Headline non-fiction editor Richard Roper’s debut Something to Live For (Orion) has been optioned for TV by Expectation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Samantha Shannon’s international bestseller The Bone Season will be adapted into a "major" TV series by producer Harriet Hammond of Lunar Park. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and High Fidelity, Nick Hornby created a niche penning romantic comedies from the male perspective and launching the crush-worthy careers of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, and John Cusack on both sides of the pond. Then he went on to prove that he can deftly embody a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annapurna Television has optioned the rights to The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons, to be produced as an epic fantasy television series by Ali Krug and Sue Naegle. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Remember Madonna’s 'Sex,' the 1992 succès de scandale that shook the publishing world? Or the Miss Spider books, TV series, and app? Both, and more, are the brainchildren of Nicholas Callaway, founder and CEO of Callaway Arts & Entertainment, which turns 40 this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are no shortage of contenders to the throne being produced by Apple, Hulu, Netflix, HBO, and Amazon (especially Amazon!). Can anything match the drama and spectacle of the original? With the news that Netflix is creating a new TV series and film projects around C.S. Lewis’ children’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lee Child’s 2011 Jack Reacher novel 'The Affair' jumped to #1 over Jenny Han’s 'To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before' (now at #2) following recent news that the series will be rebooted for a new TV series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jane Corry’s My Husband’s Wife (Penguin) has been optioned as a TV series by the makers of “Baby Driver". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Russian thriller One Night in Winter (Century) will be turned into a TV series by Hat Trick Productions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wonderbly, the publisher of the personalised Lost My Name books, is partnering with animation studio Sixteen South and Walker’s Helen McAleer to create a TV series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week's hot book to film deals include a novel recently optioned for Ron Howard to direct, and a TV series to be adapted from works by Paulo Coelho. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Terry Pratchett's City Watch series, an eight-strong subset of the late author's 41 Discworld books, is being adapted by BBC Studios for a new television series called "The Watch". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hollywood is adding jobs and giving a boost to small businesses around the country as studios continue to ramp up production of TV series and digital content, according to a new report that is expected to be published Monday by the Motion Picture Assn. of America. The MPAA said that jobs... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood & Co. series will be adapted for television by the team behind Hollywood film “Baby Driver”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
TV series "The Handmaid's Tale", based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name, has scooped five gongs at this year's Emmy Awards, including for best drama series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The summer 2018-slated Great American Read is an eight-part TV series that will explore the power of books in American society. The show will culminate with a list of the top 10 books ever written, according to the general public. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Viking's recently-published title The Power is set to be turned into a long-running, global television series by Sister Pictures, co-producers of ITV's "Broadchurch". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After producing award-winning works in music, musical theater and comics, Vivek Tiwary is now writing an illustrated YA novel and working to turn Dave Roman's children's graphic novel 'Astronaut Academy' into a TV series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The movie adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” is getting closer and closer with the 2017 February release. And as the premiere date approaches so do the new details on the expansive world planned for this massive book series translation. Part of that plan is a TV series that explores... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Abrams is to publish Mr Robot: Red Wheelbarrow, a book based on the journal of the main character of the US TV series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]