Exclusive: Arrow and The Hobbit actor Manu Bennett is joining Kiana Madeira (Trinkets), Ross Butler (13 Reasons Why) and Matthew Noszka (Star) in YA movie Perfect Addiction.
Filming is due to get underway in Poland on Monday.
Written by Stephanie Sanditz (The High Life) and to be directed by Castille Landon (Fear of Rain), the story centers on successful boxing trainer Sienna Lane, who discovers that her boyfriend Jax, the reigning champion, has been cheating on her with her own sister. She sets out to get revenge by training the one man capable of dethroning him: his arch-nemesis Kayden. Bennett will play Julian, the Mma coach to Kiana Madeira’s Sienna.
Producers are Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer, Jb Pictures’ Jeremy Bolt, and Aron Levitz, President of Wattpad Webtoon Studios. Executive producers are Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz, Wattpad’s Eric Lehrman and Lindsey Weems Ramey. Endeavor Content handles sales.
The film...
Filming is due to get underway in Poland on Monday.
Written by Stephanie Sanditz (The High Life) and to be directed by Castille Landon (Fear of Rain), the story centers on successful boxing trainer Sienna Lane, who discovers that her boyfriend Jax, the reigning champion, has been cheating on her with her own sister. She sets out to get revenge by training the one man capable of dethroning him: his arch-nemesis Kayden. Bennett will play Julian, the Mma coach to Kiana Madeira’s Sienna.
Producers are Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer, Jb Pictures’ Jeremy Bolt, and Aron Levitz, President of Wattpad Webtoon Studios. Executive producers are Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz, Wattpad’s Eric Lehrman and Lindsey Weems Ramey. Endeavor Content handles sales.
The film...
- 4/1/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Wattpad Webtoon Studios has announced that it is developing three new film and TV projects based on IP from its social storytelling platform Wattpad and its digital comic platform Webtoon.
Screenwriter, playwright and novelist Gabriel Bergmoser has been tapped to adapt A. Rasen’s popular webcomic GremoryLand for film, with Wattpad Webtoon set to produce alongside Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment.
The studio will also develop Wattpad books Unholy Matrimony (by @xxinlove) and I’m a Gay Wizard (by V.S. Santoni) for TV, with Alyson Weaver Nicholas (Snap’s Two Sides) penning the script for the former project, and Price Peterson (The CW’s Legacies) adapting the latter.
Currently boasting more than 20 million reads on Webtoon, GremoryLand follows six friends who are reunited as the sole visitors of a new horror theme park, promising an experience as unique as it is terrifying. They soon realize that the horrors of...
Screenwriter, playwright and novelist Gabriel Bergmoser has been tapped to adapt A. Rasen’s popular webcomic GremoryLand for film, with Wattpad Webtoon set to produce alongside Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment.
The studio will also develop Wattpad books Unholy Matrimony (by @xxinlove) and I’m a Gay Wizard (by V.S. Santoni) for TV, with Alyson Weaver Nicholas (Snap’s Two Sides) penning the script for the former project, and Price Peterson (The CW’s Legacies) adapting the latter.
Currently boasting more than 20 million reads on Webtoon, GremoryLand follows six friends who are reunited as the sole visitors of a new horror theme park, promising an experience as unique as it is terrifying. They soon realize that the horrors of...
- 10/28/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
‘After We Fell’, ‘After Ever Happy’ will debut solely on the online platform.
Amazon Prime Video has secured UK and France rights from Voltage Pictures to After We Fell and After Ever Happy, the next two titles in the After young adult series.
It will launch the two films exclusively on the online platform, despite previous instalment After We Collided having been a box office hit in the UK when cinemas were open last autumn.
Release dates for the films are yet to be confirmed.
Adapted from Anna Todd’s series of young adult romantic novels which launched on online writing platform Wattpad,...
Amazon Prime Video has secured UK and France rights from Voltage Pictures to After We Fell and After Ever Happy, the next two titles in the After young adult series.
It will launch the two films exclusively on the online platform, despite previous instalment After We Collided having been a box office hit in the UK when cinemas were open last autumn.
Release dates for the films are yet to be confirmed.
Adapted from Anna Todd’s series of young adult romantic novels which launched on online writing platform Wattpad,...
- 8/4/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kiana Madeira (Trinkets), Ross Butler (13 Reasons Why) and Matthew Noszka (Star) have been set to star in YA package Perfect Addiction.
Endeavor Content has boarded and launched world sales on the movie during the Cannes virtual market, where we hear it is among the in-demand pre-sales titles with buyers.
Written by Stephanie Sanditz (The High Life) and to be directed by Castille Landon (Fear of Rain), the story centers on successful boxing trainer Sienna Lane, who discovers that her boyfriend Jax, the reigning champion, has been cheating on her with her own sister. She sets out to get revenge by training the one man capable of dethroning him: his arch-nemesis Kayden.
Producers are Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer, Jb Pictures’ Jeremy Bolt, and Aron Levitz, President of Wattpad Webtoon Studios. Executive producers are Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz, Wattpad’s Eric Lehrman and Lindsey Weems Ramey.
The film is based...
Endeavor Content has boarded and launched world sales on the movie during the Cannes virtual market, where we hear it is among the in-demand pre-sales titles with buyers.
