Judy Blume's 'Eternally' is being made right into a TV collection for Netflix

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A beloved teen novel is getting a Netflix adaptation.

The streaming big introduced Thursday that Judy Blume’s in style 1975 novel “Eternally” is being “reimagined” by author/producer Mara Brock Akil for “a brand new technology.”

“It’s an epic love story of two Black teenagers exploring romance and their identities by way of the awkward journey of being one another’s firsts,” in accordance with a press launch.

Akil is greatest identified for creating hits like “Girlfriends,” “The Recreation,” “Being Mary Jane” and “Love Is.”

“Judy Blume’s means to seize the actual feelings we expertise through the numerous rites of passage of our youth influenced my life decisions and writing voice. I’m honored to reimagine one in all my favourite books, ‘Eternally,’” Akil stated in an announcement. “I'm thrilled to have the chance of a lifetime to accomplice with a childhood icon and convey this story to my Netflix residence, the place the concept of your old flame being with you Eternally is shared with the world by way of the lens of Black love.”

Akil will function showrunner and government producer.

The collection doesn't but have a goal premiere date.