Bad Bunny Producing a Queer Netflix Sci-Fi Series

The first Latine and queer-led ebook to hit #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers checklist for YA is getting a Netflix sequence dropped at you by music celebrity Bad Bunny and Chris Van Dusen (the creator of Bridgerton).

Deadline broke the news that international music icon and now producer Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio is teaming up with Van Dusen to convey They Both Die on the End to Netflix. Bad Bunny not too long ago made the soar into films—enjoying the most fascinating character in Bullet Train—and the artist’s inventive endeavors proceed to develop via tasks like this, which amplifies Ocasio’s help for LGBTQIA+ illustration within the arts.

Based on the 2017 ebook by Adam Silvera, They Both Die on the End is a story of sudden friendship below extraordinary circumstances—and it’s an app that predicts when an individual will die, of all issues, that brings them collectively. According to the ebook’s official description: “On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.” A prequel, The First to Die on the End, was launched in late 2022.

On Instagram, the writer posted the news with the caption, “Mateo and Rufus are getting closer to being brought to life for TV, and I’m hyped,” and added because of the manufacturing group with some exclamation factors on the addition of Bad Bunny.

Yellowjackets govt producer Drew Comins in addition to studio eOne are additionally connected; stay tuned at io9 for developments for They Both Die on the End coming quickly to Netflix.

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