Written by Stephanie Sanditz (The High Life) and to be directed by Castille Landon (Fear of Rain), the story centers on successful boxing trainer Sienna Lane, who discovers that her boyfriend Jax, the reigning champion, has been cheating on her with her own sister. She sets out to get revenge by training the one man capable of dethroning him: his arch-nemesis Kayden.
Producers are Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer, Jb Pictures’ Jeremy Bolt, and Aron Levitz, President of Wattpad Webtoon Studios. Executive producers are Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz, Wattpad’s Eric Lehrman and Lindsey Weems Ramey.
The film is based...
- 6/28/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Social storytelling platform Wattpad and digital comic platform Webtoon announced a merger of their studio divisions to create Wattpad Webtoon Studios with the parent company of both, Naver, committing $100 million for development and production financing.
Wattpad, based in Toronto, was recently acquired by Naver a South Korean internet conglomerate that owned Webtoon. The new, combined studio will strengthen Naver’s global position in IP, digital comics and web novels.
Wattpad Webtoon Studios will create global fan and data-driven TV shows, films, and books, unlocking the combined companies’ global IP libraries and growing roster of creators and fandoms across genres. It currently has more than 100 projects in development or production.
After launching and building the Wattpad Studios brand since 2017, Aron Levitz will step into the role of president of Wattpad Webtoon Studios. Taylor Grant will lead the Webtoon entertainment portfolio, Eric Lehrman will lead the Wattpad side. Ashleigh Gardner will continue...
Wattpad, based in Toronto, was recently acquired by Naver a South Korean internet conglomerate that owned Webtoon. The new, combined studio will strengthen Naver’s global position in IP, digital comics and web novels.
Wattpad Webtoon Studios will create global fan and data-driven TV shows, films, and books, unlocking the combined companies’ global IP libraries and growing roster of creators and fandoms across genres. It currently has more than 100 projects in development or production.
After launching and building the Wattpad Studios brand since 2017, Aron Levitz will step into the role of president of Wattpad Webtoon Studios. Taylor Grant will lead the Webtoon entertainment portfolio, Eric Lehrman will lead the Wattpad side. Ashleigh Gardner will continue...
- 6/24/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Italy’s Leone Film Group has teamed up with Wattpad, the user-generated fiction entertainment company, to develop a feature film based on “The Bad Boy’s Girl,” which is among the most popular stories on the storytelling platform.
Leone Film Group, a leading Italian production and distribution company, has also optioned the full series of novels in author Blair Holden’s “The Bad Boy’s Girl” saga, which is touted as having more than 220 million online reads, with plans to turn it into a teen romance film franchise.
The story of “The Bad Boy’s Girl” revolves around protagonist Tessa O’Connell, who has only two goals for senior year: to keep her head down, and to get over the heartbreak of seeing her longtime crush date her ex-best friend, according to promotional materials.
“But Tessa fears the worst when her childhood bully, Cole, returns to town from military school.
Leone Film Group, a leading Italian production and distribution company, has also optioned the full series of novels in author Blair Holden’s “The Bad Boy’s Girl” saga, which is touted as having more than 220 million online reads, with plans to turn it into a teen romance film franchise.
The story of “The Bad Boy’s Girl” revolves around protagonist Tessa O’Connell, who has only two goals for senior year: to keep her head down, and to get over the heartbreak of seeing her longtime crush date her ex-best friend, according to promotional materials.
“But Tessa fears the worst when her childhood bully, Cole, returns to town from military school.
- 4/27/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon has struck a deal to exclusively stream YA movie After We Collided on Prime Video in the UK, France, Italy and Spain.
UK, France and Italy will release from 22, December, followed by Spain on 1, January. The movie was released theatrically in most markets in September and October and was one of the few bright spots at the Covid-ravaged box office this year, taking close to $50M.
The Amazon release in France is the film’s first release in that territory. Netflix will release the film stateside from December 22.
Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Dylan Sprouse star in the sequel, an adaptation of the best-selling novel After We Collided. Anna Todd scripted the movie alongside Mario Celaya.
Pic follows Hardin Scott (Fiennes Tiffin) and Tessa Young (Langford) who are going through the aftermath of their break-up. While Hardin falls into some bad habits, Tessa, armed with a new confidence,...
UK, France and Italy will release from 22, December, followed by Spain on 1, January. The movie was released theatrically in most markets in September and October and was one of the few bright spots at the Covid-ravaged box office this year, taking close to $50M.
The Amazon release in France is the film’s first release in that territory. Netflix will release the film stateside from December 22.
Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Dylan Sprouse star in the sequel, an adaptation of the best-selling novel After We Collided. Anna Todd scripted the movie alongside Mario Celaya.
Pic follows Hardin Scott (Fiennes Tiffin) and Tessa Young (Langford) who are going through the aftermath of their break-up. While Hardin falls into some bad habits, Tessa, armed with a new confidence,...
- 11/25/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Constantin Film has acquired the rights to hit novel “Perfect Addiction,” set in the world of boxing, partnering up once again with producer Jeremy Bolt, with whom they worked on the “Resident Evil” blockbuster movie franchise, assassin action movie “Polar,” starring Mads Mikkelsen and Vanessa Hudgens, and the upcoming video-game adaption “Monster Hunter,” starring Milla Jovovich.
