Animorphs: Disney+, EP Ryan Coogler Developing New Live-Action Series
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Animorphs: Disney+, EP Ryan Coogler Developing New Live-Action Series
Disney+ and Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media are developing an adaptation of Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant's "Animorphs" book series.
Published Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:51:07 -0500
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- Disney+ and Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media are developing a live-action Animorphs series adaptation.
- Bayan Wolcott will write and executive-produce, with Scholastic involved as executive producers.
- The series centers on teens morphing into animals to battle a hidden alien threat amid high school chaos.
- Animorphs previously ran for 54 books and had a 1998-2000 Nickelodeon TV adaptation.
Who's in the mood to watch a group of teens with the power to morph into any animal they touch by absorbing its DNA, fight off an invasion of parasitic aliens? Disney+ and Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media are hoping you are, with Variety reporting exclusively that development is underway on a live-action series adaptation of Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant's "Animorphs" book series. Bayan Wolcott is attached to write and executive-produce, with Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian executive-producing via Proximity Media. Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman will executive-produce for original book publisher Scholastic. 20th Television serves as the studio, with Proximity Media's Simone Harris, vice president and head of TV, and Dezi Gallegos, director of TV development, overseeing the project.
According to the official overview that was released, the new live-action take on the book series "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." In the books, Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Tobias find themselves balancing being teens with pretty much stopping an alien race from enslaving the entire galaxy. Aside from the announcement, production intel, and logline, no additional details were released regarding the show's approach.
Beginning with 1996's The Invasion and ending with 2001's ironically titled The Beginning, the "Animorphs" series would run for 54 books, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide. In addition, the series included companion/spinoff novels, such as The Hork-Bajir Chronicles, The Andalite Chronicles, and Visser. Previously, "Animorphs" was adapted as a live-action series that ran on Nickelodeon for two seasons (1998-2000). The series starred pre-The Rookie star Shawn Ashmore, as well as Brooke Nevin, Boris Cabrera, Nadia Nascimento, Christopher Ralph, Paulo Costanzo, and Eugene Lipinski. In 2020, there were efforts to bring "Animorphs" to the big screen, but the project never moved forward.
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