Lu will also executive produce the show, along with Made Up Stories’ Steve Hutensky and Casey Haver, with Janice Park producing.Īlso Read: Fall TV 2020: All the Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows - So Far (Photos) “Altered Carbon” and “Reprisal” alums Adam Lash and Cori Uchida will write the script and executive produce the series. Papandrea’s Made Up Stories production company and Cameron have optioned the rights to Lu’s novel, with both set to executive produce the project, which does not yet have a network or streaming service attached to it, and Cameron directing the pilot.
Putnam’s Sons Books in September 2017, is about a hacker named Emika Chen, who “accidentally glitches herself” in the fictional game Warcross and “becomes an overnight sensation,” an accident that changes her life forever. Warcross, which was was published by G.P. At its heart, her story is a near-future romantic thriller, in both real and virtual worlds, and I couldn’t be more excited to help bring it to life onscreen.A TV adaptation of Marie Lu’s YA sci-fi novel “Warcross” is in the works from Bruna Papandrea and John Cameron. This is going to be a very fun and visually dynamic show to create.”Ĭameron also explained his experience with the novel by stating,įrom the moment I started Marie’s inventive novel I was captivated by its high-adrenaline plot, its immersive world creation, and enthralled with its beguiling and complicated young heroine Emika Chen. From the virtual world of Warcross which feels like a real possibility with the advancement of technology, to the fiery heroine of Emika and the unexpected narrative twists, Warcross immersed me on such an engaging journey.
Written in 2017, Marie Lu’s Warcross was a sensation as it threw readers into the adrenaline-rush world of hacking, which somehow also put the protagonist into a position of fame, fortune… and sleuthing? Papandrea described it perfectly when she said, “Marie’s action-packed novel is unlike any other I have read.
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