Animorphs movie domain names owned by Sony

[blue_rampion]

There's been some recent news come to light revealing that Sony Pictures actually owns several Animorphs domain names - including animorphs.net, animorphsmovie.com, animorphs-movie.com, and animorphs-movie.net. But apparently, these were bought just before the announcement of the re-release, and are due to expire on June 19th, 2013 - which means

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[nyxelestia]

I'm probably alone in this opinion, but I'm not sure I'd want a movie.

Animorphs is such a long and complex story, a single movie or even three movies just wouldn't do it justice. :(

[fishwithfeet]

I kind of agree with you. But the part that doesn't is incredibly bitter that "The Host" is coming out in an epic looking movie next year. :/

What would be amazing would be a really well done animated series, or with the graphics these days, live action.

[odette_river]

Ugh, The Host. I am soooo bitter about that.

[logansrunfan]

So am I and the worst part is that its`s being directed by Andrew Niccol. But an Animorphs movie or weries would be awesome.

[box_life]

I wouldn't want a movie made by someone who wasn't already super into the idea.

And I'm not sure a movie is the best format anyway. Animated series all the way.

[blue_rampion]

Yes, a movie made by someone who really loves the story would definitely be preferable. Hard to tell whether or not whoever it is that would theoretically be in charge of this is or isn't into it though - I know pretty much nothing about movie-making, but the impression I always seem to get of how movies get developed is that things can end up in development hell despite lots of people being really into it.

I'd kill for an animated series, but unfortunately I don't think the options here are 'get a movie' or 'get an animated series'. It seems more like 'get a movie' or 'get nothing at all, ever'.

[ladysugarquill]

Hmm, an animated series would take care of the budget/fx issues, but it'd be suck in the Animation Age Ghetto and most of the itchier themes from the books'd probably be cut :(

I don't want to say anime for fear I'll be dogpiled, but it always ends up the best option.

Or if someone could make a live-action series like they're doing with Game of Thrones, but since Animorphs are "children's" books I don't think anyone will... :(

(BTW, I love the old series. I recently re-watched it and, as sucky as the fx were, they did keep many of the books' themes).

[blue_rampion]

I don't think it'd necessarily be stuck in the Animation Age Ghetto - if you look at shows like Avatar, there are ones that do get into darker themes. But it would require a production team that was willing to go there.

If I remember correctly, I think the argument against anime is that since Animorphs is a western book series it should be animated in the western style? Not that that stopped Anime makers from doing adaptions of western books, what with Howl's Moving Castle and Deltora Quest. Although both of those are set in fantasy worlds. Still, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with Animorphs being made into an anime - I don't think there's anything wrong with anything being made into any kind of specific adapted format, or with any specific country doing that adaption - but I imagine it would definitely result in a rather different approach to the whole story, and it might not necessarily appeal to western readers

[kleenexcow]

Movie, schmovie.

I have a very elaborate life plan that involves finishing my MFA in television writing, getting work on a tv show, working my way up the television ladder, creating a show that wins an Emmy, publicly thanking K.A. in my Emmy speech for being the person who made me get interested in writing, and then having my people call her people the next day and say "so. Animorphs TV reboot. What do you say?"

[blue_rampion]

Ahaha, I APPROVE OF THIS PLAN :P

[moonplanet]

Do it :D

[errorsign]

It should be a video game, done in the style of the elder-scrolls games. Have a player character be brought into the war in the style of David, make the player a silent protagonist and give the player options to take/say that will raise or lower player's standing with the other 6 core characters. Missions that happen in linear foward motion would progress the plot, just as in the books, but have some missions that happened to the core 6 before the player was recruited be in black and white, and be played from a core 6 perspective

[fishwithfeet]

I would play this game!

[sapphynashi]

I would love a movie if only for the opportunity to introduce new fans to Animorphs, seeing how the relaunch failed (damn, what's wrong with kids and their taste in reading material these days?).

I wouldn't expect a movie to be great, especially at this juncture, but I think it's kind of sad to dismiss the idea altogether based on that. Besides, it's not like the series doesn't already have some terrible additions. As long as it garners lots of interest, that would make me happy. I just want people to appreciate what a fantastic series Animorphs is.

[blue_rampion]

I get the impression that the relaunch failed due to a lack of marketing. There's actually a lot of good books out there that kids are lapping up right now, so I don't think 'kids have bad taste' is the reason here.

(Of course, if it really did fail because of a lack of marketing...that just makes me so incredibly mad. Scholastic, you use the relaunch as a way to gauge interest for all of these things, and then don't put any effort into marketing? Especially since to me using the relaunch as a way of judging possible movie interest just seems incredibly backwards to me. Movie audiences are not the same as book audiences, and there have been plenty of adaptions where the book was so obscure that people don't even realise there was a book in the first place.)