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Disney+ to Adapt Stuart Gibbs' Spy School Series

7/10/2026

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Disney+ Adapts Spy School

Disney+ is developing an original series based on author Stuart Gibbs’s “Spy School” books.
20th Television will produce the show, with Chris Fedak, co-creator of “Chuck”, writing and executive-producing, and Maximum Effort (actor Ryan Reynolds’s company) and former 20th Century Fox producer Emma Watts attached.
The 14-book “Spy School” franchise, launched in 2012 and sold over 12 million copies, has no casting, production schedule, or release date announced.

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Disney+ Expands YA

Disney+ will publish the 14th Spy School novel, “Spy School Goes East,” in October 2026, aligning with the series launch.
The series is produced under a first-look deal between actor Ryan Reynolds’s Maximum Effort Productions and 20th Television, linking Disney+’s YA push to the partnership.
Disney+ expands its YA slate with “Goosebumps,” “Percy Jackson & the Olympians,” live-action “Eragon,” “Animorphs,” and author Stuart Gibbs’s “FunJungle” and “Charlie Thorne.”

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Gibbs Releases Nonfiction

Stuart Gibbs will release the nonfiction book “Spy School Secret Files: Totally True Tales From World II” in 2026.
The title, Gibbs’s first historical nonfiction work, expands his output beyond fiction and prompts Disney+ to see his portfolio as a basis for a long-running family franchise.
His past work includes screenwriting for “See Spot Run,” “Repli-Kate,” “Showdown,” and the “Moon Base Alpha” sci-fi series.

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Disney+ Adapts Spy School

Disney+ is developing an original series based on author Stuart Gibbs’s “Spy School” books.
20th Television will produce the show, with Chris Fedak, co-creator of “Chuck”, writing and executive-producing, and Maximum Effort (actor Ryan Reynolds’s company) and former 20th Century Fox producer Emma Watts attached.
The 14-book “Spy School” franchise, launched in 2012 and sold over 12 million copies, has no casting, production schedule, or release date announced.

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