Dan Letchworth from Scholastic returns again, this time confirming the conclusions we had drawn up in our previous post:
“Hi again, just to put doubts to rest about what we’ve all already deduced–my editor at Scholastic just confirmed with me this morning that Animorphs #8 was cancelled at a very late stage, with no plans for any further rereleases.
Hellfire and damnation!”
-Dan
Sad to say, this also removes the chances of an Animorphs 2.0 or a movie adaptation any time in the near future. We’d like to thank Dan once again, for keeping us and the fans up-to-date on the official progress of the series.
As a side note: If you were holding out on buying any of the new reprints in paperback, then now might be the best time to get them. They are unlikely to ever get a second printing, making these now ‘limited time editions’ even harder to find than the ones from the original Classic run.
That’s everything for now. As always, we’ll keep you informed should there be any further official announcement to the continuation of the series, and you can find us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with those latest Animorphs-related updates. Until next time!
It’s sad. I went to my local Target to buy the books when they were to be released only to find that they were not there, I have gotten all the re-releases up to four in book form and up to six or seven in e-book form for the kindle. I guess I’ll try to get the rest before they become collectors items.
I wonder what an Animorphs 2.0 would be like. I guess we’ll never know.
Comment by Cecil475 — October 20, 2012 @ 4:31 pm
Another note: Amazon.com is also offering a 4-for-3 promotion, with #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7 being eligible, where if you buy three, you get one free. That’s essentially $5.25 for each.
Comment by Kungfuyu — October 25, 2012 @ 5:17 pm
And they pulled out mere seconds before we saw the new Andalite design! What a tease!
Comment by Noah — October 25, 2012 @ 8:40 pm
Can we at least see the full picture versions of Ax? Both the model they got for him and the new Andalite art? If they’re not going to publish the book, they can at least give us that.
Comment by Jordan — October 27, 2012 @ 3:16 am
What a damn shame. 🙁
The Twilight Generation has spoken.
Comment by Dissonant — October 30, 2012 @ 2:46 am
[…] #8 from its Kindle Store, which is currently the only way to legally purchase this book after the late cancellation of the paperback edition. We’re not sure if Scholastic is the one recalling these ebook editions back, but in the case […]
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“The Twighlight generation has spoken”… No truer words!! I’m almost 30 and still feel like the 12 year old girl who fell in love with the series… Think there’ll always be a good amount of us die hards out there!!
Comment by Patty — November 18, 2012 @ 9:49 pm
Terribly disappointing! I was so thrilled beyond excitement when the series got a relaunch! I never had the money to buy them, so I’ll likely miss out on owning them now. Feels like a friend has died.
Comment by Tobias — November 21, 2012 @ 7:25 pm
[…] length Animorphs movie on the back burner for over a year. Whether or not they still do after the cancellation of the relaunch, I have no idea. But this information has been passed on to me by more than one anonymous source […]
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