Apple TV. Amazon. Netflix's Parasyte.
Apple TV is giving book lovers something to get excited about. The studio has preemptively bought the rights to Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros’ upcoming standalone novel Peculiar Stars.
The story sees a cyclone strand a young woman on a deserted island with her fiancés relative, where an unexpected romance begins, but the real danger awaits after they’re rescued. Yarros’ Fourth Wing, with the planned five-part series completely owned by Amazon, is one of the most popular books of this decade.
After the recent success of Apple’s limited series adaptation Margo’s Got Money Troubles, it’s inevitable that they’ll get more involved in the literary works game. The search for a writer to adapt the new series is fully underway, with Peculiar Stars hitting shelves Nov. 17.
Amazon Prime is developing a series adaptation of the graphic novel set Stillwater, created by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez. The original comic book series follows an ex-con Daniel West as he goes to the small town of Stillwater in search of his inheritance, only to find a community where no one ever ages. Greg Berlanti (Wri: Wrath of the Titans) and Carly Wray (Wri: Westworld) are attached to write and EP the show.
Netflix is expanding the hit Parasyte TV universe with Parasyte: Tamiya, directed by Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (Dir: Train to Busan). Based on Hitoshi Iwaaki’s best-selling manga, the series follows Ryoko Tamiya – a deadly parasite who takes over the body of a high school teacher – as she tries to decide whether to hunt down or co-exist with humans. Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool) stars as Tamiya.