 On September 23, 2019, "The Hollywood Reporter" announced that Dean DeBlois will be the writer and director of the film.In 1998, AGE, Annex Entertainment, Gribouille and Kaleidoscope Media Group planned to produce a Micronauts animated series starting with a five-part miniseries to air on the Sci Fi Channel in Fall of 1998, followed by a syndicated 26 episode Micronauts animated series for 1999, with action figures and a Marvel tie-in comic announced.The project was later cancelled.