
The two projects follow the March announcement of an FX television series based on Butler’s classic novel Kindred.


Butler’s book tells the story of a teenage girl who founds a new religion in the wake of civilization’s collapse. Paul Mezey ( Beasts of the Southern Wild) is set to produce the film for A24. In addition, Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sowerwill form the basis of a film to be directed by Garrett Bradley ( Time). In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus called the novel “a finely crafted character study, a parable about race and an exciting family saga.

Kidd, the writers of the popular series Lovecraft Country, will pen the pilot script.įledgling follows a young girl who wakes up to find that she’s become a vampire. HBO is developing a series adaptation of Butler’s 2005 novel Fledgling, Variety reports, with Issa Rae and J.J. Two new projects based on books by the legendary science fiction author are in the works.
