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Lion Forge Entertainment Taps Eydie Faye To Adapt Sarah Mlynowski’s Bestseller ‘Best Wishes’ For Film


Tween book 'Best Wishes' is being adapted into a feature by Eydie Faye, who was enlisted by 'Hair Love' producer Lion Forge Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Lion Forge Entertainment has won the rights to Sarah Mlynowski ‘s New York Times bestselling tween book series Best Wishes, tapping Eydie Faye( The Slumber Party) to adapt the first installment of the same name for film. “We immediately knew we wanted to make these movies because of Sarah’s unique and incredible ability to speak authentically to the tween audience and also because of the diversity of the characters and stories in each book,” Lion Forge execs Steward and Sperber told Deadline. Formerly climbing from staff writer to executive story editor on Netflix’s Fuller House, Faye also wrote and exec produced Paramount+ Original Movie The J Team starring JoJo Siwa.

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