Dave Eggers’ New Novel The Every Exclusive to Independent Bookstores
Dave Eggers’ new novel The Every will publish on October 5th, but it will only be available in independent bookstores. The hardcover novel, published by McSweeney’s, will have at least 32 different covers, which will all be randomly distributed to stores. Six weeks after the book’s initial release, Vantage will publish an e-book, audiobook, and paperback version that will be available everywhere, but will only have one cover. The hardcover edition will remain exclusive to independent bookstores and the McSweeney’s website.
Issa Rae and Jaboukie Young-White Team Up to Adapt Gang’s All Queer for HBO
HBO is creating a half-hour series adaptation of the book The Gang’s All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members by Vanessa R. Panfil. And Jaboukie Young-White and Issa Rae are attached to adapt the project. Young-White will write and executive produce, and Rae will executive produce under her Hoorae banner along with Montrel McKay. The series will follow the story of a closeted 20-something living in Chicago who, grieving a gang-related death, drops out of college to find closure.
Harry Melling Stars Opposite Christian Bale in Netflix Film About Young Edgar Allan Poe
Harry Melling (The Queen’s Gambit) will star in a new Netflix film about a young Edgar Allan Poe. The film is based on Louis Bayard’s novel The Pale Blue Eyes, which imagines a young Poe who solves crimes. Melling will play the young Edgar Allan Poe alongside Christian Bale, who plays a detective tasked with solving a murder at West Point. The film will be written and directed by Scott Cooper (Hostiles).
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