Casper is returning to the screen with a new live-action television show!
Steven Spielberg is among the executive producers on the forthcoming project, currently in the early stages of development at Disney+, according to Deadline.
The streamer won a five-way bidding war for the series, which hails from writers/executive producers Rob Letterman and Hilary Winston, the former also set to direct.
Minimal details for the project are available, but it’s said to have a darker edge, like Wednesday, and is a modern version of the ghost story. It’s still in early development stages.
Back in 2022, UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, who is also on board, had a live-action Casper series in development at Peacock, but that series did not move forward.
The character of Casper the Friendly Ghost first appeared in a series of theatrical cartoons starting in 1945, and was also featured in comics from Harvey Comics in 1952, before they bought the character in 1959.
He has also been featured in several video games, TV shows and five animated and live-action films, including Casper Meets Wendy, starring Disney alum Hilary Duff as Wendy!
Should the new live-action series move forward, it will be the first project from UCP on Disney+, which has several projects on all other major streamers, including Netflix, Peacock, HBO Max, Apple TV and Hulu.
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