According to Deadline, 20th Century Studios is developing a film based on the long running “Choose Your Own Adventure” series, with Radio Silence attached to direct and produce.
The filmmaking collective, made up of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez and Chad Villella, has become one of the most recognizable names in studio horror thanks to projects such as “Ready or Not,” “Scream VI” and “Abigail.” Writer Tom Bissell, whose credits include “Andor” and “The Disaster Artist,” is reportedly handling the screenplay.
A Classic Interactive Series Heads to Hollywood
First launched in the 1970s, “Choose Your Own Adventure” became a publishing phenomenon by turning readers into active participants in the story. Written in the second person, the books allowed readers to make decisions for the protagonist, with each choice sending the narrative toward a different path or ending. The format helped separate the franchise from traditional children’s literature and turned repeat readings into part of the appeal.
The series exploded in popularity during the 1980s and 1990s under Bantam Books, eventually selling more than 250 million copies worldwide and reaching readers in dozens of languages. The books covered a wide range of genres including science fiction, mystery, fantasy and survival adventures, often encouraging readers to flip between pages as they navigated branching storylines.
No plot details have been revealed for the movie adaptation, leaving open the question of whether the project will attempt to replicate the interactive structure that defined the books. Hollywood has experimented with audience driven storytelling before, most notably with Netflix’s “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” which famously became the subject of a trademark dispute with Chooseco, the company that revived the “Choose Your Own Adventure” brand in the early 2000s.
The attachment of Radio Silence suggests the studio may be aiming for a genre leaning approach rather than a straightforward family adaptation. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett have built a reputation for blending suspense, dark humor and crowd pleasing twists, qualities that could align naturally with a story built around multiple possible outcomes.
