Paramount+ Orders New YA Drama Based on Graphic Novel

Paramount+ has given a series order to a new young adult drama, School Spirits (w.t.), based on the upcoming graphic novel by Nate and Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen.

The series focuses on a teen stuck in the afterlife who decides to investigate her mysterious disappearance alongside a group of other students who are also stuck in limbo at their high school. Peyton List (Cobra Kai, Bunk’d) is tapped to star.

The graphic novel is planned for publication in fall 2023 by Clarion Books/HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books.

Produced by the Awesomeness Live-Action Studio, the eight-episode first season will see Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars, Bridgerton) serving as showrunner and executive producer, along with Nate and Megan Trinrud, who wrote the pilot. Max Winkler (Cruel Summer, Jungleland) is directing the pilot.