Laura Kossan, the author behind a mysterious R.L. Stine mission, is adapting Brynne Weaver’s Butcher & Blackbird for screens.
Who higher to rid the world of serial killers than different serial killers? That’s the query Laura Kosann (The Social Ones) should ask herself as she prepares to put in writing the Lyrical Media and Ryder Image Firm’s movie adaptation of Brynne Weaver’s bestselling novel Butcher & Blackbird. This mission brings the primary installment of Weaver’s Ruinous Love trilogy to screens, with Renfield and The Tomorrow Struggle director Chris McKay getting behind the digicam.
Brynne Weaver’s Butcher & Blackbird presents a singular spin on the serial killer style, with a darkish friends-to-lovers thread that helped the comedic learn turn into a viral sensation on TikTok. Right here’s a synopsis for Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy courtesy of Amazon:
When an opportunity encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, they discover one thing elusive—the friendship of two like-minded, pitch-black souls who simply occur to take pleasure in killing different serial killers.
From small-town West Virginia to upscale California and from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the 2 hunters collide in an annual recreation of blood and struggling, one which pits them towards probably the most harmful monsters within the nation.
However as their friendship develops into one thing extra, the stressed ghosts left of their wake are only some steps behind, prepared to say extra than simply their newfound love.
Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a recreation of graves?
Or have they lastly met their match?
Weaver’s novel hit the bottom working on October 23, 2023, shortly changing into a New York Occasions, USA At present, and Writer’s Weekly finest vendor. The guide obtained a lift because of BookTok, a subsection of the social media platform that celebrates literary gems and helps unfold the great phrase about books you might be studying.
Whereas Laura Kosann is a comparatively new voice within the movie trade, she’s presently engaged on an untitled trilogy mission for Netflix based mostly on books by the beloved creator R.L. Stine and different tasks.
Followers of Weaver’s Ruinous Love trilogy are already freaking out about Butcher & Blackbird coming to screens, with hopes that each one three books will obtain an adaptation.
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