The film will blend a “Rocky-esque underdog story and a salacious romance in a sexy and gripping package,” according to a statement from Constantin.
Claudia Tan’s book is the second novel of the very popular English-language “Perfect” series, published on Wattpad, a leading social storytelling platform. It has racked up more than 81 million reads on Wattpad, and won the People’s Choice Award – by audience votes – at the 2015 Wattys.
Stephanie Sanditz, who wrote “Infernal Devices” and “Beautiful Bastard” for Constantin, is set to write the screenplay. Sanditz recently developed her original series “Pyramid” at FX,...
The film will blend a “Rocky-esque underdog story and a salacious romance in a sexy and gripping package,” according to a statement from Constantin.
Claudia Tan’s book is the second novel of the very popular English-language “Perfect” series, published on Wattpad, a leading social storytelling platform. It has racked up more than 81 million reads on Wattpad, and won the People’s Choice Award – by audience votes – at the 2015 Wattys.
Stephanie Sanditz, who wrote “Infernal Devices” and “Beautiful Bastard” for Constantin, is set to write the screenplay. Sanditz recently developed her original series “Pyramid” at FX,...
- 8/4/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Wattpad, a global multiplatform entertainment company known for its digital novels and data insights, is expanding into film development and will finance two new film projects, including one from “Children of Men” writer David Arata and another from Angela Lamanna, a co-producer on Netflix’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” the company announced Thursday.
Founded in 2006, Wattpad allows users to write, post and read short, text-based novels. Readers can engage with the content by commenting on the novel or “liking” specific paragraphs. This data is then used by the company to identify emerging trends within the platform — such as what type of content is being written about and engaged with the most. The company then uses this information to help studios create video content, with Sony Pictures Television, Hulu and more having all used the data. Currently, the company has 50 different TV and film projects in development with studios around the world.
Founded in 2006, Wattpad allows users to write, post and read short, text-based novels. Readers can engage with the content by commenting on the novel or “liking” specific paragraphs. This data is then used by the company to identify emerging trends within the platform — such as what type of content is being written about and engaged with the most. The company then uses this information to help studios create video content, with Sony Pictures Television, Hulu and more having all used the data. Currently, the company has 50 different TV and film projects in development with studios around the world.
- 5/14/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Wattpad Studios is developing the features What Happened That Night and The Hound. Both titles come from their library of Wattpad stories and are part of Wattpad’s Development Fund which finances early development for select TV and film projects.
The new fund uses data-backed insights to uncover stories and trends that can be adapted for TV, film, and published via the company’s publishing arm Wattpad Books.
Written by Deanna Cameron, What Happened That Night will be adapted for the screen by Oscar-nominated Children of Men screenwriter David Arata. The story follows a woman named Clara after her boyfriend is murdered by her sister. This causes Clara to go down a path that she would have preferred to forget, and in a desperate race to absolve her sister’s name, Clara advances ever closer to the dangerous secret of what really happened that night. Cameron’s book was published...
The new fund uses data-backed insights to uncover stories and trends that can be adapted for TV, film, and published via the company’s publishing arm Wattpad Books.
Written by Deanna Cameron, What Happened That Night will be adapted for the screen by Oscar-nominated Children of Men screenwriter David Arata. The story follows a woman named Clara after her boyfriend is murdered by her sister. This causes Clara to go down a path that she would have preferred to forget, and in a desperate race to absolve her sister’s name, Clara advances ever closer to the dangerous secret of what really happened that night. Cameron’s book was published...
- 5/14/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
What Happened That Night, The Hound to bemefit from new development fund.
Toronto-based Wattpad, the company behind Ya hit After, is partnering with Children Of Men screenwriter David Arata on What Happened That Night, one of two projects the company is developing into features.
The development comes as Wattpad unveiled its development fund as it moves into financing early development on projects from its stable of original fiction.
Arata will adapt What Happened That Night from Deanna Cameron’s book, which drew more than 1.5m reads and was published by Wattpad Books last year
The story centres on a woman...
Toronto-based Wattpad, the company behind Ya hit After, is partnering with Children Of Men screenwriter David Arata on What Happened That Night, one of two projects the company is developing into features.
The development comes as Wattpad unveiled its development fund as it moves into financing early development on projects from its stable of original fiction.
Arata will adapt What Happened That Night from Deanna Cameron’s book, which drew more than 1.5m reads and was published by Wattpad Books last year
The story centres on a woman...
- 5/14/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Social storytelling platform Wattpad Studios has made its first European hire with Paris-based Carla Zeller.
Zeller joins as development executive for Europe. Based in Paris, she will focus on building Wattpad’s TV and film slate in Europe, overseeing productions as they move from Wattpad to screens. She will report to Eric Lehrman, Wattpad’s head of content development and production.
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Zeller joins Wattpad from beleaguered distributor Mars Films, where she was part of the acquisitions and development team, working on French acquisitions of movies including I, Tonya and If Beale Street Could Talk. She also developed Mars’ original projects like Nothing To Hide and Love At Second Sight.
“Entertainment execs...
Zeller joins as development executive for Europe. Based in Paris, she will focus on building Wattpad’s TV and film slate in Europe, overseeing productions as they move from Wattpad to screens. She will report to Eric Lehrman, Wattpad’s head of content development and production.
