Ronald D. Moore and Jon M. Chu Are Developing a Series Remake of SWISS FMILY ROBINSON for Disney+
Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, For All Mankind) and Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) are developing a TV series adaptation of Swiss Family Robinson for Disney+.
The series is based on the novel by Johann David Wyss that was originally published in 1812. That novel has been adapted a few times in the past including the popular 1960 Disney live-action film, which followed a family from Switzerland who escape the Napoleonic Wars to relocate to a colony in New Guinea only to have their ship attacked by pirates and end up on an uninhabited island.
The series will follow a shipwrecked family who finds themselves on a desert island where they make a home for themselves.
Moore is set to write and executive produce, and I assume Chu has come on board to direct the pilot and produce the series. He’s also currently attached to direct the pilot for Lucasfilm’s Willow sequel series.
The project was announced by Disney’s Dana Walden as part of the company’s four-hour investor presentation alongside other development titles including a TV adaptation of Beauty and The Beast and Percy Jackson & The Olympians.