A collection adaptation of Melissa de la Cruz’s YA fantasy novel “The Ring & The Crown” is at present in growth at Disney+. The mission is written by veteran showrunner Gretchen J. Berg and her longtime writing accomplice Aaron Harberts, a crew whose writing credit embody CW’s “Reign” and ABC’s “Revenge.” Deadline broke the information.
Set in a magical Arthurian universe, Disney+’s adaptation follows Princess Marie-Victoria, an inheritor to the throne who’s being organized right into a political marriage. Together, she and her bosom buddy Aelwyn Myrddn, the bastard daughter of Merlin pressured into service of the crown, discover methods to “secure political power, true love, and their futures,” the supply teases.
Berg and Harberts described the mission as a “romantic, action-packed, supernatural soap” with potential for “seasons and seasons of stories,” and praised the “rich universe” they’ve been tasked with bringing to life.
“‘The Ring and The Crown’ is one of my finest novels, it was inspired by my favorite book of all time, Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ as well as my favorite mythology of all time, the Arthurian legends,” de la Cruz revealed. “I cannot wait to see it brought to life by such a stellar team, studio and streaming service.”
Berg and Harbert are not any strangers to Disney’s TV ecosystem. The two not too long ago government produced “Our Kind of People,” a twentieth Television’s drama collection for Fox, and labored as consultants for Disney Channel’s curler skating comedy collection “Saturday.”
“The Ring & The Crown” collection will not be the primary collaboration between Disney and Cruz, both, whose bestselling title “The Isle of the Lost” served because the prequel to the Disney Channel authentic “Descendants.”
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