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Two major names in the creature feature business, Gary Dauberman and James Wan’s Atomic Monster banner, known for their collaborations on the hit Annabelle horror movies, have teamed up to remake the 1990s cartoon as a live-action series for Disney+.
Dauberman will write, executive produce and showrun the series with Atomic Monster, the company run by Wan and Michael Clear, joining the executive producing ranks.
Dauberman wrote Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation and Annabelle Comes Homes, which were produced by Atomic Monster and are an integral part of Wan’s The Conjuring Universe, the highest-grossing horror franchise of all time. He also penned Conjuring spinoff The Nun.
The partnership has been fruitful not only because of the box office success, but also professionally, as Dauberman moved from behind the typewriter to behind the camera, making his directorial debut Annabelle Comes Home.
And the two also worked together on Swamp Thing, the short-lived series based on the DC character that streamed on the now-defunct DC Universe platform.
I’m honestly pretty tired of the live-action reboot trend. It feels like Hollywood has never got over the notion that anything animated must be for kids, and adults will only watch live-action productions.
Having said that, it sounds like Dauberman has had a number of productions by Atomic Monster, so I wouldn’t expect much friction between the two parties, which probably means a pretty low drama production cycle. On top of that it sounds like they are a team who is very comfortable working with the horror genre, so hopefully this bodes well for Gargoyles fans.
