A "Love, Simon" spinoff series is in the works at Disney+, the Walt Disney Company's planned streaming video service. The film was a major success which grossed nearly $67 million worldwide, was based on Beck Albertalli's young adult novel "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda."
"As I'm sure you might have heard, we're getting a Love, Simon spinoff series on the new Disney+ service!" Albertalli wrote on Twitter. "I'm extremely excited and I can't say much."
Though Albertalli did not share many details surrounding the project, she did confirm that the series will not be an adaption of her book "Leah on the Offbeat" - the sequel to "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" - but rather a different story "set in the world of Simon." Directed by Greg Berlanti, "Love, Simon" won the prize for best feature film at last month's GLAAD Media Awards event in Los Angeles. During his acceptance speech, Berlanti, who is gay, said he would have loved to have a movie like "Love, Simon" during his childhood.
Emma Burkey: I'm so happy that such as great book's/ author's story is going to be retold even more. I also hope that Albertalli will be working closely with Disney + so they don't take too many liberties with her characters.
ReplyDeleteThis is so exciting, I just hope Disney doesn't butcher it.- Madison Malonson
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