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An Animorphs TV show that is being made for Disney+ is in the works.
Animorphs is a popular series of sci-fi young adult books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband, Michael Grant. Published between June 1996 and May 2001 by Scholastic, the series includes 54 novels in total, as well as ten companion books. They revolve around a series of characters who obtain the ability to transform into any animal that they touch.
Animorphs are perhaps best remembered for their covers, as they depict children morphing into different kinds of animals in bizarre fashion.
What do we know about the Animorphs Disney+ TV show?
Per Variety, development has begun on an Animorphs TV show for Disney+. Bayan Wolcott is attached to write and executive produce the show, while Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian all serve as executive producers for Proximity Media.
Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman are also executive producers for Scholastic. The show comes from 20th Television, with Simone Harris and Dezi Gallegos overseeing the project.
The show, per the official logline, “follows a group of teenagers who uncover a hidden threat lurking beneath their everyday lives, all while juggling relationships, curfews, and the chaos of High School.”
Deadline’s article further explains that the book series “followed a group of teenagers — Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Tobias — who discover that the Earth is being secretly taken over by a parasitic alien race known as Yeerks. The group meets a dying alien of the Andalite race, which has been fighting the Yeerks and their expansion across the galaxy. The Andalite gives them the ability to morph into any animal they touch by absorbing the animal’s DNA. They use this power to launch a secret resistance against the Yeerks and to save the world. They are later joined by Ax, a young Andalite stranded on Earth.”
There already was a live-action Animorphs series that originally aired on Nickelodeon in 1998. It ran for two seasons.
