en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valley_High
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In July 2017, a film adaptation of the novel series began production.
July 2017 reports said a Sweet Valley High movie was in development, not that production had begun. Contemporary coverage only reported that Paramount had hired screenwriters.
Full reasoning
Contemporary 2017 coverage described the Sweet Valley High movie as being in the works and at the screenwriting/development stage, not in production.
- Teen Vogue's July 31, 2017 report says the movie adaptation "is in the works" and that it "already has two writers attached to the script." That is development news, not evidence that production had started.
- Vogue's July 31, 2017 report likewise says Paramount had hired co-writers Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith and Harper Dill to bring the series to the screen. Again, that indicates scripting/development, not production.
- A later Kirkus report on the 2021 TV adaptation states that a planned film adaptation was announced in 2017 and that the project's status was still unclear, which is inconsistent with the claim that production had already begun back in July 2017.
So the article overstates what happened in July 2017: the film was announced/in development, but available coverage does not support that production began then.
3 sources
- "Sweet Valley High" Is Getting a Movie Adaptation | Teen Vogue
"According to Deadline, a movie adaptation of the popular franchise is in the works, and it already has two writers attached to the script"
- The Long-Awaited Sweet Valley High Movie Is Happening at Last | Vogue
"According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has hired a set of cowriters to bring Sweet Valley High to the big screen: Kirsten 'Kiwi' Smith and Harper Dill"
- Sweet Valley High Books Being Adapted for TV | Kirkus Reviews
"A planned film adaptation of the books was announced in 2017, but the status of that project is unclear."