Tuesday July 22, 05:58 PM

"Ben 10" kids' show morphs into another TV movie

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Cartoon Network is moving forward with a live-action/CGI telefilm based on its animated series "Ben 10: Alien Force."

The movie -- written by John Turman and directed by Alex Winter, best known for his role as Bill in the "Bill & Ted" movies -- follows the November live-action movie "Ben 10: Race Against Time," which Winter also directed. That telefilm was based on the original "Ben 10" series, in which 10-year-old Ben Tennyson found a watchlike device that enabled him to transform into different alien life forms, each with its own unique powers.

"Alien Force" will be based on the network's second animated "Ben 10" series, in which Ben is a teenager and has discovered the ability to transform into a new set of aliens. The show debuted in April as the network's most-watched original series premiere among kids age 6 to 11.

Winter also directed the movie "Freaked" and is writing a remake of 1979's "Rock 'n' Roll High School."

Turman's credits include "Hulk," "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" and the upcoming "Iron Fist."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter