A feature film adaptation of Ocean Vuong‘s novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” is now in development over at A24. READ MORE: Alicia Vikander To Star In Olivier Assayas’ ‘Irma Vep’ Series Remake For HBO & A24 The news was announced during the most recent episode of the A24 podcast, where authors Bryan Washington (who wrote this year’s “Memorial,” soon to be an A24 film) and Ocean Vuong, whose debut novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” became a New York Times bestseller.