'Animorphs' movie in development

[smallville fan]

The ones a few pages back the EPUBs.

I had heard the books have an anti-war vibe and touch on xenophobia and racism Is that not true?

Yeah it goes into that a bit. I look at Animorphs as a deconstruction of the teenage protagonist monomyth adventure fantasy story where you really get an insight of what would really happen in a scenario like that with war being not so pretty.

 

[#root]

Yeah it goes into that a bit. I look at Animorphs as a deconstruction of the teenage protagonist monomyth adventure fantasy story where you really get an insight of what would really happen in a scenario like that with war being not so pretty.

That’s a pretty accurate way of describing it. I always thought that the major issue with adapting these books is going to be that the basic premise sounds more action-oriented and child-friendly than the actual stories. The studio probably doesn’t want to get into the more serious/scary elements and turn it into a more straightforward, broadly appealing adventure story.

Like their transformations were so gruesome. They were always scared for their lives and scared of being captured and tortured. Even with the action, the vibe was usually like “they’re fighting for their lives and they could actually get seriously hurt or even die”. And they all suffered some serious consequences. Without all that, it would very much be another Percy Jackson situation.

 

[Wheels]

How did I miss something so bad ass sounding? No studio will release that in theatres probably.

 

[Luigi]

That's a bit worrisome.

 

[smallville fan]

That’s a pretty accurate way of describing it. I always thought that the major issue with adapting these books is going to be that the basic premise sounds more action-oriented and child-friendly than the actual stories. The studio probably doesn’t want to get into the more serious/scary elements and turn it into a more straightforward, broadly appealing adventure story.

Like their transformations were so gruesome. They were always scared for their lives and scared of being captured and tortured. Even with the action, the vibe was usually like “they’re fighting for their lives and they could actually get seriously hurt or even die”. And they all suffered some serious consequences. Without all that, it would very much be another Percy Jackson situation.

Seems like we're just getting an adaptation of the Nickelodeon TV show that starred Shawn Ashmore which essentially didn't do justice to those books and became the very thing the books aimed to deconstruct. I'm also gonna bet that Tobias won't last long as a perma-Hawk nothlit.

Also follow up tweets from Michael Grant.

 

[Wheels]

Um just based on the stuff that smallville fan and #root said about the books, the ideas present, and his age, I think I have the perfect director for Animorphs.

Ryan Coogler, 34.

You want to go easier to get, but possibly has the right stuff for this then maybe Josh Trank, 36. Both in the age range of the original readship, and both (Especially Coogler) seem like good fits.