A “Spaceship Earth” series, inspired by the ride of the same name at Walt Disney World’s Epcot, has landed a pilot order at Disney+, the streamer announced Thursday.
“When a mission to avert an imminent global cataclysm goes awry, a small band of teenagers from Earth’s past and future must join forces to confront a threat as vast and mysterious as time itself,” reads a logline for the project, which is produced by 20th Television.
“It: Welcome to Derry” co-showrunner Jason Fuchs is set to showrun and executive produce the project. “Loki” head writer Michael Waldron is also set to executive produce, along with Lee Toland Krieger, who directs the pilot. Non-writing executive producers also include Adam Fishbach and Adam Fasullo.
Fuchs is repped by WME and attorney Michael Schenkman at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Waldron is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and attorney Michael Shenkman at Shenkman Law. Krieger is repped by UTA and Davis Law Group.
This marks the latest project to land a pilot order at the platform, as Disney goes all in on its streaming service as the “digital centerpiece” of the company. The streamer announced a series in development starring TikToker Lala Sadii on Thursday. It also greenlit the “Riverdale” universe series “Afterlife With Archie” from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa for Halloween 2027, and gave pilot orders to a “Last Kids on Earth” and an “Aquamarine” sequel series.
CEO Josh D’Amaro teased during Wednesday’s earnings call that the app’s transformation into a more “comprehensive membership ecosystem” — in other words, using customer data to drive growth — would begin next spring.
Disney also announced a content sharing deal with TikTok for fan-created content to be hosted on the platform.