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Zeller joins Wattpad from beleaguered distributor Mars Films, where she was part of the acquisitions and development team, working on French acquisitions of movies including I, Tonya and If Beale Street Could Talk. She also developed Mars’ original projects like Nothing To Hide and Love At Second Sight.
“Entertainment execs...
- 3/12/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Two popular Wattpad stories, Jessica Cunsolo’s She’s With Me and H.J. Nelson’s The Last She, are headed to television. They are being developed as potential TV series by Sony Pictures Television.
The adaptations of Ya She’s With Me and sci-fi-themed The Last She stem from the first-look deal Sony Pictures TV signed with the popular self-publishing digital platform in April.
Cunsolo’s She’s with Me is one of the most popular stories on Wattpad, with more than 140 million reads worldwide. The print version of She’s with Me, from Wattpad Books, was released on January 7, debuting in the top 50 of three Teen & Ya categories on Amazon. In She’s With Me, surviving high school as the new kid is hard enough, but when you’re in witness protection, it’s literally life and death. Knowing that just one misstep could be her last, Amelia Collins hopes to keep a low profile,...
The adaptations of Ya She’s With Me and sci-fi-themed The Last She stem from the first-look deal Sony Pictures TV signed with the popular self-publishing digital platform in April.
Cunsolo’s She’s with Me is one of the most popular stories on Wattpad, with more than 140 million reads worldwide. The print version of She’s with Me, from Wattpad Books, was released on January 7, debuting in the top 50 of three Teen & Ya categories on Amazon. In She’s With Me, surviving high school as the new kid is hard enough, but when you’re in witness protection, it’s literally life and death. Knowing that just one misstep could be her last, Amelia Collins hopes to keep a low profile,...
- 2/3/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Erik Feig’s Picturestart has acquired film and television rights to “Along for the Ride,” a Ya sensation published on the digital platform Wattpad.
Written by Rachel Meinke, the book follows a young athlete who is forced to tour the U.S. with her pop star brother. She meets an ultra-famous musician on the same tour, and the two embark on a relationship.
Wattpad is a hub for user-generated fiction, largely genre fare, on which Meinke has over 300 million views on a collection of 20 stories. “Along for the Ride” has 26.3 million reads alone.
Jessica Switch and Lucy Putnam will produce for his Picturestart, and Aron Levitz, Eric Lehrman and Lindsey Ramey will produce for Wattpad. The book is being adapted for the screen by Tate Hanyok.
Former Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-head Feig launched his label in May, and has a track record in the Ya space with lasting cultural...
Written by Rachel Meinke, the book follows a young athlete who is forced to tour the U.S. with her pop star brother. She meets an ultra-famous musician on the same tour, and the two embark on a relationship.
Wattpad is a hub for user-generated fiction, largely genre fare, on which Meinke has over 300 million views on a collection of 20 stories. “Along for the Ride” has 26.3 million reads alone.
Jessica Switch and Lucy Putnam will produce for his Picturestart, and Aron Levitz, Eric Lehrman and Lindsey Ramey will produce for Wattpad. The book is being adapted for the screen by Tate Hanyok.
Former Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-head Feig launched his label in May, and has a track record in the Ya space with lasting cultural...
- 10/10/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Roger Kumble has signed on to direct After We Collided, the sequel to the Voltage Pictures indie Ya hit After, which reaped close to $70 million at the global box office earlier this year.
As announced by After author Anna Todd, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star Dylan Sprouse is joining the pic’s original stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who are reprising their roles as Tessa and Hardin. Cameras roll this month.
In the sequel novel, Tessa and Hardin, despite starting a tumultuous relationship, get a bombshell revelation about the origins of their relationship—and Hardin’s mysterious past. Tessa’s not sure she can endure one more broken promise.
Kumble directed and wrote the cult Reese Witherspoon-Ryan Phillipe-Sarah Michelle Gellar-Selma Blair hit Cruel Intentions, as well as The Sweetest Thing starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Blair, as well as Just Friends...
As announced by After author Anna Todd, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star Dylan Sprouse is joining the pic’s original stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who are reprising their roles as Tessa and Hardin. Cameras roll this month.
In the sequel novel, Tessa and Hardin, despite starting a tumultuous relationship, get a bombshell revelation about the origins of their relationship—and Hardin’s mysterious past. Tessa’s not sure she can endure one more broken promise.
Kumble directed and wrote the cult Reese Witherspoon-Ryan Phillipe-Sarah Michelle Gellar-Selma Blair hit Cruel Intentions, as well as The Sweetest Thing starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Blair, as well as Just Friends...
- 8/7/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“After,” the highest grossing independent film of the year so far, is set to return with a sequel, with stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin reprising their roles. Voltage Pictures is selling the new pic in Cannes.
The first film, which had a reported production budget of $14 million, grossed more than $50 million at the international box office, with an additional $12 million contributed in the U.S.
After opening number one in 17 countries, the film has gone on to take $7.7 million in France, $8.2 million in Germany and $7 million in Italy. Other high performing territories included Russia, where it took $2.8 million, Benelux, which delivered $1.4 million, and Scandinavia, where it generated $2.7 million.
