Disney reportedly acquires Divine Rivals film rights
The adaptation of Rebecca Ross’s fantasy romance is reportedly moving to Disney with its original producers still attached, while the studio seeks a new screenwriter.
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The adaptation of Rebecca Ross’s fantasy romance is reportedly moving to Disney with its original producers still attached, while the studio seeks a new screenwriter.
Disney Live Action has acquired the film rights to Rebecca Ross’s fantasy-romance novel Divine Rivals after Paramount’s rights lapsed, Deadline said in its October 27, 2026 report. The original producers remain attached, but Disney is seeking a new screenwriter because it did not inherit the previous development work.
Paramount won the rights in June 2025 after a bidding war, with screenwriter Sofia Alvarez attached to adapt the book. The project was already in development before Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount became official in August 2025.
Divine Rivals follows two rival journalists who fall in love through a magical connection during a war among gods. It is the first book in Ross’s Letters of Enchantment series, followed by Ruthless Vows.
| Book | Published | Copies sold | New York Times young adult bestseller list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Rivals | April 2023 | More than 1 million | 104 weeks |
| Ruthless Vows | December 2023 |
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Deadline also described a significant following for Divine Rivals on TikTok, particularly within BookTok, the platform’s book-reading community.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Pouya Shahbazian remain the project’s producers. Ross and Stephen Shafer are attached as executive producers.
Di Bonaventura founded Di Bonaventura Pictures and is known for producing the Transformers and G.I. Joe film series.
The next development step is selecting a new writer to take the adaptation forward without the work developed at Paramount.
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