Despite its massive media
library, Disney has not actually been known for creating a shared universe
franchise. Their legendary Animated Canon films are for the most part standalone
(with some direct sequels). The purported connections between certain animated
series on The Disney Afternoon (original “Ducktales” and “Darkwing Duck”) were
just teases. The movies based on theme park attractions were also independent
of each other. For the most part Disney has relied on media acquisitions like
Marvel and Lucasfilm to get their own “verses” in the MCU and the “Star Wars”
galaxy. But that might change thanks to a proposal by a longtime “Star Trek”
screenwriter/producer.
Yahoo! Entertainment would have it that Ronald D. Moore is
conceptualizing multiple connected streaming series for Disney+ that will adapt
elements of the Magic Kingdom, aka the centerpiece theme park of Walt Disney
World in Florida. That essentially will create a Disney park universe for the
small screen. As for how that will work, the first announced series that Moore
is working on might shed some light. It is titled “The Society of Explorers and
Adventurers,” which will adapt in series form what such Disney franchises as “Pirates
of the Caribbean” and the upcoming “Jungle Cruise” has done in film.
Moore, who joined up with Disney earlier
this month via its TV arm 20th Century Television, will write for
the series and serve as executive producer, with his Tall Ship Productions
working hand in hand with Disney Imagineering. If successful, additional series
all sharing the same setting could follow, with Moore overseeing the potentially-new
franchise as it grows and develops. At present, the production is waiting until
some senior-level writers are tapped for the project.
Ron Moore has been a part of TV
series “Star Trek” beginning with “The Next Generation” in 1988, followed by “Deep
Space Nine” and “Voyager.” He was also part of the 2004 reimagining of “Battlestar
Galactica,” and Starz time-travel historical fiction “Outlander.” More recently
he was show-runner of Apple TV+ sci-fi series “For All Mankind,” which depicts
an alternate 20th Century where the Soviet Union landed the first
man on the Moon, forcing NASA to copy and one-up every milestone the Russians
make in space. This series, produced by Sony Pictures Television, will go into
a third season without Moore, who by that time has gotten a multiyear Disney
deal.
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