James Griffiths has been tapped to direct and executive produce ABC’s upcoming fairytale drama series Epic, according to Deadline.
- Griffiths just wrapped directing and executive producing the pilot for the new Disney+ series The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.
- Some of the other pilots Griffiths has directed and produced include A Million Little Things, ABC’s hit series Black-ish as well as the Freeform spin-off Grown-ish and ABC’s Stumptown.
- Nine of the 11 pilots Griffiths has directed and produced have been picked up to series.
- Griffiths recently renewed his overall deal with ABC Signature.
More on Epic:
- From Deadline: “Epic is a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairytales for a new audience. It is set in the fairytale universe of Disney and will center on a whole new set of new heroes, villains, princes, princesses and all manner of magical beings.”
- Brigitte Hales has been a writer and executive story editor for ABC’s Once Upon a Time. She is currently writing for Disney+’s Disenchanted, the sequel to the Disney film Enchanted.
- Epic is also being worked on by Once Upon a Time creators and executive producers Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.
- Brittany O’Grady and Eleanor Fanyinka have been tapped to star in the coming series.
- The show is being produced by ABC Signature.