Warriors movie

The Warriors Movie is the working title for the upcoming live action CGI animated movie based on the series.

Production

 * On November 19th, 2016, David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter movies, was signed on by Alibaba Pictures to produce the film. Heyman describes the project as "a perfect Chinese-British project." STX board member Gigi Pritzer will produce the movie alongside Heyman.


 * "Alibaba Pictures is planning to turn ‘Warriors’ into a film franchise that will bring to life the spectacular animal and jungle worlds depicted in the novels, using world-leading visual effects,” said APG president Zhang Wei about the film.


 * On May 14th, 2018, award winning Hollywood pair, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Burger, have signed on to be the screenwriters for the film.


 * David Heyman and Alibaba Pictures do not know how many adapations would be made out of the novels. David Heyman says, "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."


 * As of 2018, the language for the film is unknown, and may not necessarily be an English language or Chinese language movie. "The beauty of it is there are no humans walking around in the stories. What you have is you have cats. Cats are not specific to any country," David Heyman said about the movie. "Though I suspect it'd probably be set in a forest in the U.K., because the authors are British. We may use actors anywhere. It's too early to tell, but we're open to all possibilities."


 * The film will be a China - U.K co-production between Alibaba Pictures and Heyman's Heyday Films.


 * Motion picture will not be used to capture the cats' performance. Instead, they will use actors for reference.


 * There is no budget set for the film yet - the cost of filming and visual effects would have to be looked at before a budget can be properly set.


 * Heyman spoke about the project and its Chinese roots. "Everybody wants to get into China, and China wants its culture out there," said Heyman. "It's not easy; there are different techniques in storytelling. Even though there is a lot of common ground emotionally and spiritually, and thematically. So I believe it is possible, and I believe what is great about this Warriors adaptation is that it's not Chinese, it's not British, it's both. And so it's the very best way for that soft power to be expressed."