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An adaptation for 'KINGDOM HEARTS' is reportedly in the works at Disney - Daniel RPK
- Thread starter PimentaGui
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I don't expect this to be good, but for the opposite reason as everyone else haha. I would prefer if Nomura is heavily involved and they go batshit with it and make some alternate-timeline-yet-also-canon-to-the-games-and-needed-for-KH4 bullshit.
In reality this is going to be executive-meddled to heck, forced into focusing too much on Disney IPs, but already a lot of the Disney stuff in Kingdom Hears is "Look, it's like the movie but it's in a game!"
"Look, it's a Disney movie! But in a movie!" isn't exciting; and there's minimal chance executives will let the writers proceed with something actually creative here.
Fully willing to be pleasantly wrong though.
In reality this is going to be executive-meddled to heck, forced into focusing too much on Disney IPs, but already a lot of the Disney stuff in Kingdom Hears is "Look, it's like the movie but it's in a game!"
"Look, it's a Disney movie! But in a movie!" isn't exciting; and there's minimal chance executives will let the writers proceed with something actually creative here.
Fully willing to be pleasantly wrong though.
The story is fine in the first game and most of CoM, it's 2 and later 3D where stuff goes downwhill
I'd be alright with that.
As a huge KH fan I'd be so happy to watch this. I'd imagine it would try to synergize with KHIV depending on the timing of both.
As cool as a big budget film would be, I'm just not sure how you cover enough of the material to tell a decent story without cutting a whole heck of a lot.
The extra time with TV could serve the story a lot better imo.
Just imagining the Disney story teams pouring through the lore, going "what the fuck did we sign up for..."
Yes, but Kingdom Hearts' story is like a pun now. The worse it gets, the better it gets.
Like with other DanielRPK rumors, best to wait for someone else to corroborate this before we get our hopes up. He has a bit of a spotty track record outside of trailer release dates.
Feels like this is about 18-19 years too late. KH is old hat now, but I guess maybe this will get the brand in front of young people's eyeballs and who knows maybe if Disney gets writers on board with KH they'll be able to produce something a bit more restrained and comprehensible.
Yes, maybe each episode is a new Disney world. So much potential. It won't be this ground breaking story, but the original Kingdom Hearts could tug at the ahem... heart-strings lol.
14 times was an exaggeration, but the fact remains that Disney has attempted a KH adaptation multiple times in the past, including the animated pilot we had linked on Era some time ago. The problem is that every time they've tried to make a KH movie or show in the past, the talks have fallen apart either due to creative disagreements or (more commonly) Disney executives just not seeing the value in the project and scuttling it. KH has always been a curiosity for Disney at best, and investing an insane amount of money in it beyond the games always scares them off.
If you don't want to believe me, fine, but I've literally spoken to people, myself, who would be in the position to know this. I don't have connections inside Disney anymore, but back in the day I did. There is no point in Daniel even talking about this until the project is actually moving forward and announced, because it will almost definitely die in pre-preproduction like all the rest.
This is the problem with these fucking scoopmongers. They just rake around for any tidbits they can throw out to get attention for their Twitter accounts or podcasts or Patreons, and then everyone winds up pissed off when the project doesn't happen.
i hope they do that, making it so a sequel will 200% never happen
If they just made a standalone movie based on KH1 with traditionally animated Disney worlds looking just like the movies I'd actually be interested, but we all know this will be set up for the next movie and cinematic universe out the whazoo. And of course every Disney world will be pixarized cgi. Imagine if Donald and Goofy looked like their classic 2d cartoon selves and Geenie looked just like he did in Aladdin.
I still believe that Star Wars Visions show was a audition for which Animation studio could work with SE/ Disney and do a KH anime. But who knows if this is Live Action or Animated.
You thought Star Wars was bad with major story plotpoints happening in Fortnite?
Heh. Play this mobile game for a year to figure out this Kingdom Hearts movie.
Heh. Play this mobile game for a year to figure out this Kingdom Hearts movie.
That still feels like it should be a joke and not something that actually happened.
I want to see this reach $1b box office.
Imagine Square Enix if their Final Fantasy characters in real Disney film...
Imagine Square Enix if their Final Fantasy characters in real Disney film...
It is a joke though... right? I've never heard of this until now. I don't believe it.
Honestly, do it in animation and lean into the crazy - it'd be a huge hit. The nostalgia is VERY there for a more... digestible version of the series.
I think the problem is that KH isn't really...that popular anymore? It's a nostalgia ploy for one specific sub-demographic of Disney fans who were also gamers in the late 2000s. And who knows how much that fandom survived the end of KH3.
Please let it be true.
Make the first 3 games a trilogy and do spinoff shows.
Go all in on the absurdness.
Make the first 3 games a trilogy and do spinoff shows.
Go all in on the absurdness.
I think the key demographic here is "nostalgic millennials who played KH 1/2". Think the X-Men '97 approach - you want people who fell off the IP after awhile.
Hope springs eternal! Sob.
I always think the only way a Kingdom Hearts adaptation could really work is as a television show -- otherwise the majority of the episodic Disney worlds would have to be removed, and then you lose half the fun of the premise.
oh god don't even
KH2 is two extremes for me -- everything with Roxas is absolutely fantastic, while everything else with Organization XIII is... less so.
I always think the only way a Kingdom Hearts adaptation could really work is as a television show -- otherwise the majority of the episodic Disney worlds would have to be removed, and then you lose half the fun of the premise.
oh god don't even
KH2 is two extremes for me -- everything with Roxas is absolutely fantastic, while everything else with Organization XIII is... less so.
i dont know how you condense any part of the series into movies.
it has to be like 20 1-hour long episodes per season. 1 season per game.
it has to be like 20 1-hour long episodes per season. 1 season per game.
don't think that's fair to say when KH3 was the highest-selling title in the series
sure, you could say "all those people left after" but it's the last hard figure we have (aside from the rhythm game) and it does not at all support your conclusion
