With so many dystopian themed novels like THE HUNGER GAMES, DIVERGENT, and THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS being transformed into movies, it’s only expected that TV networks will start doing the same! FOX has just picked up the book trilogy DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver, to be their next television show!
The question on most people’s minds is: “Why a TV show instead of a movie?” Lauren Oliver took to her Tumblr page to explain the reason behind the choice by saying, “The deal is that FOX, which initially optioned the books for film, decided that due to the complexity of all the side plots and characters, the DELERIUM series might be better suited for TV, as we’d have a chance to explore all of those elements… I know that some of you are concerned that a TV show will be ‘untrue’ to the books… Look, the books will always be the books. No adaptation, either for film or TV, will or can completely replicate and remain faithful to them – it’s a totally different art form!”
For those who haven’t read the DELERIUM trilogy, it is set in a time and place where love is considered an illegal disease and all citizens must go through a special treatment when they reach the age of 18 to be cured of this “illness.” Three months before her 18th birthday, Lena Holoway is diagnosed with the “disease” of love.
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