Exclusive: Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories has acquired the rights to bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo’s YA novel Clap When You Land to develop as a television series.
Published in May by Hot Key Books, Clap When You Land is a dual narrative novel, in verse, about two sisters, Camino and Yahira – separated by distance and secrets – who lose their father, their hero, and find each other along the way. With both grief and love, the novel highlights the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives. The YA fiction novel is dedicated to the lives lost on American Airlines Flight 587, the Dominican Republic-bound flight that crashed into Queens, NY in 2001 and rocked Acevedo’s community when she was thirteen.
The project is being developed in partnership with Endeavor Content. Emmy-winning Papandrea will executive produce alongside Made Up Stories’ Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver and Janice Park.
Published in May by Hot Key Books, Clap When You Land is a dual narrative novel, in verse, about two sisters, Camino and Yahira – separated by distance and secrets – who lose their father, their hero, and find each other along the way. With both grief and love, the novel highlights the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives. The YA fiction novel is dedicated to the lives lost on American Airlines Flight 587, the Dominican Republic-bound flight that crashed into Queens, NY in 2001 and rocked Acevedo’s community when she was thirteen.
The project is being developed in partnership with Endeavor Content. Emmy-winning Papandrea will executive produce alongside Made Up Stories’ Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver and Janice Park.
- 12/15/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Picturestart has acquired rights to Elizabeth Acevedo’s New York Times bestselling novel With the Fire on High and will develop and produce a film that Acevedo is set to adapt.
Published in May by HarperCollins, the book tells the story of Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness and pure joy for everyone in her life including her baby girl and her abuela. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet, despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking,...
Published in May by HarperCollins, the book tells the story of Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness and pure joy for everyone in her life including her baby girl and her abuela. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet, despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking,...
- 8/5/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Picturestart — the banner launched by Lionsgate alum Erik Feig in May — has acquired film rights to the Elizabeth Acevedo novel With the Fire on High.
The story follows Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, but, even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks ...
The story follows Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, but, even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks ...
Picturestart — the banner launched by Lionsgate alum Erik Feig in May — has acquired film rights to the Elizabeth Acevedo novel With the Fire on High.
The story follows Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, but, even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks ...
The story follows Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, but, even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks ...
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