John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios and Sex Education producer Eleven are working up a series adaptation of author M.L. Rio’s novel If We Were Villains.
07.09.2022 - 20:31 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Television is heading into the fantasy realm.
The studio has come on board a TV series adaptation of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar literary universe.
The Universal Studio Group company is developing The Heralds of Valdemar, based on a series of trilogies of novels.
Kit Williamson, who created Netflix’s LGBTQ comedy series EastSiders, is adapting with author Brittany Cavallaro, who wrote the Charlotte Holmes series of books. The pair bonded over the books in school and will now write and produce the TV adaptation.
It comes a year after Wheel of Time producer Radar Pictures, founded by Interscope Records co-founder Ted Field optioned the rights to the book, as revealed by Deadline.
The Last Herald-Mage, The Arrows, The Mage Winds and The Mage Storms trilogies create the world of Valdemar, a place millions of readers return to again and again. Valdemar follows three teenagers chosen by fate to protect the realm–Vanyel, a young queer hero on a journey of self-discovery, Talia, a sheltered girl escaping an oppressive religious cult, and Elspeth, a princess determined to be her own hero. While separated by centuries, their journeys are linked, each battling the same evil force with the world hanging in the balance.
Lackey has written over 140 books and is considered one of the most prolific science fiction and fantasy writers of all time. In addition to EastSiders, Williamson wrote the film adaptation of Camp for HBO Max. He is repped by Buchwald and More/Medavoy. Cavallaro and Williamson recently optioned A Study in Charlotte to A+E Studios and wrote the pilot. She is repped by Buchwald.
“We’re excited to have the opportunity to bring the world, characters and stories of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar to the
John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios and Sex Education producer Eleven are working up a series adaptation of author M.L. Rio’s novel If We Were Villains.
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My First Movies,” a three-book collection devoted to introducing your youngster to some classic genre. Because what toddler doesn’t want to know the fundamentals of Italian giallos?“My First Movies, Vol.
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festival debut of his new film “The Son,” Florian Zeller has signed on to write, direct and co-produce a television adaptation of the Tony-winning play “The Lehman Trilogy.”The series will mark the first project under the Oscar-winner’s newly formed Blue Morning Pictures banner alongside Mediawan and Federica Sainte-Rose. Lorenzo Mieli will produce for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, while Domenico Procacci will produce for Fandango.
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