10 Must-Read Novels Primed for Adaptation
The hunt for the next big screen or small screen hit is constantly on, and a new initiative aims to help filmmakers discover their future projects.
The Black List, long known for its annual curated list of the most promising unproduced screenplays, has launched its inaugural Adaptation List. It’s a new roster compiled from estate of beloved novels that literary agents and editors believe are ripe for adaptation.
No apocalypse or dystopian future here! Kicking off the debut list The THUNDERBIRDS: 10+ must-read novels primed for adaptation
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Here is The Fifth Season.
The Fifth Season
by N. K. Jemisin
This is the way the world ends … for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world’s sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester.
This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth itself is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy.
