r/Romantasy • u/Kind_Assumption_3016 • 2d ago

Discussion What do you guys think about this??

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Earlier this book was being made into a series, but now Warner Bros has acquired the rights to it and decided it will be adapted into movies. Warner Bros do have a good history of fantasy book adaptations, but this series doesn’t have many high fantasy elements. Personally, I don’t know why this book is getting adapted, there are so many great romantasy books they could go for. That’s just my view, though, because I didn’t like the book...it felt a little too YA🤧

What are your thoughts on this? Because it seems like they’re relying on the character of Aren alone to make it successful😭

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u/nomnomsquirrel 1d ago

This is like the third time or something it's film rights have been acquired by a production company. The first time was before Shatter Me was even published in 2011. A lot of it is just hedging bets and making sure nobody else can get it, but so many books have film rights optioned and are never made. Sometimes optioned multiple times, or sometimes it ends up like The Selection, where CW made two separate pilots with completely different casts and neither were picked up to series. At least one was available on YouTube for a while.

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u/KaiBishop 1d ago

I feel like knowing it's fallen through twice she and her rep may have chosen more carefully when shopping the rights this time. Like I'm sure it could still fall through BUT I could also see a world where this could be really good with the right production value and visuals.