What up, Epic Readers, I'm Jesse from the YouTube channel Jesse 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, boom.
Summertime is almost here, which has me very excited.
I don't know if I'm alone in this, but summertime is the time for reading and
watching book adaptations.
And we've got quite a bit of news about some adaptations that
are coming this year.
So let's not waste any time, let's get right into it.
First up, we got a poster for the upcoming adaptation for
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Does anybody else have a hard time with that title?
It just does not compute sometimes with me.
It does not want to come out correctly, it wants to come out weirdly and
I don't know how to fix that.
This is the poster, it looks glorious, it looks grand.
I'm still over here reeling over that teaser trailer.
I was not expecting to love it as much as I did, but love it, I did.
I am super pumped to get into this adaptation, even though it's gonna
be a bit of a different experience compared to The Hunger Games because
the Hunger Games, you love Katniss, you love Peeta, some people love Gale.
No offense to the Gail lovers.
And you're in it, you're rooting for them, it's thrilling, it's madness.
And this one is following President Snow, so it's kind of more on the iffy side,
like don't have much love for that guy, no, thank you.
I forgot to mention this in the last episode, but
we actually have an official date for when we are getting this adaptation and
that is November 17th of this year.
Bring on the Hunger Games resurgence, let's go.
We have some Percy Jackson crumbs.
Any Percy Jackson news we get, I gobble it down in anticipation.
Gobble, gobble in my mouth, down the hatch, give me the adaptation tomorrow.
First up, we have the TV show cover that will be going on the books, again,
I said crumbs.
We're getting crumbs today, but
I feel like this means we're one step closer to getting a series poster, and
we're another step closer to getting a series teaser trailer.
That's all I want, give me the teaser trailer.
The amount of times I've watched the intro bit that we got is absurd.
What can I say?
I'm just excited.
We also got confirmation that the show is in fact going to be eight episodes long.
There were some rumors flying around there where it was only gonna be six episodes,
but six ain't gonna cut it.
I mean, I would've been fine with six, but I'll take eight.
I will gladly take eight episodes.
Next up, we got our first look at the upcoming adaptation for Nimona,
the graphic novel.
If you guys don't remember, Disney was actually in charge originally of this
adaptation and then it ended up being scrapped, but
Netflix swooped in, picked it up, and we are finally getting the adaptation.
Thank you, Netflix, for saving this one.
It's one of my all-time favorite graphic novels and
I'm very excited to see it get adapted.
We got a teaser trailer which looks fantastic, and
I feel like they're doing some really interesting and
fun things with the animation and I can't wait to see the full-fledged film.
If you don't know anything about Nimona, it follows a shapeshifter and
there is an attempt to assassinate her.
But things get really sticky when the person looking to assassinate her
is framed, and Nimona is the only one that can step in and
clear their name, talk about drama.
Alice Oseman blessed us on their Instagram recently by giving us a sneak peek at
the upcoming Season 2 of Heartstopper.
Is anybody else feeling just this strong desire for Heartstopper?
Cuz that's what I'm feeling.
These stills that we got have me very excited for this adaptation.
I just loved the first season of Heartstopper.
It was wholesome, it was cute, it was perfection, and
I need more of that in my life.
I need more Heartstopper in my life and I can't wait to watch Season 2.
Heartstopper Season 2 will be dropping on August 3rd.
Finally, XO, Kitty, the spin-off to the To All the Boys I've Loved Before movie
trilogy and inspired by the books by Jenny Han has finally dropped on Netflix.
You can watch the series in full, it's getting lots of rave reviews.
I myself have not been able to get around to it yet, but I am looking forward to it.
I feel like this is gonna be a series filled to the brim in wholesomeness, and
that is something that I very much so want right now.
So bring on the wholesome feels, XO, Kitty.
That's all the Epic Adaptation news I have for you guys today.
Be sure to let us know down below in the comments all your thoughts on
the upcoming adaptations.
Which one are you most looking forward to?
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the Percy Jackson series,
Heartstopper Season 2?
Let us know all your thoughts down below in the comments.
As always, thank you, guys, so much for tuning in, I appreciate you.
I appreciate you being here and interacting with us in the comments.
I will see you next month with another episode of Epic Adaptations.