Unveiled Secrets! Dive Into The Original ‘The Owl House’ Pilot Script And Pitch Bible—See What Changed!
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Disney’s The Owl House created by Danna Terrance was one of the most successful series Disney Channel ever had. Detailing the adventures of a normal human Luz Noceda who arrived in a magical world of the Boiling Isles, the series was praised for progressive storytelling and deep rich themes of love, friendship, and understanding. Like all good series though it went through changes, where it started isn’t necessarily where it began. As of late various articles and leaks from the Disney TVA archives have revealed the initial pitch bible as well as pilot animatics from Danna. What changed, and what stayed the same as the development process of the series played out? Let's find out.
The basic premise of The Owl House was there from the beginning, that Luz Noceda is an average if misunderstood human girl who finds her way into the Boiling Isle. One of the major differences, however, stems from how she gets into the Isle, where in the show proper, she follows a little Owl into a magical portal. This time, she follows who thought was a fellow student turned actual witch, Amity Blight. This is a major difference and would have been interesting given that in every version of the show, Luz and Amity would become a couple; thus, it would introduce that aspect of the series from the beginning instead of the earlier parts of the series. However, much like the original series, Amity's character more or less remains the same, and they do develop a friendship over time.
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Other interesting aspects are the characters; for example, in the initial pitch, characters such as Gus Porter, who would become one of Luz’s close friends in the series, are nowhere to be seen. This is in comparison to Willow Park who was a mainstay of the series from the get-go, even her love of plants. Another mainstay, of course, from the beginning was Eda the Owl Lady, who maintained a bit of that con artist turned more loving guardian character throughout the various evolutions of the series.
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Another major difference of the series seems to be the antagonist. In the final cut that belonged to Emperor Belos, aka Phillip Whitterbane, a human from the 1600s who found themselves in the Boiling Isles and vowed to rid themselves of the witches once and for all. In the show pitch bible, the Boiling Isles is being ruled by a council that is keeping the Emperor from taking true control over his kingdom. The actual Belos character itself seemed to have been an amalgamation of Belos and Hunter in the form of William, a child from 16th-century England as well as an evil advisor named Orbon. It would seem perhaps during development Danna Terrance embraced her inner Star Wars fan by making The Emperor the villain instead of an advisor.
What really is fascinating throughout this whole series though is that while story elements may differ the overall themes and ideas remained the same since the beginning of the series. Ideas of understanding, things not turning out as one would think, these core ideas made their way throughout the whole thing and the various iterations. This show bible and pilot also show that a series can evolve and change over time but that its main core and messaging can remain the same. This has been true of all sorts of series from She-Ra, to Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It’s all part of a wider creative process that helps make for very interesting stories that fans and audiences will know and love for years to come.
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