Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Right into a Disney+ Present

This one’s for the 90s children: K.A. Applegate’s Animorphs books will lastly get a brand new TV present, courtesy of Disney+.

Within the government producer’s chair is Ryan Coogler by means of his Proximity Media banner. Per Variety, the present is in early improvement with The Testaments author Bryan Wolcott available to jot down and government produce. After Nickelodeon’s two-season adaptation, Hollywood turned its eyes towards adapting this once more in 2020 as a feature film. These plans ultimately stalled out, paving the best way for this new present. Neither Applegate or co-creator (and husband) Michael Grant had been concerned with that film or Nick’s present, and it’s unclear in the event that they’ll be concerned right here.

First releasing in 1996, Animorphs centered on 5 youngsters who get the power to remodel into any animal they contact. They use their powers to stop a race of parasitic mind-controlling aliens known as Yeerks from taking up Earth. Applegate and Grant informed this story over the course of 54 books till the sequence led to 2001, and it was identified for being fairly good, fairly bizarre and darkish, and having cool cowl artwork exhibiting the transformation course of. Scholastic’s been adapting the books for graphic novels, with the sixth e book, The Seize, having launched final 12 months.

With Animorphs, Disney continues its gradual maintain on bringing 90s and 00s children books to tv. The third season of Percy Jackson is coming later in 2026, and there’s additionally a TV present for Eragon within the works, too. What’s subsequent, Artemis Fo—oh, proper.

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