The Kingdom Hearts TV Pilot (That Never Was), Explained

Over two decades ago, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura and Shinji Hashimoto created Kingdom Hearts, a collaboration between the acclaimed Final Fantasy developer and The Walt Disney Company. Since the first game’s release in 2002, the action role-playing game (RPG) has grown into a 13-game, multi-platform series, shipping more than 36 million copies worldwide. Like any highly profitable property, Kingdom Hearts boasts every tie-in imaginable, from collectible figurines to a best-selling manga series. However, one glaringly obvious tie-in eludes the Disney-Square Enix crossover: a Kingdom Hearts TV show (or movie).