Warriors (upcoming film)

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Warriors is the name given to an upcoming Chinese-funded British CGI animated dark fantasy film, produced by David Heyman, based on the novel series of same name by Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry under the pseudonym "Erin Hunter" and produced by Heyday Films and Alibaba Pictures. It is based on the book series by the alias writer(s) Erin Hunter. The film will use CGI animation but without the use of motion capture to portray the characters.

The release date of the film remains unannounced.

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Synopsis

A housecat named Rusty joins a clan named "ThunderClan", consisting of wild cats in the forest, and faces numerous challenges along the way to becoming a ThunderClan warrior.

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Production

During an author chat in 2009, Victoria Holmes stated that there were currently no plans to adapt any of the Warriors novels into movies, and none under consideration:

     "Oh, the fickle world of movie making, well, there are currently no Warriors movies in production or even under consideration. The economy is not in a state to invest in a rather dark animation about feral cats, apparently. I promise I'll let you know if there are any changes."

On October 20, 2016, Victoria Holmes announced that Alibaba Pictures had bought the rights for a movie, and are planning to do one in collaboration with Heyday Films, allowing Heyman to be set as producer. When asked about a few thoughts of his, Heyman relayed to a reporter from The Hollywood Reporter his thoughts on the main character Rusty. "He's stigmatized, he's an outsider, he is not from the forest, he's lived in the comfort of a human home, So it's about him getting acclimatized into this place, earning his place in spite of great prejudice against him and ultimately rising up.".

Heyman told the reporter that he is now trying to find a screenwriter. "There are six books in the first series. It's important that we find a way so that the films doesn't feel episodic ... like a unified story,". "The interesting thing about the books is there are such a lot of narratives. And the books are still being written, so there will be as many films as long as we can keep telling interesting stories and the audience is receptive of it. We'll keep on making it.". He has also said that the film will not be using motion capture for the cats' performance. "I think motion capture works best when there are humanoid characters -- two arms, two legs. If you're doing a cat, it doesn't work. What we'll do is to film actors for reference, like what we did in Paddington.".