Overview
- Co-creator Greg Weisman told ComicsOnline on Tuesday that the planned live-action Gargoyles series is dead and that there are no current live-action plans for the property.
- The shelved effort had reportedly involved writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan’s Atomic Monster and reworked the story to make Goliath the last gargoyle paired with NYPD detective Elisa Maza.
- Reports say the recent reboot attempt did not include the original creative team and shifted toward a supernatural police-procedural tone rather than the 1990s show’s serialized, Shakespeare-influenced style.
- Actor Brent Spiner has said on his podcast that a new animated Gargoyles series is in the works, but Disney has not confirmed this claim and it should be treated as unverified.
- Industry coverage places the cancellation alongside other Disney+ cutbacks, which could reduce the number of live-action revivals and leave the franchise’s future dependent on whether Disney greenlights a new animated project.