Bad Bunny and Netflix are teaming up to bring Adam Silvera’s historic YA bestseller They Both Die at the End to life.
In what looks like another win for LGBTQ+ book fans, the acclaimed novel by Adam Silvera will be getting a Netflix adaptation, according to Deadline.
While previously in development at HBO, the book has been scooped up by Netflix with Puerto Rican rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny, onboarding as a producer.
Emmy nominated Chris Van Dusen, who is known for his screenwriting at Bridgerton, will be writing the pilot script and producing alongside Silvera. Yellowjackets executive producer Drew Comins will also be involved.
With big names at the helm of this series, it’s no doubt the series is good hands following the global success of both Bridgerton and Yellowjackets.
They Both Die At The End made waves in the book community for its dynamic storytelling and heart wrenching plot line. The novel also made history as the first YA novel with queer Latinx characters to explode in popularity and chart on the New York Times bestsellers list.
Silvera’s book has amassed a huge queer following for its characters and LGBTQ+ themes. They Both Die At The End follows the final day of Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio who find out they are living their last day. Warned by Death-Cast, the two total strangers strike up and unlikely bond.
The books official synopsis reads: “On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.”
Originally published in 2017, the book developed a cult reading following before experiencing a second wave of interest after getting picked up on BookTok online. Since then, the book charted, once again, on the New York Times list as the top selling YA book of 2021.
Following its historic run, author Silvera released a prequel to the novel titled The First To Die At the End, which was published in October last year.
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