Netflix Film Producer Takes Interest in Popular Black Book Series That Has Sold 12 Million Copies

Nationwide — Pierre Bagley, an impartial filmmaker who has directed the likes of Taraji P. Henson and whose movies have aired on Netflix, Bounce TV, TNT, and extra, is now set to adapt and produce a movie collection primarily based on the favored Bluford books collection written by Black authors. To this point, the books in that collection have bought greater than 12 million copies.

The Bluford books collection has caught the trade off guard due to its huge and avid fan base. In 2001, an indie writer disrupted the Younger Grownup market by rejecting the cynical, baseless notion that “black children don’t learn,” by publishing a 7-book YA collection, set in an city American highschool. All the primary characters have been Black and Brown — extraordinary on the time — and so they have been advanced and multifaceted, their tales life like and edgy but in addition uplifting. The Bluford Sequence was born.

Right now, the collection spans 23 titles and has gross sales of greater than 12 million copies with readers in all 50 states and boasting a readership of greater than 50 million. Bluford has achieved historic success in YA fiction (U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is an avid fan). It has additionally fueled a vocal fanbase clamoring for a tv/movie collection.

“For over 20 years, the Bluford Excessive Sequence has represented hope, resilience, compassion, and overcoming adversity, all hallmarks for creating charming content material, which is the only focus of our inventive staff’s efforts,” says Pierre Bagley.

Mr. Bagley and Academy Award-winning producer David Dinerstein have joined efforts to convey Bluford to the display and shall be pitching the collection to numerous streaming retailers (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and many others) in addition to broadcast and cable.

The producers took an unconventional route of interesting on to Bluford’s huge viewers and asking the easy query: Why?… Why can’t this vivid, passionate viewers of hundreds of thousands have a TV/movie collection primarily based on the books they learn rising up? Why can’t they watch these tales that resonate for them? They requested the query and the response has been huge.

Be taught extra concerning the Blueford Ebook collection through its official web site at Bluford.org

Additionally, observe the model on Fb at @Bluford.Sequence

About Pierre BagleyPierre Bagley is a revered media and leisure skilled who as soon as served because the Washington, D.C. Movie Commissioner through the Obama years. He’s additionally the producer, director, and co-writer of the impartial characteristic From the Tough starring Academy Award nominees Taraji P. Henson (Empire, Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Michael Clarke Duncan (The GreenMile), and British actor Tom Felton (Harry Potter).

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