What up, Epic Readers, I'm Jessie from the YouTube channel, Jessie the Reader.
And today, I'm bringing you another episode of Epic Adaptations,
the series here on Epic Reads where we keep you in the know on all the recent YA
book to movie and book to TV adaptation news.
November, I'm not gonna lie, was a bit of a sad month for
book to movie adaptation news.
I'm afraid we're entering another book to movie adaptation drought.
I'm hoping that in December we'll be gifted with adaptation news galore, but
I guess I'll take what we got this month.
Let's dive into the news.
First up, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has wrapped filming.
We got a few photos from the set shared by some of the actors on the film,
hinting at what's to come with this film, but also not giving us too much detail.
We don't have a set date yet for when we're going to be getting this adaptation,
but I would imagine that we're gonna be getting it in 2023, that's my prediction.
You know what, let's play a little game.
I'm gonna predict right now, and then we'll reference this video in an upcoming
episode to see if I was correct, once we get the final set state for this.
I'm gonna say September 2023, that's when I imagine we'll be getting this film.
Drop your predictions down below in the comments.
I'm personally just eager to see a trailer for this movie.
I feel like it'll be a while before we actually get a full-fledged trailer, but
I just wanna see what the visuals for this film is gonna be like and
if they add it up to what the visuals were like in my head.
Let me know down below in the comments if you've ever had a book where the movie
adaptation for it matched your visuals for it.
I'd have to say that overall the Hunger Games trilogy matched up pretty well
with my overall vision for that series.
That's kind of why I'm eager to see if the visuals for
this match up to the ones in my head.
Next up, A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi has been picked up to be adapted
into a series by Disney Plus.
This is the second book in a duology, and it came out around 2018.
And the thing that I find the most fascinating about this being picked up to
be adapted is that they're not picking up the first book to adapt it,
they're picking up the second book in the duology.
Now, this is kind of a companion series.
The second book in this duology isn't necessarily a direct sequel,
it's more in the companion lane.
It makes references to the first book and has character crossovers.
But I just found it interesting that they've picked up the second book to adapt
it, rather than the first book.
A Crown of Wishes is a YA fantasy rooted in Hindu mythology.
We follow Princess Gauri who ends up imprisoned after a failed siege on her
brother, who is the King of Varada, and she disagrees with him on a lot of things.
The princess ends up finding herself involved in the tournament of wishes, and
she hopes to win because the winner gets a wish,
and she wants to help save her kingdom.
We already have major casting news for this adaptation, which gets me excited,
but Avantika will be taking on the role of the princess in the film.
The fact that we already have a lead for this adaptation and
it was just recently announced has me really excited because I feel like that
means the wheels are turning pretty quickly with this adaptation.
Hopefully, we'll have more updates on this one in the coming months, but for
now that's all we know.
We finally have updates for casting leads for I Wish You All The Best.
I knew it was coming, I mentioned this recently, I was like, I bet we're gonna be
getting major casting news soon for this one, and here it is, we finally have it.
Can I get a drum roll, please?
I have no drums, I have books.
I can give you a book roll.
[SOUND] Corey Fogelmanis will be taking on the lead role of Thin.
While Miles Guterriez-Riley will be taking on the role of Nathan.
I honestly feel like these two actors look so
much like the characters on the cover of I Wish You All The Best, so
I just feel like they did a perfect job with the casting here.
The film has actually already wrapped filming.
I feel like so much of this film has just been kept under wraps, and it's so
surprising to me that it's already wrapped filming, but
I hope that means we'll be getting this adaptation in 2023.
I'll keep you guys updated once we land on a firm release date.
And finally today we have some casting news for the upcoming adaptation for
Percy Jackson.
Which I feel like at this point we're all just kind of like give it to us, please,
give me the adaptation.
I mean, work hard on it, make it perfection, obviously, but
also hand over the series.
Lin Manuel Miranda will be joining the cast.
I think a lot of us were caught off guard by this specific casting news.
[LAUGH] I was like, hello, Lin Manuel Miranda and Percy Jackson?
Okay, this one's for the musical kids out there.
We also have a lot more casting news, so hold onto your britches.
We've got Adam Copeland, Suzanne Cryer, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Jay Duplass,
Timothy Omundson.
That's a lot of the new casting news that we have for
this upcoming adaptation, I feel like things are finally coming together.
And 2023 will be the year that we are, well, I hope it's the year.
We don't have a firm year as to when we're getting this adaptation,
but I feel like it's gotta be 2023, right?
We have a full on teaser trailer that was perfection.
So I just feel like it's coming next year.
Please, I need it.
That's all the Epic Adaptation news I have for you for the month of November.
I hope that you guys enjoyed today's episode.
Let us know all your thoughts on it down below in the comments.
Are you excited for The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes?
What are your thoughts on the upcoming adaptation for I Wish You All The Best?
And how excited are you for the Percy Jackson adaptation?
I need to know all your thoughts down below in the comments.
As always, thank you guys so much for watching, and
I will see you next month with another episode of Epic Adaptations.