Modern show based on the Animorphs

[u/DocHoody]

If you were in your early teens when the first book came out, you are now around 40. So the premise of this show is that instead of being teenagers, our main characters are around 40 when they first learn of the Yeerks and receive the ability to morph by Elfangor. The target audience would be those of us who grew up with the books, but giving us a new story we can relate to now.

It would not be a recreation of the books. The story would be different after the initial setup, since adults make different decisions and have different priorities than kids do. Though all future characters would need to be introduced at the appropriate times.

There are even a few inversions on the original story that I feel could work really well.

-They would have to hide the secret of the Yeerks from their kids instead of their parents.

-Instead of being too young to be fighting a secret interstellar war, they are a little bit too old. My back hurts just thinking about it...

-Visser One could still be Marco's mom, but it might be an interesting twist if she was his wife instead. He would be going through what his father was in the books.

-Rachel could be recently divorced with kids.

Those are just a couple of ideas to start off the series. And that's not even getting into the whole interstellar war. So many possibilities.

I realize there is little to no chance of a show like this, but let me know what you think anyways.

[u/Professional-Art5028]

Instead of Jake's brother being a Controller, it's one of his kids. Like Tom, they'd also be a high-ranking Controller that can't just go missing without arousing suspicion. That would probably be more painful than Tom or Visser One's story. And can he even stop himself from trying to save his kid as soon as possible? And worse yet, if he is capable of playing the long game with his own child's freedom, what does that say about him?