The film and its sequel are based on Anna Todd’s young adult romantic novel series.
Producers of the new film are Todd, Jennifer Gibgot, Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman, CalMaple’s Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon. Voltage...
The first film, which had a reported production budget of $14 million, grossed more than $50 million at the international box office, with an additional $12 million contributed in the U.S.
After opening number one in 17 countries, the film has gone on to take $7.7 million in France, $8.2 million in Germany and $7 million in Italy. Other high performing territories included Russia, where it took $2.8 million, Benelux, which delivered $1.4 million, and Scandinavia, where it generated $2.7 million.
The film and its sequel are based on Anna Todd’s young adult romantic novel series.
Producers of the new film are Todd, Jennifer Gibgot, Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman, CalMaple’s Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon. Voltage...
- 5/20/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Voltage Pictures has added an After sequel to its sales slate here in Cannes. Stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin are set to reprise their roles as Tessa and Hardin in the second steamy romance pic. The first adaptation of Anna Todd’s bestselling Ya novels, which started out on the fan-fiction website Wattpad, has been sizzling at the international box office, having grossed over $52M and with Australia still to release.
The $14M After opened No. 1 in 17 markets and caused swooning in such hubs as Germany, France and Italy which lead the teen title. Those were also notably significant markets for the Fifty Shades movies. Other high performing territories include Russia and Scandinavia.
Producers of the upcoming film are Todd, Jennifer Gibgot, Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman, CalMaple’s Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon. Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier and Jonathan Deckter will executive produce alongside Andrew Panay.
The $14M After opened No. 1 in 17 markets and caused swooning in such hubs as Germany, France and Italy which lead the teen title. Those were also notably significant markets for the Fifty Shades movies. Other high performing territories include Russia and Scandinavia.
Producers of the upcoming film are Todd, Jennifer Gibgot, Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman, CalMaple’s Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon. Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier and Jonathan Deckter will executive produce alongside Andrew Panay.
- 5/19/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Original Ya romance has grossed more than $50m at international box office.
Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes will reprise their roles in After as Voltage Pictures launched worldwide sales in Cannes on the sequel to the international box office hit.
After Ya author Anna Todd and Voltage Pictures COO and president Jonathan Deckter announced the sequel on Sunday (19) on the back of the original’s $50m-plus box office success this year.
The Ya romance opened at number one in 17 countries and has gone on to gross more than $7.7m in France, $8.2m in Germany and $7m in Italy. Russia has produced $2.8m,...
Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes will reprise their roles in After as Voltage Pictures launched worldwide sales in Cannes on the sequel to the international box office hit.
After Ya author Anna Todd and Voltage Pictures COO and president Jonathan Deckter announced the sequel on Sunday (19) on the back of the original’s $50m-plus box office success this year.
The Ya romance opened at number one in 17 countries and has gone on to gross more than $7.7m in France, $8.2m in Germany and $7m in Italy. Russia has produced $2.8m,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Television will comb through Wattpad’s 500 million stories for the next potential breakout entertainment property.
Spt entered into a co-production deal with Wattpad for original TV programming, giving Sony a first look at new Wattpad stories. The companies plan to work together to identify and develop popular stories shared on Wattpad platform. The deal, announced Wednesday, will be overseen by Eric Lehrman, Wattpad’s head of content development and production.
According to Wattpad, 70 million monthly users engage with stories across all genres — generating billions of data points daily about fan interactions. Wattpad has created what it calls Story DNA Machine Learning technology to identify new intellectual property and storytellers that have the most potential. The Spt agreement covers original stories, not fan fiction, according to Wattpad.
The deal’s announcement follows news last month that Sony Pictures Television, Wattpad and Greg Silverman’s Stampede are developing “Death Is My Bff” for Syfy.
Spt entered into a co-production deal with Wattpad for original TV programming, giving Sony a first look at new Wattpad stories. The companies plan to work together to identify and develop popular stories shared on Wattpad platform. The deal, announced Wednesday, will be overseen by Eric Lehrman, Wattpad’s head of content development and production.
According to Wattpad, 70 million monthly users engage with stories across all genres — generating billions of data points daily about fan interactions. Wattpad has created what it calls Story DNA Machine Learning technology to identify new intellectual property and storytellers that have the most potential. The Spt agreement covers original stories, not fan fiction, according to Wattpad.
The deal’s announcement follows news last month that Sony Pictures Television, Wattpad and Greg Silverman’s Stampede are developing “Death Is My Bff” for Syfy.
- 4/17/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Known for being an incubator for original stories, multi-platform entertainment company Wattpad is expanding its reach with a new partnership with Sony Pictures Television to develop and co-produce original programming for television. The collaboration gives Sony a first-look at the up-and-coming stories from the Wattpad platform.
Under the deal, Wattpad and Sony will work together to identify and develop narratives from half a billion story uploads that have been shared on Wattpad. The library provides a bank of diverse and emerging voices from around the world. The deal will be overseen by Eric Lehrman, Wattpad’s Head of Content Development and Production.
“Our entertainment partners all over the world have seen the power of our data-backed approach to IP discovery and development,” said Aron Levitz, Head of Wattpad Studios. “Wattpad stories are some of the most innovative and creative that have ever been written. The stories and diverse voices on...
