Confirmed Cancelled Kids & YA Book Adaptations
Kids & YA adaptations, from 2020 or later, that are source-confirmed cancelled, have not had a production update in 10+ years, or have never had an update or announcement & it has been 2+ years since I found the page.
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- StarsMadison IsemanBrianne TjuBill HeckIn a town full of secrets, a group of teenagers are stalked by a mysterious killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 01/07/22
Book: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Author: Lois Duncan - CreatorIsaac AptakerElizabeth BergerStarsMichael CiminoRachel HilsonAnthony TurpelVictor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation.TV Series
Season 4
Confirmed Cancelled: 02/08/22
Book 1: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Author: Becky Albertalli - CreatorRachel ShukertStarsSophie GraceMomona TamadaShay RudolphBased on the book series of the same name focusing on a group of young girls who start their own babysitting service.TV Series
Season 3
Confirmed Cancelled: 03/11/22
Book 1: Kristy's Great Idea
Author: Ann M. Martin - TV SeriesTV Series
Season 1
Confirmed Cancelled: 05/17/22
Book: Antiracist Baby
Author: Ibram X. Kendi - Confirmed Cancelled: 05/17/22
Book: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Authors: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi - A group of five young dragons who are prophesized to end a decades long war that has decimated the fictional lands of Pyrrhia and Pantala.TV Series
Season 1
Confirmed Cancelled: 05/17/22
Book 1: The Dragonet Prophecy
Author: Tui Sutherland - Confirmed Cancelled: 05/17/22
Book: With Kind Regards from Kindergarten
Author: Adam Kline - CreatorGreg BerlantiGeoff JohnsAndrew KreisbergStarsGrant GustinCandice PattonDanielle PanabakerAfter being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, and fighting crime in Central City.TV Series
Season 10
Confirmed Cancelled: 08/01/22
Character: The Flash/Barry Allen
Creator(s): Carmine Infantino & Robert Kanigher - CreatorStephany FolsomStarsCamryn JonesRiley Lai NeletSofia RosinskyFour young friends' paper routes are disrupted on Hell Day 1988, when they unknowingly time travel to 2019. While searching for a way home, they come face-to-face with their adult selves and learn how to work together to save the world.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 09/09/22
Book 1: Paper Girls, vol. 1
Author: Brian K. Vaughan - DirectorWes BallStarsAndy SerkisThomas Brodie-SangsterSonoya MizunoA brotherhood of mice are sworn to help their fellow mice. A live-action feature adaptation of David Petersen's graphic novel, published by Archaia.Confirmed Cancelled: 10/24/22
Book 1: Mouse Guard
Author: David Petersen - CreatorNoga LandauStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsKennedy McMannLeah LewisMaddison JaizaniYoung Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery.TV Series
Season 5
Confirmed Cancelled: 10/26/22
Book 1: The Secret of the Old Clock
Author: Carolyn Keene - CreatorMatt BralyStarsLarry the Cable GuyAudrey Kate WinterThere was friendship between a livestock pig named Wilbur and a barn spider named Charlotte, when Wilbur's life is in danger, Charlotte tries to help him out of it.TV Mini Series
Confirmed Cancelled: 11/02/22
Book: Charlotte's Web
Author: E.B. White - CreatorMike FlanaganLeah FongStarsIman BensonIgby RigneyRuth CoddAt a hospice for terminally ill young adults, eight patients come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories - and make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 12/02/22
Book: The Midnight Club
Author: Christopher Pike - DirectorGurinder ChadhaPashmina is an animated tale of a Indian-American girl who rediscovers her heritage through her magical pashmina.Confirmed Cancelled: 12/05/22
Book: Pashmina
Author: Nidhi Chanani - CreatorJoe BartonStarsJay LycurgoNadia ParkesPaul ReadyCaught between two warring clans, the son of a notorious witch responsible for a deadly massacre tries to find his place in the world — and his powers.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 12/09/22
Book 1: Half Bad
Author: Sally Green - CreatorJoshua SafranStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsJordan AlexanderWhitney PeakTavi GevinsonRevival of the TV series centering on a new generation of New York private school teens using social media to spread gossip.TV Series
Season 3
Confirmed Cancelled: 01/19/23
Book 1: Gossip Girl
Author: Cecily Von Ziegesar - CreatorErica SalehStarsAnnalisa CochraneChibuikem UcheMarianly TejadaA brain, an athlete, a princess, a criminal and a "basket case" walk into detention--but only the first four make it out alive.TV Series
Season 3
Confirmed Cancelled: 01/20/23
Book 1: One of Us is Lying
Author: Karen M. McManus - CreatorMarguerite MacIntyreJulie PlecStarsSisi StringerDaniela NievesKieron MooreIn a world of privilege and glamour, two young women's friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 01/20/23
Book 1: Vampire Academy
Author: Richelle Mead - StarsTony HaleKristen SchaalMaameYaa BoafoA group of gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission.TV Series
Season 3
Confirmed Cancelled: 01/28/23
Book 1: The Mysterious Benedict Society
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart - StarsRuby StokesCameron ChapmanAli Hadji-HeshmatiLucy, a girl with psychic abilities, joins two boys, Anthony and George, at the ghost-hunting agency Lockwood and Co. to fight the deadly spirits plaguing London, doing their best to save the day without any adult supervision.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 05/12/23
Book 1: The Screaming Staircase
Author: Jonathan Stroud - DirectorHaifaa Al-MansourIn a dystopian world, thirty-five girls are chosen to participate in the "Selection", live in the palace, and compete for the heart of Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being selected is a true nightmare.Confirmed Cancelled: 05/30/23
Book 1: The Selection
Author: Kiera Cass - CreatorTodd HelbingGreg BerlantiStarsTyler HoechlinElizabeth TullochAlex GarfinThe world's most famous superhero and comic books' most famous journalist face the pressures and complexities that come with balancing work, justice, and parenthood in today's society.TV Series
Season 5
Confirmed Cancelled:
Character(s): Superman/Clark Kent & Lois Lane
Creator(s): Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster - CreatorEric HeissererStarsJessie Mei LiBen BarnesArchie RenauxDark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world.TV Series
Season 3
Confirmed Cancelled: 11/15/23
Book 3: Ruin and Rising
Author: Leigh Bardugo - CreatorCharlotte CobenHarlan CobenStarsJaden MichaelConstance ZimmerAdrian GreensmithMickey lives with a mother in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt and a new school in New Jersey. When a creepy old woman tells him that his father isn't dead, Mickey thinks he's losing his mind.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 11/24/23
Book 1: Shelter: a Mickey Bolitar Novel
Author: Harlan Coben - CreatorKelvin YuStarsBen WangYann Yann YeoChin HanJin Wang is an average teenager balancing high school and home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of school, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle with Chinese mythological gods.TV Series
Season 2
Confirmed Cancelled: 01/04/24
Book: American Born Chinese
Author: Gene Luen Yang - StarsSarah Michelle GellarRodrigo SantoroArmani JacksonA teenage boy and girl get their lives changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature. As the full moon rises, all teens come together to unravel the secret that connects them.TV Series
Season 2
Release Date: TBA
Book 2: Lone Wolf
Author: Edo Van Belkom - Release Date:
Book 1: The Red Pyramid
Author: Rick Riordan - Release Date:
Book 3: The Serpent's Shadow
Author: Rick Riordan - Release Date:
Book 2: The Throne of Fire
Author: Rick Riordan