Will Sylvia Day's 'Crossfire' series get a TV adaptation?
Is the popular 鈥淐rossfire鈥� series by Sylvia Day coming to a TV screen near you?
Day, who has released three books involving the 鈥淐rossfire鈥� characters, recently told the website that the erotic novels have been optioned by the Lionsgate company, though a network has not yet gotten involved.
The author, who said she would be an executive consultant for the show, pointed out that a 鈥淐rossfire鈥� show would need to go to HBO, Showtime, or other channel that would be comfortable showing more explicit sex scenes.
鈥淵ou really couldn't do a PG version of Crossfire!鈥� Day said in the interview with Bookish. 鈥淚t just wouldn't work. [The creative team] have that in mind. We're all on board with the fact that it would need to be premium cable, on which recently we've seen a lot of wonderful book-to-film adaptations: Game of Thrones, Dexter, True Blood.鈥�
She also pointed out Lionsgate鈥檚 recent familiarity with the transition from book to screen.
鈥淚t's Lionsgate, which has The Hunger Games and Twilight; they're working on Divergent right now,鈥� Day said. 鈥淭his is a studio that is very familiar with book-to-film adaptations and doing them really well and staying true to the stories. I expect no less with the Crossfire 蝉别谤颈别蝉.鈥�
Meanwhile, Lionsgate executive vice president Chris Selak called the 鈥淐rossfire鈥� books 鈥渆nduring, sexy, and edgy.鈥�
鈥淲e're looking forward to working with her to create a show that both excites and connects with audiences as her books have done,鈥� he said in a statement.
Day鈥檚 series follows New Yorker Eva Tramell, who meets a rich businessman named Gideon Cross.聽
The author has said she is planning two more books in the 鈥淐rossfire鈥� series. The most recent, 鈥淓ntwined with You,鈥� was released in June and is currently ranked number 18 on the e-book fiction bestseller list.
