Adapting Gargoyles for live-action “will be challenging,” but Dauberman says they are “talking to some great people. We are still keeping that darkness to it. I’m excited to see the animated [series] come to life.”
Gargoyles aired 78 episodes over three seasons between 1994 and 1997, with an 11-issue Marvel Comics series taking flight in 1995. The story of the Manhattan Clan continued as recently as 2022 in a new Dynamite comic series penned by the TV show’s co-creator and producer, Greg Weisman, but Dauberman “can’t get into specifics” about whether the live-action version is adapting any particular story.
“I think Disney would kill me. I am such a fan of the show and there is so much good in it,” says Dauberman, a screenwriter who has adapted the works of author Stephen King (the It films and 2024’s ‘Salem’s Lot remake) and PlayStation’s Until Dawn video game into a feature film.
Whether it’s adapting Stephen King, a horror video game, or an animated series such as Gargoyles, Dauberman says, “[In] one, you have to invent stuff whole cloth and the other you don’t. I will say that if you are a fan of the show, you will be very happy with how I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel with that one.”