Live-Action ‘Last Kids On Earth’ Gets Disney+ Pilot Order

Last Kids On Earth is returning to the small screen. A live-action version of the popular animated series, based on Max Brallier’s bestselling book series, has received a pilot order at Disney+ and Disney Channel. The project hails from Gotham Knights co-creators and James Stoteraux and Kevin Tancharoen (The Book of Boba Fett, The Brothers Sun)

Written by Fiveash and Stoteraux and directed by Tancharaoen, in Last Kids On Earth, when monsters overrun the sleepy town of Wakefield, a mismatched group of teens must band together, not only to survive, but to become the unlikely heroes charged with stopping the End of the World.

The Last Kids On Earth animated series premiered on Netflix in 2019 with an hour-long special. It went on to run for two additional 10-episode seasons, ending in 2020 on the streamer. Based on Brallier’s books, the action-comedy followed 13-year-old orphan Jack Sullivan and his loyal group of friends who turn a decked-out treehouse into an epic headquarters to survive and fight back after a monster and zombie apocalypse.

Disney is producing. Fiveash and Stoteraux serve as writers, executive producers and showrunners. Tancheroen directs and executive produces. Brallier also executive produces with Hillary Zwick Turner, Jennifer Twiner McCarron and Matt Hornburg for Blue Ant Studios.

Fiveash and Stoteraux most recently co-created Gotham Knights, which aired for one season on CW. The duo also served as executive producers/writers on The Vampire Diaries, Batwoman and One Tree Hill.

Tancheroen’s directing credits include The Brothers Sun, The Book of Boba Fett, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. among others. Tanchereoen also directs on the upcoming SWAT spinoff Exiles.