The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin was optioned for a TV series adaptation well before the book’s publication. Here’s what we know so far about a potential film adaptation of The Immortalists:
What’s it about? What’s the plot?
From Deadline: “The Immortalists is a family love story spanning five decades, centering on four siblings who, as children, visit a fortune teller who predicts the day each will die. Subsequently, they find their lives spiraling and intertwining in dramatic ways, probing the line between destiny and choice, faith and magical thinking, reality and illusion, present and past, this world and the next.”
The Immortalists was published in January 2018.
What format will it be? Will The Immortalists adaptation be a Movie or a Series?
It’s planned as a TV series.
Who’s behind it?
Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group acquired television rights for the novel in September 2016.
What’s the status of The Immortalists adaptation?
The adaptation currently in it’s early stages. The book was optioned a while ago, but that’s about it. It’s not clear that the project will be going forward since there hasn’t been much news about it since then (as of August 2020).
Who’s in the cast?
No casting details have been released yet.
When will it be released?
Currently unknown.
Is there a trailer or teaser available?
Not yet! Stay tuned.
The Immortalists Movie / TV Series Development Timeline
September 8, 2016 Chloe Benjamin’s ‘The Immortalists’ Novel Acquired By Jackal Group For TV
January 9, 2018 The Immortalists (novel) is released.
