However, the female pilots often die because of the mental strain, with their energy being siphoned off by their male counterparts. Set in the world Huaxia, the story revolves around giant robots called Chrysalises, which are piloted by a male and female pair of pilots to fight off mecha aliens. Iron Widow has been marketed as a mix between Pacific Rim and The Handmaid’s Tale, with influences from Chinese history.

It was such a word-of-mouth success, beyond even the boldest fantasies I had as a cringe novice writer.” “I cannot thank the book community enough for all the love and support you’ve given Iron Widow since its first announcement. “I’ve gotten a small glimpse of the script by JC Lee and I am SO STOKED!!” Zhao wrote on Twitter. Xiran Jay Zhao reacts to Iron Widow adaptation ? MY BOOK ? IS GETTING DEVELOPED AS A MOVIE BY THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE TWILIGHT, HUNGER GAMES, AND DIVERGENT MOVIES HAPPEN?īRO AT THE START OF 2020 I WAS JUST SOME LOSER FRESH OUT OF UNIVERSITY GETTING YELLED AT BY THEIR PARENTS TO GO GET A 'PROPER JOB' 😭 /m3R9zBAkCK He will serve as a producer on Iron Widow, with J.C. While at Lionsgate, Feig had a hand in bringing some of the biggest young adult fantasy and sci-fi films of the past few decades to the big screen, including The Hunger Games, Twilight, and Divergent.

The studio that has acquired the rights to adapt Iron Widow is Picturestart, which is headed by former Lionsgate co-president Erik Feig. It has also won several awards including the 2021 BSFA Award for best book for younger readers, and was nominated for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction. The book has spent 41 weeks so far on the New York Times bestseller list, thanks in part to an enormous grass roots marketing effort from TikTok’s “BookTok” community as well as Zhao themself, who is an active YouTuber whose channel discusses Chinese history and popular media. Iron Widow is Zhao’s debut novel, and has made serious waves since its release in September 2021. Varietyreports that Xiran Jay Zhao’s young adult science fiction novel Iron Widowhas been tapped to become a new movie franchise. We’re living in a golden age of science fiction and fantasy adaptations, and it’s about to get even better.

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