A24 Adapting Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

At Vulture, Halle Kiefer alerts us to A24's plans for a film adaptation of Ocean Vuong's 2019 novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Random House, 2019). Kiefer learned about it while listening to A24's podcast. She explains: "The news arrived at the start of this week’s episode, a conversation between Vuong and fellow writer Bryan Washington, whose own debut novel, Memorial, was picked up by A24 for development into a limited television series this October." More: 

“Now seems like as good a time as any to announce that we’re also busy working on the film adaptation of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” their episode’s introduction reveals, before the pair dig into publishing during the coronavirus pandemic, how queerness affects writing relationships and conflict, and (of course!) the experience of having your book adapted into a different storytelling form altogether.

Can't wait! Read on at Vulture.