A TV series adaptation of Lauren Roberts‘ YA romantasy book “Powerless” is in development from Lyrical Media and “Anyone But You” filmmaker Will Gluck.
“Powerless” follows Paedyn, a cunning street thief from the slums of Ilya trying to make ends meet in a world where a great plague has decimated most of the population, and left the rest with special powers. All those without power were eliminated to preserve the elite, gifted society. Paedyn poses as a psychic to hide her true identity as powerless, until she finds herself thrown into the purging trials – a deadly competition held to showcase the elites’ powers – the one thing Paedyn lacks.
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