Under the deal, Wattpad and Sony will work together to identify and develop narratives from half a billion story uploads that have been shared on Wattpad. The library provides a bank of diverse and emerging voices from around the world. The deal will be overseen by Eric Lehrman, Wattpad’s Head of Content Development and Production.
“Our entertainment partners all over the world have seen the power of our data-backed approach to IP discovery and development,” said Aron Levitz, Head of Wattpad Studios. “Wattpad stories are some of the most innovative and creative that have ever been written. The stories and diverse voices on...
- 4/17/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Death Is My Best Friend, based on Katarina Tonks’ hit Wattpad book series, is being adapted for television. The project, from writer Lindsey Rosin (Cruel Intentions), Greg Silverman’s Stampede and Sony Pictures TV, is in very early development at Syfy, Deadline has confirmed.
Penned by Rosin, Death Is My Bff, the series, tells the coming-of-age story of Faith Williams, an ordinary teenage girl who on the eve of her 18th birthday discovers that she is the product of a prophecy, which makes her responsible for protecting the balance of all good and evil on earth. This task is soon complicated by the Angel of Death, an insatiable, sarcastic and undeniably sexy Grim Reaper, who has been tasked with collecting Faith’s soul and delivering it to the underworld. Now, Faith must fend off Death’s advances while also fighting evil spirits – all while attempting to navigate the drama...
Penned by Rosin, Death Is My Bff, the series, tells the coming-of-age story of Faith Williams, an ordinary teenage girl who on the eve of her 18th birthday discovers that she is the product of a prophecy, which makes her responsible for protecting the balance of all good and evil on earth. This task is soon complicated by the Angel of Death, an insatiable, sarcastic and undeniably sexy Grim Reaper, who has been tasked with collecting Faith’s soul and delivering it to the underworld. Now, Faith must fend off Death’s advances while also fighting evil spirits – all while attempting to navigate the drama...
- 3/22/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When Bob Bakish took the reins at Viacom less than two years ago, the media giant had a big problem — the “MTV Generation” had long passed, and it was struggling to get its shows in front of young viewers. Television wasn’t the only game in town anymore.
“This is a generation that grew up swiping before they wiped,” as Jacqueline Parkes, Cmo and Evp of Digital Studios at MTV, VH1 and Logo, put it at The Grill at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday. “They don’t make the distinction [between] a television or their iPhone or their desktop — when they see the content they want, they’re going to embrace that content.”
Viacom has since looked to target young viewers where they are in 2018. It’s doubled down on YouTube — with “Wild ‘n Out,” its sketch comedy show, growing its channel from 1.1 million to 2.5 million followers in three months earlier this year.
“This is a generation that grew up swiping before they wiped,” as Jacqueline Parkes, Cmo and Evp of Digital Studios at MTV, VH1 and Logo, put it at The Grill at the Sls Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday. “They don’t make the distinction [between] a television or their iPhone or their desktop — when they see the content they want, they’re going to embrace that content.”
Viacom has since looked to target young viewers where they are in 2018. It’s doubled down on YouTube — with “Wild ‘n Out,” its sketch comedy show, growing its channel from 1.1 million to 2.5 million followers in three months earlier this year.
- 10/2/2018
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Aviron Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to After, the movie adaptation of Anna Todd’s bestselling Ya novels that started out on the fan-fiction website Wattpad. Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin star in the pic being directed by Jenny Gage; it started production last week in Atlanta. Aviron has set an April 12, 2019 release date.
After is a story of self-discovery and sexual awakening that centers on Tessa (Langford), a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart as she enters her first semester in college. Her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott (Tiffin), a magnetic, brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants out of life.
Susan McMartin (Mr. Church) wrote the script. Khadijha Red Thunder, Samuel Larsen, Shane Paul McGie, Inanna Sarkis, Pia Mia and Swen Temmel also star.
After is a story of self-discovery and sexual awakening that centers on Tessa (Langford), a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart as she enters her first semester in college. Her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott (Tiffin), a magnetic, brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants out of life.
Susan McMartin (Mr. Church) wrote the script. Khadijha Red Thunder, Samuel Larsen, Shane Paul McGie, Inanna Sarkis, Pia Mia and Swen Temmel also star.
- 7/23/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu and AwesomenessTV have set the cast for their upcoming horror series Light as a Feather. Liana Liberato (To the Bone) will play McKenna, Haley Ramm (Seven in Heaven) is Violet, Ajiona Alexus (13 Reasons Why) is Candace, Brianne Tju (Scream) is Alex, Peyton List (Bunk’d) is Olivia, Dylan Sprayberry (Teen Wolf) is Henry, Jordan Rodrigues (Lady Bird) is Trey, Brent Rivera (Alexander Irl) is Issac, and Dorian Brown Pham (Wilfred) plays Deb. See cast photos below.
Production began today in Los Angeles on the 10-episode, straight-to-series supernatural thriller from AwesomenessTV, Wattpad and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet (Girlfriends). Nased on a story by Zoe Aarsen that has more than 2.9M reads on Wattpad, is created and executive produced by R. Lee Fleming Jr..
The logline: An innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” goes wrong when the five teen girls who played start dying off in...
