Exclusive: Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood and Marriage Story producer David Heyman’s Heyday Television is adapting Greg Howard’s book Middle School’s A Drag, You Better Werk! for television.
Deadline understands that Heyday Television, which produces series including BBC One thriller The Capture, is working with its joint venture partner NBCUniversal International Studios on the project.
The book, which was published by Penguin Random House earlier this month, focuses on an enterprising boy who starts his own junior talent agency and signs a 13 year-old aspiring drag queen as his first client.
Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruit, president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc, has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses from a car wash to a roadside peanut stand, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. Unfortunately, most of his ideas so far have failed.
Deadline understands that Heyday Television, which produces series including BBC One thriller The Capture, is working with its joint venture partner NBCUniversal International Studios on the project.
The book, which was published by Penguin Random House earlier this month, focuses on an enterprising boy who starts his own junior talent agency and signs a 13 year-old aspiring drag queen as his first client.
Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruit, president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc, has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses from a car wash to a roadside peanut stand, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. Unfortunately, most of his ideas so far have failed.
- 3/2/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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