![]() ![]() The series was then moved from Hulu to Disney Plus, with the first two of its eight episodes airing on June 25, 2021. ![]() Production was detoured, as filming occurred during the pandemic. The journey from page to screen proved a circuitous one. But as with other similar adaptations, the question naturally arises: would the filmed version be faithful, in plot and theme, to the source material? For many children, tweens, and teens, it strikes a chord with its portrayal of gifted children who become heroes after emerging from backgrounds where their gifts had earned them only rejection, scorn, or exploitation. The book has been extremely popular, spawning three sequels, a prequel, and a puzzle book. In 2019, Hulu announced that it would be adapting Trenton Lee Stewart’s 2007 novel The Mysterious Benedict Society (Little, Brown and Company) as a streaming series. ![]()
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