The Final Girl Support Group Adaptation: Everything We Know So Far About The Exciting New Series

There are a lot of people excited to see this The Final Girl Support Group adaptation brought to life on screen. Based on the novel by Grady Hendrix, this female-led horror story got a lot of love in the book internet communities. Women in horror and getting stronger, and getting to be the main characters, so it’s not surprising that a book where those characters team up was a hit.
 
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This page was updated: 7/29/23
 

About The Book:

In horror movies, the final girl is the one who’s left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on, what happens to her?
 
Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life since. And she’s not alone. For more than a decade she’s been meeting with five other actual final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their lives back together, piece by piece.
That is until one of the women misses a meeting and Lynnette’s worst fears are realized–someone knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart again, piece by piece.
 
But the thing about these final girls is that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.
 
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Current Production Status:

In the early stages of development as of Summer 2023.
 

The Final Girl Support Group Adaptation Timeline:

A few months before the book was published it was announced that Annapurna would be adapting the novel into a series.
However when the book was released in July 2021 it was accompanied with an announcement that HBO Max and Charlize Theron’s production company would be developing the The Final Girl Support Group adaptation series. Annapurna was not part of those announcements.
As off Summer 2023 no further updates have been released.
 

Who Owns The Rights:

HBO Max is leading the adaptation with Denver & Delilah Films (Charlize Theron’s production company), Double Dream, and Aperture Entertainment all co-producing.
 

Who Is Attached:

Author Grady Hendrix is attached to be an Executive Producer, along with Charlize Theron and others.
Andy Muschietti is set to direct the pilot episode.
 

Filming Locations:

With this project still being in early development there are no filming locations yet.
 

Estimated Release:

Because this project is still in the early stages of development there is currently no estimated release.
 

 

Previous mentions on AiLL:

You can find this book in July 2021 Most Anticipated New Book Releases.
 

Other Adaptations From This Author:

‘The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires’ had it’s rights optioned for the screen by Patrick Moran’s PMK Productions as part of his production deal with Amazon Studios.
‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ was adapted into a movie by Amazon Studios and is currently available on their Prime Video streaming service.
‘We Sold Our Souls’ and ‘Horrorstör’ are both in development with New Republic.
‘How To Sell A Haunted House‘ was acquired by Legendary Entertainment shortly after the book’s release.
 
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The Final Girl Support Group Adaptation: Everything We Know So Far About The Exciting New Series

 
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