ReelShort Adapts Monica Murphy’s Bestselling Dark Academia Novel ‘Things I Wanted to Say’ as Vertical Series (EXCLUSIVE)

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Microdrama platform ReelShort has adapted New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy‘s dark academia novel “Things I Wanted to Say” as an original vertical series.

The show marks the first screen outing for the Lancaster Prep franchise, an eight-book series that has attracted a substantial following on BookTok. A trailer has been released.

The series centers on Whit Lancaster, played by Pablo Kaestli, and Summer Savage, played by Kirby Elwood, who become entangled in a volatile dynamic of power and desire. Murphy’s source novel has accumulated more than 14,000 reviews on Amazon since its publication.

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