When tragedy upends what was meant to be a summer of fun, laughter and first love, the bonds of family are tested.
They do not falter, they do not doubt, they do not grieve - even when they lose one of their own. “Family of Liars” centers around the Liars’ mothers as they spend one notable summer on the island as teenagers, and we see what it really means to be a Sinclair. The Author of “We Were Liars” will revisit the tale of her Sinclair family and discuss the new book, “Family of Liars,” a continuation of their story in another generation. Meet the author on June 10 at her Carmichael’s Kids appearance at the Louisville Free Public Library. And while Plec is set to adapt both We Were Liars and Family of Liars, MacKenzie will serve as the showrunner on the series with Plec on board as an executive producer.E. Being able to adapt it for television is a career highlight for me - not to mention how thrilled I am to bring the lovely, intimate, emotional journey that is Again Again to life with Carina and the Emilys (Lockhart and Cummins).”Ĭarina Adley MacKenzie, who worked with Plec on Roswell New Mexico and The Originals, will co-write the adaptation of Again Again with Lockhart. It’s mysterious, romantic and devastating - and Family of Liars showed me just how sprawling and multi-generational the series can be. “It’s one of the best YA novels I’ve ever read, and I’ve read a lot.
“I’ve chased We Were Liars for years,” Plec said in a statement to Deadline.
Like We Were Liars and Family of Liars, Again Again features plenty of secrets while also exploring the possibilities of love and the “grandiosity of the human mind.” While Again Again is a story about a girl named Adelaide Buchwald who finds herself catapulted into a wild summer following a near-fatal family catastrophe. It brings readers back inside of the world crafted in We Were Liars and sees another generation during another summer, featuring brand new secrets that’ll haunt them for decades to come. It features a “beautiful and distinguished family,” and a “brilliant, damaged girl” and a “passionate, political body.” The book has become a TikTok phenomenon and has been on the New York Times bestseller’s list for the past twenty-two months.įamily of Liars, one of the books optioned, is a prequel to We Were Liars. We Were Liars is described as a tragic love story and amnesia thriller that is set on a privately owned island off the coast of Massachusetts. Per Deadline, Plec and Universal Television have acquired the rights to We Were Liars, Family of Liars and Again Again. Julie Plec and Universal Television are teaming up to adapt a trio of bestselling titles from author E.
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