic Monster
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/gargoy ... 235758161/

James Wan confirms live-action Gargoyles series at Disney+
https://ew.com/tv/james-wan-confirms-li ... at-disney/

[UmbrellaFish]

For the hardcore fans to embrace this, Greg Weisman needs to be involved.

[PatchofBlue]

For the hardcore fans to embrace this, Greg Weisman needs to be involved.

That's not necessarily a dealbreaker for me. I find that adaptation often works best when the original and the reboot are allowed to have distinct identities. In my opinion, if something is worth rebooting, it's worth saying something new about it, and that's not necessarily served by having the original authors around.

Anyways, this is an exciting development.

It's also interesting to me that after years of speculation, Gary Dauberman is the one to land the gig. I seem to recall that Jordan Peele also pitched a reboot to Disney at some point, and both he and Dauberman have roots in horror, and so I wonder if that says something about the nature of this project.