‘Animorphs’ Is Getting a Reboot - This Time on Disney+, Produced by Ryan Coogler
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Key Points:
- Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media is producing a television adaptation of the children’s fantasy book series "Animorphs" for Disney+, with Bayan Wolcott writing and executive producing the series for 20th Television.
- The series will follow a group of high schoolers who discover a hidden alien threat and gain the power to morph into animals, balancing their superpowers with everyday teenage challenges.
- Coogler, his wife Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian will executive produce the reboot alongside Scholastic’s Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman, with Proximity Media’s Simone Harris and Dezi Gallegos overseeing the project.
- "Animorphs" is based on K. A. Applegate’s 54-book youth sci-fi series originally published between 1996 and 2001, which was previously adapted into a live-action Nickelodeon series running from 1998 to 2000.
- This new adaptation is part of Coogler and Proximity Media’s overall TV deal with Disney, coinciding with Coogler’s work on "The X Files" reboot pilot for the platform.
