JAWBONE: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna And Michelle Garza Cervera Adapating YA Horror Novel For Television
Coming-of-age horror novel Jawbone, by author Mónica Ojeda, is being developed into a television series by frequent collaborators Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna (Y tu mamá también, Werewolf by Night and Andor respectively) with Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman) directing and executive producing, Deadline reports today.
First published in 2018 by Dead Ink Books, Jawbone was the English-language debut of the Ecuadorian Ojeda, and tells the story of Fernanda and Annelise, who are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable:
So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from the Delta Bilingual Academy convene after school, Annelise leads them in thrilling but increasingly dangerous rituals to a rhinestoned, Dior-scented, drag-queen god of her own invention. Even more perilous is the secret Annelise and Fernanda share, rooted in a dare in which violence meets love.
Meanwhile, their literature teacher Miss Clara, who is obsessed with imitating her dead mother, struggles to preserve her deteriorating sanity. Each day she edges nearer to a total break with reality.
Per Deadline, Jaquen Castellanos (Good American Family, The Affair) will serve as writer and executive producer on Jawbone, with Kyzza Terrazas’ La Corriente del Golfo developing alongside García Bernal and Luna, as well as Channel Zero‘s Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund’s Eat the Cat. The series comes from Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.
No news yet on casting or release date, but we'll keep you posted. Stay tuned for updates on Jawbone.
