Animorphs, the weirdly popular Scholastic YA novel series that terrified an entire generation of youths with its horrifying cover art, will finally live on to scare more people by being immortalized with a film.
As The Hollywood Reporter explains, the book series is being adapted for the big screen by Erik Feig under his Picturestart company. Scholastic Entertainment's Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman will produce the movie alongside Feig and Lucy Kitada from Picturestart.
"The central themes of Animorphs have resonated strongly with kids for more than two decades, and the time is right for a feature film that takes this captivating sci-fi adventure to another level for audiences today," Lucchese said in a statement. "Picturestart has an incredible track record of success, and Erik and his team are the perfect partners to help bring this exciting new series based on the adventure-packed books to movie screens."
Feig added: "We couldn't be more excited to work with Scholastic to adapt Animorphs, an iconic book series with a wildly unique combination of exciting, witty, outlandish and grounded elements that feel all too relevant for our times. We know these books have a deservedly deep bench of passionate fans — ourselves included — and we hope to make Katherine Applegate and her co-author, Michael Grant, proud as we bring Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Tobias to life for a new generation."
In addition to the movie, Scholastic is also planning to adapt Animorphs as a graphic novel series. Here's hoping they maintain a similar terrifying aesthetic as the '90s iteration of the books.
Animorphs had previously been adapted as a Nickelodeon and YTV show from 1998 to 1999.
As The Hollywood Reporter explains, the book series is being adapted for the big screen by Erik Feig under his Picturestart company. Scholastic Entertainment's Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman will produce the movie alongside Feig and Lucy Kitada from Picturestart.
"The central themes of Animorphs have resonated strongly with kids for more than two decades, and the time is right for a feature film that takes this captivating sci-fi adventure to another level for audiences today," Lucchese said in a statement. "Picturestart has an incredible track record of success, and Erik and his team are the perfect partners to help bring this exciting new series based on the adventure-packed books to movie screens."
Feig added: "We couldn't be more excited to work with Scholastic to adapt Animorphs, an iconic book series with a wildly unique combination of exciting, witty, outlandish and grounded elements that feel all too relevant for our times. We know these books have a deservedly deep bench of passionate fans — ourselves included — and we hope to make Katherine Applegate and her co-author, Michael Grant, proud as we bring Jake, Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Tobias to life for a new generation."
In addition to the movie, Scholastic is also planning to adapt Animorphs as a graphic novel series. Here's hoping they maintain a similar terrifying aesthetic as the '90s iteration of the books.
Animorphs had previously been adapted as a Nickelodeon and YTV show from 1998 to 1999.