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May 21, 2026 at 12:55 pm Reply

Hazel

Hello Gordon Korman! My name is Hazel. I was wondering your thoughts on Restart being a movie. I am a 5th grader in Fairhaven, and I thought it would make a great movie. Please get back to me soon.

- Hazel
May 21, 2026 at 01:33 pm Reply

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Hi, Hazel,

Thanks for posting.

I agree with you -- RESTART would make an amazing movie. However, it's not up to me. Authors write stories, and film companies make movies. So until a film company sees the book and decides to make the move, we wait! Sorry.

Thanks again, -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, Hazel,

Thanks for posting.

I agree with you -- RESTART would make an amazing movie. However, it's not up to me. Authors write stories, and film companies make movies. So until a film company sees the book and decides to make the move, we wait! Sorry.

Thanks again, -----Gordon Korman-----
May 22, 2026 at 01:02 pm Reply

Hazel

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thank you for responding! I looked it up and it says that they are currently working on a script, and that film rights have been purchased. please consider asking about that.

-Hazel
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thank you for responding! I looked it up and it says that they are currently working on a script, and that film rights have been purchased. please consider asking about that.

-Hazel
May 22, 2026 at 02:03 pm Reply

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Thanks, Hazel! That's a big help. --GK--
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Thanks, Hazel! That's a big help. --GK--
May 26, 2026 at 01:21 pm Reply

Hazel

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Hello again, Gordon Korman! Have you looked into the movie?

- hazel

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Hello again, Gordon Korman! Have you looked into the movie?

- hazel
May 27, 2026 at 02:47 am Reply

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I haven't, Hazel. And the protocol is for me to mind my business, which is writing, and let them mind theirs, which is filmmaking. I'm sure I'll be called when it's time. It's exciting, though, isn't it? --GK--
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I haven't, Hazel. And the protocol is for me to mind my business, which is writing, and let them mind theirs, which is filmmaking. I'm sure I'll be called when it's time. It's exciting, though, isn't it? --GK--
July 27, 2026 at 01:24 am Reply

Morrison

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Hey, i’m Morrison and im going into fifth grade, something i wanted to ask about is if someone made a Restart movie is could i play a character, i dont have any acting experience, and I turn 11 in less than two months, i would take so many acting lessons just to be apart of this movie for any character.

- Morrison
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Hey, i’m Morrison and im going into fifth grade, something i wanted to ask about is if someone made a Restart movie is could i play a character, i dont have any acting experience, and I turn 11 in less than two months, i would take so many acting lessons just to be apart of this movie for any character.

- Morrison
July 28, 2026 at 03:38 pm Reply

Gordon

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Sorry, Morrison. I think I've answered this request before. If a movie is made, it won't be by the author, but by a film company that buys the rights to the book from me. In any case, I would have nothing to do with casting or even with the script.

But I agree with you that RESTART would make a terrific movie! --GK--
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Sorry, Morrison. I think I've answered this request before. If a movie is made, it won't be by the author, but by a film company that buys the rights to the book from me. In any case, I would have nothing to do with casting or even with the script.

But I agree with you that RESTART would make a terrific movie! --GK--