Michael B. Jordan To Produce an Adaptation of The Fantasy Book Series KINGDOM OF SOULS
Michael B. Jordan and his Warner Bros. based Outlier Society production company is set to produce a film adaptation of the YA fantasy book trilogy Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron.
The story follows a young woman who “must give up her own life, bit by bit, in a magical bargain to save her village–and the world.” The story is said to blend tales of folk magic, voodoo, and Orisha. The script for the film is being written by Misan Sagay (Belle).
The young woman in the story is named Arrah, and she was “born into a family of powerful witch doctors. She yearns for magic of her own, but each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval. When children begin disappearing, including a boy she’d befriended, Arrah is desperate to find the culprit. She tries a deadly last resort to cast the spell that will find the children: she trades years of her own life for scraps of magic. But she uncovers something worse. The long-imprisoned Demon King is stirring. And if he rises, his hunger for souls will bring the world to its knees… unless Arrah pays the price for the magic to stop him.”
This sounds like a great story and I especially love the supernatural and fantastical subject matter that sparks the imagination. I’m not familiar with the books, but I’ll certainly be looking forward to watching the movie.
Source: Deadline