Current Events > Gay novel that hasn't even come out yet is already getting a movie deal O_O

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This book doesn't hit shelves until October 9th:



and already it's getting a movie:

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/13-reasons-why-creator-what-if-its-us-1202961099/

Anonymous Content has nabbed the rights to What If Its Us, a young-adult novel thats attracting a lot of buzz before its publication next month. The company has tapped 13 Reasons Why creator and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Brian Yorkey to adapt the book for the big screen.

What If Its Us is generating a lot of attention because its the first collaboration between Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli, two authors who have scored notable successes by writing queer love stories aimed at teens. Albertalli wrote Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, which was recently adapted into the film Love, Simon, and Silvera penned They Both Die at the End. What If Its Us is in a similar vein. It centers on on a meet-cute between two boys at a post office and the subsequent trials and tribulations of their relationship. BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly, and Bustle are among the outlets that have listed What If Its Us as one the most highly anticipated books of the fall. It is set to be released Oct. 9 by Balzer + Bray HarperTeen.

Things like this would have been unheard of 10 years ago. Now it's so normal.

@yusiko Are you planning on reading the book?
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I LOVED Simon vs The Homosapiens Agenda. It was such a cute, romantic book.

I'm looking forward to What If It's Us?
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Shopaholic163 posted...

I LOVED Simon vs The Homosapiens Agenda. It was such a cute, romantic book.

Did you like the film adaptation?
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This happens all the time.
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Those two have identical faces.

Is this a new take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers?
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dotsdfe posted...

Those two have identical faces.

Is this a new take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

Booty snatchers.
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I was hoping it was going to be "Pounded in the butt by the movie adaptation of this book before the book was officially published" by Chuck Tingle
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Tyranthraxus posted...

I was hoping it was going to be "Pounded in the butt by the movie adaptation of this book before the book was officially published" by Chuck Tingle

lmao
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ollie89 posted...

Shopaholic163 posted...

I LOVED Simon vs The Homosapiens Agenda. It was such a cute, romantic book.

Did you like the film adaptation?

Yes. It was nearly perfect.

Zurkon posted...

Shopaholic163 posted...

I LOVED Simon vs The Homosapiens Agenda. It was such a cute, romantic book.

Same here. Did you read Leah on the offbeat?

@zurkon As much as it pains me to say it, I just did not like it all that much.

It read like bad fan fiction. And the characters (especially Leah) seemed like completely different people than how they were presented in the first novel.

Have you read it?
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THE gay novel hasn't come out yet? Why is it hiding in the closet?

Disclaimer: this joke would be better if it were delivered by user Complete IdiOt.
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I prefer fantasy
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