Production began today in Los Angeles on the 10-episode, straight-to-series supernatural thriller from AwesomenessTV, Wattpad and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet (Girlfriends). Nased on a story by Zoe Aarsen that has more than 2.9M reads on Wattpad, is created and executive produced by R. Lee Fleming Jr..
The logline: An innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” goes wrong when the five teen girls who played start dying off in...
- 6/4/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Goldani Telles and Hero Fiennes Tiffin are set to star in “After,” the film adaptation of Anna Todd’s young adult romance novel.
The deal was announced Tuesday, the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. Voltage International is handling worldwide sales rights and is co-repping domestic rights with CalMaple.
Jenny Gage will direct from a script written by Susan McMartin, Tamara Chestna, and Gage and Tom Betterton.
Producers are Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon of CalMaple Films, and Jennifer Gibgot (“17 Again”) of Offspring Entertainment. CalMaple, Voltage Pictures and Diamond Film Productions are financing the film. Wattpad’s Aron Levitz, Anna Todd, and Dennis Pelino from CalMaple are also producing. Meadow Williams and Swen Temmel from Diamond Films will serve as executive producers along with Adam Shankman of Offspring Entertainment, Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier and Jonathan Deckter, CalMaple’s Scott Karol, and Wattpad’s Eric Lehrman.
“After” follows...
The deal was announced Tuesday, the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. Voltage International is handling worldwide sales rights and is co-repping domestic rights with CalMaple.
Jenny Gage will direct from a script written by Susan McMartin, Tamara Chestna, and Gage and Tom Betterton.
Producers are Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon of CalMaple Films, and Jennifer Gibgot (“17 Again”) of Offspring Entertainment. CalMaple, Voltage Pictures and Diamond Film Productions are financing the film. Wattpad’s Aron Levitz, Anna Todd, and Dennis Pelino from CalMaple are also producing. Meadow Williams and Swen Temmel from Diamond Films will serve as executive producers along with Adam Shankman of Offspring Entertainment, Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier and Jonathan Deckter, CalMaple’s Scott Karol, and Wattpad’s Eric Lehrman.
“After” follows...
- 5/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to horror show “Light as a Feather,” which counts “Cheers” and “Frasier” alum Kelsey Grammer among its many executive producers.
The 10-episode thriller comes from Awesomeness TV, Wattpad, and Grammer’s Gramnet.
Based on Zoe Aarsen’s story “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board,” which was originally published on Wattpad, the streaming version will highlight a slumber party gone wrong, as five girls begin dying off in the exact way the game predicts.
Production on the series is set to begin in June.
Lee Fleming Jr. created the adaptation and will executive produce the show. Other executive producers include Awesomeness TV’s Jordan Levin, Shelley Zimmerman, Joe Davola and Brett Bouttier.
Tom Russo, Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov from Gramnet and Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman from Wattpad also all earn executive producer credits on the upcoming Hulu series.
“‘Light as a Feather’ is a captivating and unique story, with supernatural twists and thrills that readers all over the world have fallen in love with,” said Levitz, the head of Wattpad Studios. “The story is another example of a Wattpad fan favorite that is perfect for adaptation and new life on another platform. We’re excited to be working with AwesomenessTV and Hulu to bring ‘Light as a Feather’ to a new audience in a new format, while also giving the story’s millions of current fans another way to enjoy the story they couldn’t put down.”
“When I first joined Wattpad, I set out to create something unique, exploring characters and a world where female empowerment, friendship, and supernatural forces come together,” added Aarsen. “Wattpad is a place where people come together and connect over stories, discussing every twist and cliffhanger, so it was the perfect platform for my story. Teen horror is my passion, so I can’t wait to be able to share ‘Light as a Feather’ with other horror aficionados on Hulu.”
Read original story Hulu Orders Horror Series ‘Light as a Feather’ From Kelsey Grammer and Awesomeness TV At TheWrap...
The 10-episode thriller comes from Awesomeness TV, Wattpad, and Grammer’s Gramnet.
Based on Zoe Aarsen’s story “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board,” which was originally published on Wattpad, the streaming version will highlight a slumber party gone wrong, as five girls begin dying off in the exact way the game predicts.
Production on the series is set to begin in June.
Lee Fleming Jr. created the adaptation and will executive produce the show. Other executive producers include Awesomeness TV’s Jordan Levin, Shelley Zimmerman, Joe Davola and Brett Bouttier.
Tom Russo, Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov from Gramnet and Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman from Wattpad also all earn executive producer credits on the upcoming Hulu series.
“‘Light as a Feather’ is a captivating and unique story, with supernatural twists and thrills that readers all over the world have fallen in love with,” said Levitz, the head of Wattpad Studios. “The story is another example of a Wattpad fan favorite that is perfect for adaptation and new life on another platform. We’re excited to be working with AwesomenessTV and Hulu to bring ‘Light as a Feather’ to a new audience in a new format, while also giving the story’s millions of current fans another way to enjoy the story they couldn’t put down.”
“When I first joined Wattpad, I set out to create something unique, exploring characters and a world where female empowerment, friendship, and supernatural forces come together,” added Aarsen. “Wattpad is a place where people come together and connect over stories, discussing every twist and cliffhanger, so it was the perfect platform for my story. Teen horror is my passion, so I can’t wait to be able to share ‘Light as a Feather’ with other horror aficionados on Hulu.”
