Paramount Animation and Temple Hill are joining forces to bring the heroic world of husband-and-wife animation alums Yarrow and Carrie Cheney’s book, Superworld: Save Noah. The illustrated story was published by Random House Children’s Books in November 2022, and will be followed by a sequel, Superworld: Destructo World, in early 2025.
In Superworld, a strange meteor impact has imbued everyone on Earth with superpowers — except, that is, for one young boy. After tween years spent feeling left out because his tinfoil super hero costume deflected the power-inducing energy and left him the only normal person on the planet, 12-year-old Noah becomes its savior: His lack of powers means he’s the only one who can steal the Super Stone that keeps the planet-ruling supervillain in control.
The adaptation will be overseen by Paramount & Nickelodeon’s VP of Animated Features, Brad Butler, according to Deadline.
The Cheneys met as freshman cubicle mates in CalArts’ animation program in 1992. After working in the L.A. industry for several years, they moved to Paris, where Yarrow Cheney worked on Illumination blockbusters; as a production designer on Despicable Me 1 & 2 and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, co-director on The Secret Life of Pets and lead director on The Grinch.
Currently living in Ojai, California, the Cheneys are represented by UTA.
[Source: Deadline]
