Angryfilms plans to bring Lauren McLaughlin's Cycler series to the big screen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The novels tell the story of Jill, a suburban teenager who for four days each month turns into Jack, complete with male anatomy and 17-year-old-boy fantasies. Jill has maintained her life of ordinary teenage worries, such as going to the prom and dealing with crush, but that changes when Jack, tired of being locked in his room, begins to escape, causing damage to her social life.
On McLaughlin's website, she explains that Cycler began as a screenplay, ironically enough, and that she later felt compelled to turn it into a book.
...I honestly believe Cycler is the story I was born to tell. As for where the original idea came from, I can only answer that it came from the same place all of my stories come from, the question: what if? What if you were neither a boy nor a girl? What if you were both a boy and a girl? For me, all good fiction is a question rather than an answer and those were the questions I needed to ask. Incidentally, I still don't have the answers.
Cycler was released in August 2008 to critical acclaim. The follow-up, (Re)cycler, was released three months ago and was selected as a nominee for the American Library Association's Rainbow List, which recommends children's books with gay, lesbian, and transgender themes.