{"id":711945,"date":"2026-06-18T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/711945\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:07:09","slug":"warrior-cats-disney-picks-up-animated-adaptation-from-coolabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/711945\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Warrior Cats’: Disney Picks Up Animated Adaptation From Coolabi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDisney<\/a> has picked up the animated adaptation of Coolabi<\/a>\u2019s global phenomenon Warrior Cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarrior Cats is based on Erin Hunter\u2019s feline book series that follows the adventures and drama of multiple clans of feral cats.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series will drop in 2028 on both Disney+<\/a> and The Disney Channel alongside hits like Bluey and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+. Emmy-winner Rodrigo Blaas (Finding Nemo) is directing with the collaboration of El Guiri Studios and the adaptation from Original Force is also for China\u2019s Tencent<\/a> Video.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Warrior Cats books, which are written by a team under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, have sold more than 90 million copies and been translated into 38 languages. According to Disney, Warrior Cats generates 50 million views per month across user-generated content on YouTube and nearly 3 billion views on TikTok. The Roblox game, meanwhile, has been played more than 735 million times.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re always seeking out fresh, imaginative storytelling that resonates with families around the world,\u201d said Ayo Davis, president, Disney Kids & Family. \u201cWarrior Cats has inspired a generation of fans, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to partner with Coolabi Group to bring this phenomenal series to life on Disney+ and Disney Channel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCoolabi boss Will Harrison added: \u201cDisney is the perfect partner for such a hugely loved brand, and we look forward to expanding the fanbase further both in the U.S. and globally when the series hits the small screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking exclusively to Deadline last year<\/a>, Coolabi chairman Neil Court said Warrior Cats \u201cinsulates the company from the vagaries of what\u2019s happening with the kids television business now, which is so precarious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe news comes with the Annecy<\/a> International Animation Film Festival starting in a few days\u2019 time and with Disney making some serious moves in the kids space having rebranded from<\/a> Disney Branded Television to Disney Kids & Family under Davis. At the same time, the team revealed animated fantasy series Journey <\/a>from President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama\u2019s\u00a0Higher Ground<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarrior Cats is not the first animated feline adaptation to have emerged today. Earlier, we revealed that UK TV personality Dermot O\u2019Leary\u2019s Toto the Ninja Cat is being adapted by<\/a> Studiocanal and Superprod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney has picked up the animated adaptation of Coolabi\u2019s global phenomenon Warrior Cats. Warrior Cats is based on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[207650,274996,306980,3716,88,206,35401,107834,306981],"class_list":["post-711945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-annecy","tag-annecy-international-animation-film-festival","tag-coolabi","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-tencent","tag-tencent-video","tag-warrior-cats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}