What up Epic Readers, welcome back to the Epic Reads YouTube channel.
I'm Jesse from the YouTube channel, @JesseTheReader 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 the recent YA book-to-movie and
book-to-TV-adaptation news.
In today's episode, we've got some summer-y adaptations,
some death-related adaptations and mayhaps some vampire adaptation news.
We've got quite the variety today, let me tell you.
Without further ado, let's get into it.
First up, we have an update for the upcoming adaptation for
The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Amazon picked up the book awhile back to adapt it and
we just got some casting news, big casting news, casting news for the leading roles.
Lola Tung, Rachel Blanchard, Jackie Chung and Christopher Briney will be taking on
the leading roles in The Summer I Turned Pretty adaptation.
I've yet to see any of these actors' work, any of their movies or TV shows.
But I always love when we get a cast of fresher faces or even just lesser known
actors and actresses, especially when it comes to book-to-movie adaptations.
Because sometimes, we have a star that's been in a ton of movies and
is already super popular.
And they played the lead role in five book adaptations and it's like okay,
can we get some fresh faces up in here.
In The Summer I Turned Pretty series, we follow Belly, who loves summer,
she is obsessed with summer.
And during every other season,
she is counting down the days until it's summer again.
That's how much she loves summer but like same though, I'm the exact same way.
I despise winter, I want it to be summer forever.
While she's super excited for this upcoming summer,
what she doesn't know is that it's going to be turned upside down and be chaotic.
I have no idea what happens, the description is vague, but
my guess is that we get some drama.
And I don't know about you, but I'm ready for that, I'll keep you guys updated as
more information comes out regarding this adaptation.
Speaking of Amazon though, we got our first trailer for
the upcoming Panic adaptation.
Panic takes place in a small town in the middle of nowhere and
each summer every graduating senior competes in a game called Panic.
I'm actually really excited for this adaptation,
especially after seeing the trailer, the trailer itself sold me on it.
It's been a minute since I've read the book, like I read the book back in 2015,
2014, maybe ooh, that was a long time ago.
But it seems that they have really leaned in to kind of the thrill aspect of
the book and that has me really excited.
Cuz that was like one of my favorite elements within the book,
the more thrilling it is, the better.
When you're reading the book,
you do get this idea as to how dangerous this game of Panic is.
But seeing the trailer and seeing everything happen, I'm like, dang,
that really is dangerous, what were these characters thinking?
I would never ever, ever want to participate in Panic, but
you can bet I'll be watching Panic with popcorn in hand.
I'm personally ready to panic watching Panic.
Panic hits Amazon Prime on May 28th.
Next up, we got an update on the upcoming They Both Die At The End adaptation.
It was announced that the author, Adam Silvera, will be taking on the role of
creator, executive producer, and screenwriter on the upcoming project.
Y'all know how I feel about authors being involved in adaptations, it's a must, and
I'm excited that it will be in Adam's hands.
And that he will be able to guide it in the direction it needs to go in.
They Both Die At The End takes place in a world where you're notified the day that
you're going to die.
I don't know if I would like living in that world.
I kind of like the mystery of not knowing when I'm gonna die, what about you guys,
let me know in the comments.
We follow Mateo and Rufus, who are total strangers but
they meet up on their last day and spend their last day together.
If you're looking for a book that will tug at your heartstrings,
this one will come in and rip your heart out.
It won't pull at the strings, it will literally rip your heart out and
make you cry, I highly recommend it.
If you want pain in your life, welcome it into your life.
Lastly, quite possibly, we have the most unexpected news to come out of 2021.
And that is the fact that Vampire Academy, the book series,
has been picked up again to be turned into a TV series.
If you don't know the history of Vampire Academy, we had an adaptation come out in
2014 and while fans loved it, it didn't do well critically.
So, now the executive producer of Vampire Diaries and
The Originals has been picked up Vampire Academy to turn it into a TV series.
I am shook by this news and mostly because fans pushed and pushed for
there to be a sequel movie made.
And I'm pretty sure at one point there was even a Kickstarter.
The passion was real, the fans were fighting for it.
And while fans aren't getting that sequel movie that they wanted,
they're now getting a television series which I feel could be even better.
I'm personally excited because of the executive producer that picked it up.
They gave us Vampire Diaries and The Originals,
this adaptation is in solid hands, I loved The Vampire Diaries.
I've yet to watch The Originals but Vampire Diaries, ooh, it was chef's kiss.
All right guys, that's it for today's episode of Epic Adaptations,
I now want to hear from you guys down below in the comments.
What are your thoughts on today's episode?
How excited are you for The Summer I Turned Pretty adaptation,
the Panic adaptation, the They Both Die At The End adaptation, and
the Vampire Academy adaptation?
Let me know your thoughts down below in the comments.
So, now it's time for the question of the episode where I give you a question you
answer it down below in the comments.
What's a book adaptation where you feel they did the best job with the casting,
like the casting did the book complete justice?
Let us know in the comments down below, we love hearing from you guys.
I feel like for me the casting for The Hunger Games was just completely perfect.
That cast came into their roles and just did what they needed to do.
Again, that's it for today's episode of Epic Adaptations.
As always, it means the world to me that you guys watch Epic Adaptations and
we will see you next month with another episode.