7/6/2023 0 Comments Lightlark by alex aster![]() ![]() Lexi Barta and Jacqueline Garell will oversee the project on behalf of Universal, and Godfrey and Annika Patton will oversee for Temple Hill. The producers Aster is referring to is Wyck Godfrey, producer of several book-to-film adaptations including Stephenie Meyers’s Twilight franchise, Angie Thomas’s The Hate You Give, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, and more. ![]() “I’m just so lucky,” Aster said, “not only for Universal’s commitment to it, and their love for the book, but also, the producers are known for such great movies like Twilight and Maze Runner. The Hollywood Reporter announced last month that Universal had bought the rights to the book in a preempt, in partnership with Temple Hill, with Aster taking a role as an executive producer. I truly believed there was an audience for it, even if publishing didn’t really see it.”Īhead of its release, Lightlark has already become a #1 Amazon bestseller in the Teen & Young Adult Fantasy & Supernatural Mysteries & Thrillers category. “ I wrote this for readers like me who enjoy all these elements. Support from TikTok was motivating for Aster in the face of traditional publishing obstacles, a reminder that the community she was building was her audience. No one’s going to want to publish me.’ And then that video changed everything.” ![]() My previous book came out during the pandemic. “It was like the lowest point of my career, where I thought, ‘I have no agent. ![]() “It was definitely tumultuous right before this happened for Lightlark,” Aster told PW. ![]()
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