We ’ve known for some time that Nnedi Okorafor ’s World Fantasy Award - succeed novel Who Fears Death was being adapted into a live action at law project , but the author took to herFacebook pagethis morning to share news about where we can eventually expect to see it .
Though it was initially planned to become a characteristic - duration flick , Who Fears Death has now been optioned by HBO to be bend into a television serial publication , with no less than George R.R. Martin impound as executive manufacturer .
“ Note : This did not fall out overnight , ” Okorafor wrote . “ It ’s been nearly 4 years total . ” Further down the comment thread on her Facebook office , she added :
i am very convoluted . i also know george well ( we met in 2014 and stayed in tinge ) ; he ’s been a sort of wise man to me through all this . and all those involve cognise what this story is ; onyesonwu is in good good hands .
Who Fears Death secernate the story of Onyesonwu , a woman living in post - apocalyptic Sudan , where the dark - bark Okeke people live as second class citizen oppress and routinely dispatch by the lighter - skinned Nuru . Onyesonwu ’s mother was an Okeke fair sex who was raped by her Nuru father who , like Onyesonwu , own a sort of magical abilities .
Currently , there ’s no password yet when we might see Who Fears Death on HBO .
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