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Mark Hamill's Hit Netflix Animated Series
Is Getting a Live-Action Disney+ Reinvention
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Mark Hamill's popular post-apocalyptic children's series is making
the jump from animation to live-action. The project shifts from its
original streaming home, Netflix, to rival Disney+, bringing a new
creative team on board.

The Last Kids on Earth getting a live-action Disney+ adaptation
Disney+ ordered a live-action pilot on Tuesday for The Last Kids on
Earth, Max Brallier's blockbuster illustrated novel series that
previously spawned an Emmy-winning animated run on Netflix (via
TheWrap). The move is a big reinvention for the post-apocalyptic
adventure, trading hand-drawn chaos for flesh-and-blood monster
mayhem.

Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux have signed on to write, executive
produce, and run the Disney+ series. The pair built their
reputations on brooding genre fare, having steered episodes of
The Vampire Diaries, Batwoman and Gotham Knights. Kevin Tancharoen,
fresh off directing stints for The Book of Boba Fett and
The Brothers Sun, will direct the pilot and share executive producer
duties.

The Last Kids on Earth Book 1's Penguin synopsis reads: "Ever since
the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen year old Jack
Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he's armed to the
teeth with catapults and a moat, not to mention video games and an
endless supply of Oreos and Mountain Dew scavenged from abandoned
stores. But Jack alone is no match for the hordes of Zombies and
Winged Wretches and Vine Thingies, and especially not for the eerily
intelligent monster known only as Blarg."

Brallier stays attached as a non-writing executive producer. Hillary
Zwick Turner, Jennifer Twiner McCarron, and Matt Hornburg round out
the producing team, with Hornburg representing Blue Ant Studios.
Disney+ has not yet revealed any casting decisions.

Netflix had launched an animated adaptation in 2019 that aired across
three seasons and assembled a vocal cast that included Mark Hamill,
Rosario Dawson, Catherine O'Hara, Keith David, Bruce Campbell and
more. Brallier executive-produced that version himself, guiding its
distinct visual style and comedic rhythm.

Now the franchise resets under a completely different banner.



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