New York, NY, May 4, 2021: Yen Press has announced a new partnership with Hachette Audio to produce, sell, and distribute digital audiobook editions of select titles. Heading up the program under the Yen Audio label is Publisher and Managing Director Kurt Hassler, who is teaming up with Hachette Audio’s longtime Publisher and SVP Anthony Goff, who negotiated the world rights deal for Hachette Book Group.
Yen Audio will launch four debut titles in Summer and Fall 2021. The first volume of Solo Leveling, a South Korean novel by Chugong originally published online in serial releases and the basis of the bestselling webtoon of the same name, will be the first audiobook in the collaboration, slated for publication July 2021. The second release will take place in August, when the initial volume of the acclaimed light novel series Sword Art Online by author Reki Kawahara is published as a digital audiobook. Voice casting for these titles,...
Yen Audio will launch four debut titles in Summer and Fall 2021. The first volume of Solo Leveling, a South Korean novel by Chugong originally published online in serial releases and the basis of the bestselling webtoon of the same name, will be the first audiobook in the collaboration, slated for publication July 2021. The second release will take place in August, when the initial volume of the acclaimed light novel series Sword Art Online by author Reki Kawahara is published as a digital audiobook. Voice casting for these titles,...
- 5/4/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Imagine Kids & Family and Jimmy Patterson Books have struck a deal to develop five children’s books written by bestselling author James Patterson into film and TV properties. It marks the latest pact for Imagine Entertainment’s label since its launch in January, run by Stephanie Sperber and tasked with developing and producing film, TV and short-form digital content in the kids and family entertainment space.
The companies said Wednesday the titles being developed initially include Patterson’s series House of Robots, about a boy and his robot brother; the adventurer series Treasure Hunters; I Funny, about a middle school boy trying to become the world’s greatest stand-up comic; and the upcoming Ya novel Sophia, Princess Among Beasts.
They will be executive produced by Imagine Entertainment chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Imagine Kids & Family president Sperber, and Patterson, Bill Robinson and Leopoldo Gout from James Patterson Entertainment.
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The companies said Wednesday the titles being developed initially include Patterson’s series House of Robots, about a boy and his robot brother; the adventurer series Treasure Hunters; I Funny, about a middle school boy trying to become the world’s greatest stand-up comic; and the upcoming Ya novel Sophia, Princess Among Beasts.
They will be executive produced by Imagine Entertainment chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Imagine Kids & Family president Sperber, and Patterson, Bill Robinson and Leopoldo Gout from James Patterson Entertainment.
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- 3/6/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Imagine Entertainment has set a broad deal with author James Patterson to develop film, TV and digital projects based on his children’s books.
The deal calls for Imagine’s newly launched Imagine Kids and Family division to develop five titles from Patterson’s children’s book imprint with Little, Brown & Co., dubbed Jimmy Patterson Books. Projects in the development pipeline include Patterson’s “House of Robots” series, about a boy and his robot brother; adventure series “Treasure Hunters”; and “I Funny,” about a middle school boy who dreams of becoming a standup comedian. There’s also a young adult series about a warrior princess based on the upcoming novel “Sophia, Princess Among Beasts.”
Demand for high-wattage content aimed at kids and youth has skyrocketed in recent years as Netflix, Amazon and other streaming outlets have barreled into the kidvid space once dominated by Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
The Patterson...
The deal calls for Imagine’s newly launched Imagine Kids and Family division to develop five titles from Patterson’s children’s book imprint with Little, Brown & Co., dubbed Jimmy Patterson Books. Projects in the development pipeline include Patterson’s “House of Robots” series, about a boy and his robot brother; adventure series “Treasure Hunters”; and “I Funny,” about a middle school boy who dreams of becoming a standup comedian. There’s also a young adult series about a warrior princess based on the upcoming novel “Sophia, Princess Among Beasts.”
Demand for high-wattage content aimed at kids and youth has skyrocketed in recent years as Netflix, Amazon and other streaming outlets have barreled into the kidvid space once dominated by Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
The Patterson...
- 3/6/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Imagine Entertainment has signed an exclusive deal to develop five of best-selling author James Patterson's books for children as TV, film and digital projects.
The deal will have the projects produced by the newly formed Imagine Kids & Family, founded earlier this year and run by Stephanie Sperber. Among the titles in development are the House of Robots series, about a boy and his robot brother; the adventure series Treasure Hunters; I Funny, about a middle-schooler and aspiring stand-up comic; and the upcoming Ya title Sophia, Princess Among Beasts, about a warrior princess who fights evil.
All come from Patterson's Jimmy Patterson ...
The deal will have the projects produced by the newly formed Imagine Kids & Family, founded earlier this year and run by Stephanie Sperber. Among the titles in development are the House of Robots series, about a boy and his robot brother; the adventure series Treasure Hunters; I Funny, about a middle-schooler and aspiring stand-up comic; and the upcoming Ya title Sophia, Princess Among Beasts, about a warrior princess who fights evil.
All come from Patterson's Jimmy Patterson ...
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