the fans of the series who were disappointed by how the fifth episode ended. Martines, Nielsen and Rogers confirmed their availability, but the project never came to fruition due to difficulties in co-production and the costs being deemed too high for its realization. Legacy The series' high popularity and cult success during the early 1990s led Bava to make a few other television movies in a similar style for Mediaset, including Desideria e l'Anello del Drago (Desideria), La Principessa e il Povero (The Princess and the Pauper) and Sorellina e il Principe del Sogno (Princess Alisea). It also led to the creation of a 1999-2000 Spanish animated television series by BRB Internacional, also titled Fantaghirò and co-written by Bava but only loosely based on the live-action series. A theme restaurant Fantaghiro opened in Rome in 2001. Italian writer Doriana DelGallo wrote three books published only in Germany in the Prinzessin Fantaghiro series in 1995–1997. Reboot A reboot television series, titled Fantaghirò: La Regina dei Due Regni (Fantaghirò: The Queen of Two Kingdoms), was announced as in development in late February 2021 by Leone Film Group's Lotus Production, to be produced by Gianni Romoli and directed by Nicola Abbatangelo. Abbotangelo said, "It is not a remake and I am treating it with gloves starting from the original fairy tale to reach the hearts of many people today. It has to be a story of now and it has to be contextualized." Albeit it is unknown who may replace them as Fantaghiro and The Black Witch, Martinez and Nielsen are rumored to return in the other roles. The reboot will be released on Disney Plus. The original series' director Bava commented: "I read it in the newspapers a few months ago, nobody told me about it and nobody he asked me to cooperate. If they want to make a great Italian production, that's fine, but if they want to re-propose the same characters, that was our lot, also because Calvino's fairy tale is only 4 pages long." References External links "Fantaghirò, persona bella" - original fairytale by Italo Calvino Films directed by Lamberto Bava Films based on fairy tales