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HarperCollins, Fox Strike Content-Sharing Deal
The companies, both controlled by Murdoch media conglomerates, have inked an IP trading partnership which will see Fox adapt titles from HarperCollins’s YA-adult crossover imprint Avon A for the screen and the publisher bring Fox originals to Avon A.
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Alloy Entertainment Repackages Book Division
Three longtime book division executives—Josh Bank, Lanie Davis, and Joelle Hobeika—have helped grow the presence of the company, which started primarily as a YA book packager, in the adult and page-to-screen markets. They have been promoted to senior creative advisor, SVP and co-editorial director, and SVP and co-editorial director, respectively.
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TV Alert: 'Charlotte’s Web'
HBO Max has released a three-part animated adaptation of E.B. White’s classic children’s novel Charlotte’s Web, now available for streaming.
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TV Alert: 'The Sisters Grimm'
Michael Buckley is celebrating a momentous occasion: the 20th anniversary of his Sisters Grimm series and the arrival of an animated adaptation, slated for release October 3 on Apple TV.
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Oxbelly Retreat Toasts to a Decade of Storytelling
The all-expenses-covered gathering of authors, screenwriters, and other creatives in southern Greece brings together emerging authors and recognizable names to promote cross-pollination between the worlds of literature and film.
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TV Alert: 'We Were Liars' by E. Lockhart
Viewers are invited to spot the lies in Universal Television and Amazon Studio’s adaptation of E. Lockhart’s bestselling YA novel 'We Were Liars,' which premiered its eight-episode series on Prime Video on June 18.
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MediaScout connects books with Hollywood buyers
Ingram’s new service MediaScout connects film and TV professionals with books available for screen adaptation—and makes it easier for titles to get noticed Hollywood runs on stories—and needs great books to help tell them.
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TV Alert: Kwame Alexander's 'Acoustic Rooster'
PBS Kids in collaboration with GBH Kids is releasing a slate of short-form episodes and an hour-long special adapted from Kwame Alexander’s picture book 'Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band.'
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Ingram’s MediaScout Goes Live
MediaScout, which the Ingram Content Group introduced at last year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, is designed to facilitate book-to-screen adaptations for some 2.5 million titles.
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Martin Scorsese to Adapt Marilynne Robinson’s ‘Home’
The Academy Award–winning director is set to helm the Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s 2008 novel as a feature film for Apple, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Apple also plans to develop the other three novels in Robinson's Gilead series, with Scorsese and Todd Field attached to write, direct, and produce.
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Movie Alert: 'White Bird'
'Wonder' author R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel 'White Bird,' a sequel of sorts to 'Wonder,' was published in 2019 and five years later, the film adaptation is set to hit the big screen.
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Movie Alert: 'The Wild Robot'
We spoke with Peter Brown about the experience of seeing 'The Wild Robot,' the first novel in his middle grade trilogy, adapted by DreamWorks.
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Movie Alert: 'Uglies'
The feature-length film 'Uglies,' based on the first book in a YA series by Scott Westerfeld, begins streaming on Netflix on September 13.
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Now Streaming: 'A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder'
An adaptation of Holly Jackson’s bestselling YA novel 'A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder' made its U.S. debut on Netflix on August 1.
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Movie Alert: 'Harold and the Purple Crayon'
The silver screen will turn a different color next month when 'Harold and the Purple Crayon,' based on the classic picture book by Crockett Johnson, makes its theatrical debut on August 2.
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Now Streaming: 'My Lady Jane'
In the live-action TV series adaptation of Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows’s YA novel 'My Lady Jane,' history gets a rewrite.
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TV Alert: 'WondLa'
The fantastical universe of ‘WondLa,’ based on Tony DiTerlizzi’s middle grade trilogy of the same name, will come to life via an animated TV series scheduled to release on AppleTV+ on June 28.
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Now Streaming: 'My Life with the Walter Boys'
A decade after its initial release by Sourcebooks Fire, 'My Life with the Walter Boys,' a YA novel written by Ali Novak, has been adapted for the screen by Netflix and is an unexpected hit.
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Judy Blume on the Big Screen
Next month two Judy Blume films will grace the screen, one based on a beloved novel and the other on Blume's own life and work.
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TV Alert: 'Shape Island'
We take a look at the new television show 'Shape Island', based on the Shapes trilogy of picture books by frequent collaborators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen.



