Jackie Collins Collins later stated that she was never consulted during production and that she did not agree with some of the casting choices. She then went on to write the sequel to "Chances", titled "Lucky" (1985), followed by "Hollywood Husbands" (1986) and "Rock Star" (1988). In 1990, Collins published her third Lucky Santangelo novel, "Lady Boss", and wrote and co-produced the television miniseries "Lucky Chances", which combined her first two Lucky Santangelo novels and starred Nicollette Sheridan (in the lead role) and Sandra Bullock. In 1992, Collins was widowed when her husband of 26 years, Oscar Lerman, died of cancer. Around
The Books of Magic began publishing a series of "Books of Magic" young adult novels under the Eos imprint, adapted from the comics series, by Carla Jablonski. Each novel featured cover art by Christopher Moeller. The first book is based on the original miniseries. The subsequent books are based on story arcs in the second series; except "The Children's Crusade", which is based on the Vertigo crossover event of the same name. A film version of "The Books of Magic" has been in development hell for many years. It was originally optioned "by Warners some years before the first Harry Potter book was published"