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What’s the next hit YA film series?

posted 3 years ago by Ed (522)
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First there was Twilight. Then the Hunger Games. The Divergent series tried but failed. Anything else out there? Some of the MCUs, like Spidey? Maybe Dune, but that’s a stretch?

[–] TexasJack (12515) 3 years ago

https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/best-young-adult-book-series-to-binge/

Lots of potential candidates in this list. One of them (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) was done a couple of years back.

If I'm playing Hollywood studio executive, I'm going to skip the ones with "dystopian" themes because it's been done so much. So I'm going to green-light "Unearthly", and I want Millie Bobby Brown cast as the lead.

[–] Ed (522) 3 years ago

I’d be partial to a continuation of the Narnia films. Great source material there.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

The Maze Runner also flopped hard. I don’t think young adult is an encouraging niche for a profitable franchise.

[–] aavfreak (2861) 3 years ago

Yep. And they tried to make A Wrinkle in Time a thing, too.

[–] kenburke (2279) 3 years ago

The Arc of a Scythe or Ember in the Ashes series?

[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

The phrase “young adult” is complete marketing, feel-good bullshit. A 16 year-old is not any kind of adult, nor is an 18 year-old. They are mature CHILDREN. The human brain is not fully developed until the age of 25. That’s when the prefrontal cortex matures. That’s the part of the brain that helps to curb impulsive behavior. Controlling one’s impulses and not making stupid decisions are important parts of being an adult. That is why there are no adult horror movies.

[–] e3e34ifj (1316) 3 years ago

the YA fad is dead. it was an early 2000's thing that Harry Potter started and nobody could keep up. HP franchise isn't even that amazing, but most of these YA movies are fucking awful.

[–] whoanelly (1558) 2 years ago

It’s not dead. It’s just moved to streaming platforms.

Edit: apparently still in films, too
https://deadline.com/2019/08/children-of-blood-and-bone-movie-lucasfilm-kathy-kennedy-kay-oyegun-rick-famuyiwa-fox-disney-1202662804/

[–] Burk48917 (10966) 2 years ago

Naw, its over. Too many failed efforts in Hollywood to keep throwing good money after bad.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

Enid Blyton's Famous Five series with orangeade and lashings of hot tea !

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

The genre is dead and people watch TikTok

[–] JoWilli (15087) 2 years ago

^^^
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