exclusive: ACE Entertainment optioned television rights to New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young at nightfall” is a young adult horror novel that has been coveted by many production companies, sources told Deadline.
Manager Paul Kim and vice president of television Kendyl Boucher will reportedly serve as executive producers of the mini-film version.
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Billed as gender swapped lost childor lost boys meet buffy the vampire slayer, at nightfall “'' was published by Penguin Random House/Delacorte Press in March 2023, went viral on I stepped into the spirit.
This book is set in the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, where it's not the darkness that you have to fear, but the girls. Theo and his brother Marco threw the biggest party of the year. And then I got caught. What is their punishment? He leaves Arizona to spend the summer with his grandmother in the rainy seaside town of Nightfall, Oregon, population 846. This small town is cute when it's not raining, but their grandmother is superstitious and oddly antisocial. When they arrive, she lays out her only house rules. That means always getting home before dark. But Theo and Marco are determined to make the most of their summer, and on their first day they meet the mysterious Minnow and his girlfriend. These beautiful and charismatic girls have a magnetic pull that Theo and her brother can't resist. But Minnow and her friends are far from what they seem.
And that one rule? Theo quickly realized that he should have listened to his grandmother. Because when it gets dark, something appears in Nightfall. And I have no intention of letting my girlfriend quit.
To date, Young has published more than 20 novels, including a bestselling series. program A middle grade novel co-written with Simon & Schuster and nominated for the HarperCollins Bram Stoker Award for Children. things that remain buried, treatmentand girls with sharp sticks.
ACE Entertainment, which boasts expertise in adapting YA works to film, is responsible for all three films in the hit Netflix series. Movies like To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Love in Taipei, and The Perfect Date, Hello, goodbye, and everything in betweenand love at first sight.The following movies are scheduled for release next: good luck with your life and time cutthe company's upcoming plans include movies Tea and Tomorrow Guide for Cuban Girls, jingle bell robbery and family secretsThere are projects such as.
Mr. Young is represented by Tobias Literary Agency, which brokered the deal.
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