Rumor has it, that an Animorphs 2.0 might be in the works...with Scholastic!

[KOFSoldier]

http://www.hiracdelest.com/status.htm

I've been following HD for a little while, now. So what do you guys think? I'm a little curious, would it be a direct continuation or a reinvention of the original (the ending did leave a sour taste in a lot of our mouths, and rewriting it would draw in some profit).

[Seryna]

That is pretty interesting.  I would hope that this 2.0 would be aimed at an older audience, for most of the original Animorphs fans are now grown or at least past the age that the first series was aimed for. So little info is given here, it just fills my mind with questions. Will it focus on a new group?  The Auxiliary Animorphs?

[Gaz]

This is an interesting notion and I hope it goes somewhere.

[Darth Revan]

Be still my beating heart, can it be? Oh lord please let that happen!

They should do a re-write of #54, then continue from there. Start targeting older teens and tweens!

[Shock]

while i hope that it is real, i find it mostly likely just a rumor.

unless it comes from K.A.'s or Scholastic mouth, i don't think it will be real.

[Chad32]

That would make me happy. Whether they make a sequel series, or just rewrite the original series and improve on the characters, and also put more focus on other factions beyond the Animorphs.

[Darth Revan]

Animorphs: Euro Edition

[Liz]

Hm.  I'm really kind of hoping it doesn't happen, but that's because I'm still angry about the impending PotO sequel, which is guaranteed to suck, and never want to see another sequel to anything ever.  xD

Anyway, I hate the idea of rewriting the ending.
But I guess a new story with different characters could be okay.

[Darth Revan]

PotO? You mean Phantom of the Opera? They're making a sequel? WTF!?! Unless it's directed, composed, or over seen by Andrew Lloyd Webber, I'm not watching it.

[Liz]

PotO? You mean Phantom of the Opera? They're making a sequel? WTF!?! Unless it's directed, composed, or over seen by Andrew Lloyd Webber, I'm not watching it.

Oh, it's ALW's project, alright...the problem is he's trying to make it all "rock and roll" or whatever, like the movie was.  I'm sure the music will be at least decent, but the plot is just awful.  It was originally based off what is basically the worst PotO fanfiction ever, but ALW has made some changes, and I'd better stop now because I can go on about this forever, so...

~ahem~

Getting back on topic, if 2.0 does happen and is successful, maybe studios would think there's enough interest in the series to make a movie...

[wolfev]

OMG that is freakin awesome. A relaunch would be so cool. Consider this however, if scholastic markets to kids then they can't make a continuation without them having already read the first series. This means that they would have to re-release all the books previously. That would probably require a revamp since they are a bit out of date. What I wonder about is if the books will be longer since kids books tend to be getting thicker and thicker now days. I want to see the Andalite chronicles re-released. Now that would be awesome.

[goom]

that would be fantastic, but i'm not giving my hopes up until i hear this from KA.

[Yarin]

I hope it's true

[Duff]

I wonder if KA will be attached to the project at all. They've both kind of moved on to different projects so I wouldnt be surprised if scolastic moved forward with a new writer/team. Either way this ould be absolutely fantastic to see Animorphs back on a book rack, waiting for the new book to come out every month...good times

[KOFSoldier]

Yeah, I guess we are the Generation of comebacks (Transformers, Astro Boy, Toy Story 3, etc...) it could work if done correctly. I'm not exactly sure how they could do it, though. Maybe focus on a completely different faction? But then it wouldn't be Animorphs anymore. I'm excited, though, and I hope they come through with it.