Exclusive: Wattpad/Webtoons has hired Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken to adapt I’m the Grim Reaper from the webtoon created by Grave Weaver.
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process.
I’m the Grim Reaper centers on Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared. The story slots perfectly into Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.
Campbell & Stuecken sold their procedural The Interpreter to NBC last season, with Michael Peterson showrunning and Morris Chestnut attached to star. This season, they...
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process.
I’m the Grim Reaper centers on Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared. The story slots perfectly into Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.
Campbell & Stuecken sold their procedural The Interpreter to NBC last season, with Michael Peterson showrunning and Morris Chestnut attached to star. This season, they...
- 4/24/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
When Wattpad Webtoon Studios was preparing to release the drama “Float” this year, author Kate Marchant asked for a little help from her fans. The Lionsgate film was based on her story, and now she presented three movie posters to her followers, asking them to pick their favorite.
“I can feel your readers shifting in their seats,” Aron Levitz, president of Wattpad Webtoon Studios, says with a laugh. “All those creative execs are going, ‘Wait a minute, people knew about it before it went out? Are you sure that’s Ok?’”
For Levitz, the answer is a resounding yes. His company is shaking up the traditional approach to creating film and TV adaptations by putting the power in the hands of fans.
Just last month, the third movie in the “Through My Window” series, adapted from Wattpad author Ariana Godoy’s webnovels, dominated the Netflix film charts, amassing 14 million views...
“I can feel your readers shifting in their seats,” Aron Levitz, president of Wattpad Webtoon Studios, says with a laugh. “All those creative execs are going, ‘Wait a minute, people knew about it before it went out? Are you sure that’s Ok?’”
For Levitz, the answer is a resounding yes. His company is shaking up the traditional approach to creating film and TV adaptations by putting the power in the hands of fans.
Just last month, the third movie in the “Through My Window” series, adapted from Wattpad author Ariana Godoy’s webnovels, dominated the Netflix film charts, amassing 14 million views...
- 4/18/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Wattpad Webtoon Studios has promoted Jason Goldberg to Head of Global Film, also elevating Alessandra Ferreri to Vice President of Content, Brennan Loftus to Director of Development, Animation, and Jess Brinder to Director, Head of Entertainment Business Development.
Joining Wattpad Webtoon in 2022, as Director of Film for North America, Goldberg will now continue producing and expanding the studio’s robust film slate in North America and key international markets. He reports to Head of Global Entertainment, David Madden. Projects he’s overseeing at present include adaptations of the hit Webtoon comic Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, Wattpad romance Chasing Red with Stampede Ventures, and the Wattpad thriller What Happened That Night with Children of Men scribe David Arata, to name a few.
Alessandra Ferreri, Brennan Loftus and Jess Brinder
“Jason’s expertise and understanding of storytelling and...
Joining Wattpad Webtoon in 2022, as Director of Film for North America, Goldberg will now continue producing and expanding the studio’s robust film slate in North America and key international markets. He reports to Head of Global Entertainment, David Madden. Projects he’s overseeing at present include adaptations of the hit Webtoon comic Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, Wattpad romance Chasing Red with Stampede Ventures, and the Wattpad thriller What Happened That Night with Children of Men scribe David Arata, to name a few.
Alessandra Ferreri, Brennan Loftus and Jess Brinder
“Jason’s expertise and understanding of storytelling and...
- 4/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired international rights to the YA rom-com Boot Camp and will introduce the film to EFM buyers in Berlin next week.
The feature is based on the Wattpad webnovel of the same name by Gina Mush and was directed by Mackenzie Munro from Gemma Holdway’s adapted screenplay.
Blue Fox plans to show first footage on the story starring Rachel Boudwin (Dhar Mann), Drew Ray Tanner (Riverdale), and Emmanuelle Chriqui (Superman And Lois) about a young woman who signs up for summer boot camp and falls for her off-limits personal trainer.
Lindsay Macadam serves as producer.
The feature is based on the Wattpad webnovel of the same name by Gina Mush and was directed by Mackenzie Munro from Gemma Holdway’s adapted screenplay.
Blue Fox plans to show first footage on the story starring Rachel Boudwin (Dhar Mann), Drew Ray Tanner (Riverdale), and Emmanuelle Chriqui (Superman And Lois) about a young woman who signs up for summer boot camp and falls for her off-limits personal trainer.
Lindsay Macadam serves as producer.
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Leading talent agency UTA has signed Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the fan-driven global entertainment and publishing arm of Webtoon and Wattpad, for representation in all areas.
The agreement is intended to help expand the studios’ business across film, television, animation and other areas.
Wattpad Webtoon was formed following the 2021 combination of Wattpad, the Canada-based online story platform, and Webtoon, an online cartoon company owned by Naver, the Korean tech giant.
In recent years, web stories and web cartons have fueled dozens of film and TV series adaptations. As media properties such digital IP is attractive as the stories and cartoon have built-in audiences and continuing fandom, while the platforms they are hosted on possess unique insight in user demographics, geographies and engagement.
Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the unit created to exploit that IP, is currently growing its footprint in Hollywood and international entertainment markets. It has seen the launch of a new...
The agreement is intended to help expand the studios’ business across film, television, animation and other areas.
Wattpad Webtoon was formed following the 2021 combination of Wattpad, the Canada-based online story platform, and Webtoon, an online cartoon company owned by Naver, the Korean tech giant.
In recent years, web stories and web cartons have fueled dozens of film and TV series adaptations. As media properties such digital IP is attractive as the stories and cartoon have built-in audiences and continuing fandom, while the platforms they are hosted on possess unique insight in user demographics, geographies and engagement.
Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the unit created to exploit that IP, is currently growing its footprint in Hollywood and international entertainment markets. It has seen the launch of a new...
- 1/17/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Wattpad Webtoon Studios has hired Jason Goldberg and Danni Xin as the global entertainment and publishing giant looks to expand its film and television divisions.
Goldberg will report to Head of Global Film Lindsey Weems Ramey and support all aspects of development and production across the studio’s North American film business. He will join the team behind the recently announced feature film adaptation of Gina Musa’s “Boot Camp,” starring Drew Ray Tanner, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ennis Esmer and Rachel Boudwin.
Xin will report to Head of Global Television Sera Tabb while helping manage the studio’s growing slate of series adaptations from Webtoon digital comics and Wattpad webnovels.
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Goldberg will report to Head of Global Film Lindsey Weems Ramey and support all aspects of development and production across the studio’s North American film business. He will join the team behind the recently announced feature film adaptation of Gina Musa’s “Boot Camp,” starring Drew Ray Tanner, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ennis Esmer and Rachel Boudwin.
Xin will report to Head of Global Television Sera Tabb while helping manage the studio’s growing slate of series adaptations from Webtoon digital comics and Wattpad webnovels.
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- 11/17/2022
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
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