Ryan Coogler is producing an Animorphs TV show for Disney Plus

The series combines complex sci-fi and body horror Ryan Coogler seems to be living the dream of a nerdy '90s kid by making new versions of the generation’s sci-fi touchstones. He’s working on rebooting The X-Files and Variety reports he’ll also serve as executive producer on a TV adaptation of K. A. Applegate’s YA series The Animorphs, which is in early development at Disney Plus. For anyone who didn’t grow up running to the teen section of the book store to see what fresh body horror Scholastic had put on the cover, The Animorphs was a truly weird and wild series that included 54 main books and several spinoffs published between 1996 and 2001. It follows a group of teenagers who discover that the Earth is being quietly invaded by a species of mind-controlling alien slugs called Yeerks. The shape-shifting Adalites are mortal enemies of the Yeerks, and a dying Andalite explains the dire situation to the teens and gives them the power to turn into any animal they can touch. They’re eventually joined by a young Andalite stranded on Earth. Turning into a gorilla or a tiger is super cool, but it’s not as useful as you’d think when the problem you’re facing is that your mom, brother, or