Exclusive: Lionsgate and Little Women and King Lear producer Playground Entertainment have teamed on a major fantasy project – a television adaptation of Tamora Pierce’s expansive Tortall Universe series.
The Orange Is The New Black studio and Colin Callender’s production company, which was also behind Jodie Comer’s The White Princess, have optioned the rights to the 22 book series from Donald Laventhall of Folio on behalf of Pierce.
It is Playground’s first move into a major television franchise, although the company also produces the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play, and the two companies hopes of turning it into a tentpole series that crosses over between fans of Game of Thrones and Ya novels.
Talks are currently underway with potential showrunners. Playground’s Colin Callender, Scott Huff and David A. Stern will executive produce.
The Tortall Universe series consists of over twenty books and short stories. It is set in Tortall,...
The Orange Is The New Black studio and Colin Callender’s production company, which was also behind Jodie Comer’s The White Princess, have optioned the rights to the 22 book series from Donald Laventhall of Folio on behalf of Pierce.
It is Playground’s first move into a major television franchise, although the company also produces the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play, and the two companies hopes of turning it into a tentpole series that crosses over between fans of Game of Thrones and Ya novels.
Talks are currently underway with potential showrunners. Playground’s Colin Callender, Scott Huff and David A. Stern will executive produce.
The Tortall Universe series consists of over twenty books and short stories. It is set in Tortall,...
- 11/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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