Keanu Reeves on March 6, 2023.Photo:Karwai Tang/WireImage
Karwai Tang/WireImage
Keanu Reevesis diving further into the literary world.
Reeves, 59, shared a special announcement withGood Morning Americaon Wednesday announcing that he is collaborating with authorChina Miévilleon a novel titledThe Book of Elsewhere, expected to publish in July.
“Hi, greetings. I’m very excited for the opportunity to announce that I’ve partnered with one of my favorite authors, China Miéville, on the novelThe Book of Elsewhere,” Reeves shared withGMAin a video announcement. “The series tells the story of an immortal warrior’s fight through the ages, and I love the world ofBRZRKRso much that I wanted to explore it further and I thought one of the best ways to do that is through a novel.”
“The Book of Elsewherewill publish in July 2024; if you read it, I hope you love it,” Reeves added. “Thank you.”
Keanu Reeves on March 20, 2023.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
In a press release shared with PEOPLE, Reeves said that author Miéville “came in with a clear architecture for the story and how he wanted to play with the world ofBRZRKR, a world that I love so much.”
“I was thrilled with his vision and feel honored to be a part of this collaborative process,” he added.
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Miéville is aNew York Times-bestselling author, the recipient of numerous awards and author of more than a dozen novels and non-fiction works, per hisofficial website.
“Sometimes the greatest games are those you play with other people’s toys,” he said in the release. “It was an honor, a shock and a delight when Keanu invited me to play. But I could never have predicted how generous he’d be with toys he’s spent so long creating, how glad to experiment together, how open to true collaboration."
Keanu Reeves on July 22, 2022.Kevin Winter/Getty
At the time, Netflix’s synopsis for the project described it as “a brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000 year fight through the ages.”
“The man known only as ‘B’ is half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence… even at the sacrifice of his sanity,” the synopsis reads. “But after wandering the earth for centuries, B may have finally found a refuge – working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, B will be granted the one thing he desires – the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence…and how to end it.”
The Book of Elsewhereis expected to publish in July.
source: people.com
