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Disney+ Developing Animorphs Series With Ryan Coogler as Executive Producer

The project signals a renewed bet on 1990s young-adult franchises to grow streaming audiences.

Overview

  • Variety reported Friday that the series is in early development, with writer-producer Bayan Wolcott attached and Proximity Media’s Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian set as executive producers.
  • Disney’s official logline says the show follows teenagers who uncover a hidden threat beneath everyday life while juggling relationships, curfews, and high school.
  • Scholastic’s Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman will executive produce, 20th Television is the studio, and Proximity executives Simone Harris and Dezi Gallegos will oversee the project.
  • The adaptation has no series order, casting, or premiere date yet, underscoring its early-stage status.
  • Drawn from K.A. Applegate and Michael Grant’s 54-book saga that sold more than 35 million copies, this would be the second TV take after Nickelodeon’s 1998–2000 run and aligns with Disney+ moves like Percy Jackson and an in-development Eragon.