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N.K. Jemisin is one of the titans of the sci-fi/fantasy genre, but none of her works have been adapted for the screen as of yet. That's about to change.
Broken Earth trilogy can rest assured. According to Deadline, not only will the books be getting the big screen treatment, but Jemisin herself will be adapting them for Sony Pictures Entertainment and TriStar Pictures, as part of a seven-figure deal.
The bestselling trilogy is comprised of three books
The Fifth Season,
The Obelisk Gate, and
The Stone Sky and is set on a harsh futuristic version of Earth. In this world, all the inhabitants of the planet live on a single continent known as the Stillness, and are forced to endure a fifth season, which brings with it catastrophic climate change with disastrous outcomes. However, there are those known as orogenes, who have the ability to control energy from either the ground or the temperature. As a result of this power, orogenes are either killed or put in the care of Guardians, who raise and control them in a brutal fashion. At the start of the series, a particularly powerful orogene splits the Stillness across its l