Read original story Hulu Orders Horror Series ‘Light as a Feather’ From Kelsey Grammer and Awesomeness TV At TheWrap...
- 5/8/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Hulu has made a 10-episode straight-to-series order for Light as a Feather, from AwesomenessTV, Wattpad and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet (Girlfriends). The supernatural thriller is based on a story by Zoe Aarsen that has more than 2.9M reads on Wattpad.
Created by Lee Fleming Jr., Light As a Feather follows five teen girls as they deal with the supernatural fallout stemming from an innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” When the girls start dying off in the exact way that was predicted, the survivors must figure out why they’re being targeted — and whether the evil force hunting them down is one of their own.
Fleming Jr. executive produces and showruns alongside AwesomenessTV’s Jordan Levin, Shelley Zimmerman, Joe Davola and Brett Bouttier; Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman; and Grammnet’s Grammer, Tom Russo, Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov. Bloodlist’s Kailey Marsh is a co-executive producer.
Created by Lee Fleming Jr., Light As a Feather follows five teen girls as they deal with the supernatural fallout stemming from an innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” When the girls start dying off in the exact way that was predicted, the survivors must figure out why they’re being targeted — and whether the evil force hunting them down is one of their own.
Fleming Jr. executive produces and showruns alongside AwesomenessTV’s Jordan Levin, Shelley Zimmerman, Joe Davola and Brett Bouttier; Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman; and Grammnet’s Grammer, Tom Russo, Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov. Bloodlist’s Kailey Marsh is a co-executive producer.
- 5/8/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The film will star Julia Goldani Telles from The Affair, with All This Panic director Jenny Gage at the helm.
Voltage Pictures has struck key pre-sales on After, an adaptation of the Ya publishing phenomenon that marks the first feature from veteran producers Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton’s CalMaple Films.
Constantin has acquired German rights, Sun will distribute in Latin America and Spain, and Leone handles Italy. Julia Goldani Telles from Showtime’s The Affair and the upcoming Slender Man will star opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin from Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince as the leads.
The partners aim...
Voltage Pictures has struck key pre-sales on After, an adaptation of the Ya publishing phenomenon that marks the first feature from veteran producers Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton’s CalMaple Films.
Constantin has acquired German rights, Sun will distribute in Latin America and Spain, and Leone handles Italy. Julia Goldani Telles from Showtime’s The Affair and the upcoming Slender Man will star opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin from Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince as the leads.
The partners aim...
- 5/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television has acquired the rights to Katarina E. Tonks’s story series Death Is My Bff, which bowed via Wattpad, the Toronto-based storytelling app that combines crowdsourced content and other material.
Paul Shapiro, who brought the project to Sony, will executive produce under his All In Media banner, along with Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman.
Tonks’s Death Is My Bff series of stories have more than 92 million reads to date on Wattpad.
In Death Is My Bff, the irresistible and insatiably sarcastic Angel of Death is in for a rude awakening when he comes to claim Faith William’s soul and discovers that he’s met his match. Faith has five days to hold off signing her soul away, but demons, an arrogant playboy, and her own conflicted feelings for Death aren’t going to make it any easier.
Aron Levitz, head of Wattpad Studios,...
Paul Shapiro, who brought the project to Sony, will executive produce under his All In Media banner, along with Wattpad’s Aron Levitz and Eric Lehrman.
Tonks’s Death Is My Bff series of stories have more than 92 million reads to date on Wattpad.
In Death Is My Bff, the irresistible and insatiably sarcastic Angel of Death is in for a rude awakening when he comes to claim Faith William’s soul and discovers that he’s met his match. Faith has five days to hold off signing her soul away, but demons, an arrogant playboy, and her own conflicted feelings for Death aren’t going to make it any easier.
Aron Levitz, head of Wattpad Studios,...
- 5/3/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Wattpad announced today that Dexter Ong will be the Head of Asia for Wattpad Studios. Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company for original stories and Ong will oversee the expansion of Wattpad Studios in Asian markets.
Ong will be based in Hong Kong and work with local entertainment studios, producers, and writers to turn Wattpad stories into film, television, print and digital projects. Wattpad recently closed $51 million in new funding from high-profile Asian investors, including China’s Tencent and Globe Telecom’s Kickstart Ventures in the Philippines, as well other international partners. The company is the largest social storytelling platform in nearly every market on the planet, with a global community of more than 65 million users, including more than 17 million people in Southeast Asia who spend billions of minutes on the platform every month.
Before joining Wattpad, Ong was the Director of Corporate Development for 21st Century Fox Asia.
Ong will be based in Hong Kong and work with local entertainment studios, producers, and writers to turn Wattpad stories into film, television, print and digital projects. Wattpad recently closed $51 million in new funding from high-profile Asian investors, including China’s Tencent and Globe Telecom’s Kickstart Ventures in the Philippines, as well other international partners. The company is the largest social storytelling platform in nearly every market on the planet, with a global community of more than 65 million users, including more than 17 million people in Southeast Asia who spend billions of minutes on the platform every month.
Before joining Wattpad, Ong was the Director of Corporate Development for 21st Century Fox Asia.
- 4/5/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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