2 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Amid a renewed attraction connected coming-of-age shows, Hulu has put successful improvement play Capsized, based connected nan upcoming YA caller by Kill nan Lax Bro writer Charlotte Lillie Balogh who will co-write and executive nutrient nan adjustment pinch Charlie Craig (Pretty Little Liars). 20th Television is nan studio.
As nan streaming location of related Disney cablegram transmission Freeform, Hulu was an early leader successful nan YA abstraction pinch bid for illustration Pretty Little Liars earlier Netflix and Prime Video became streaming heavyweights successful nan genre pinch specified shows arsenic Wednesday, Stranger Things, Ginny & Georgia, Outer Banks and The Summer I Turned Pretty. That pipeline is nary longer location arsenic Freeform sewage retired of scripted originals.
Hulu is now looking to reclaim its position pinch a activity of coming-of-age bid targeting some accepted YA stories featuring teenage protagonists arsenic good arsenic shows astir twentysomethings going done assemblage and entering nan workforce.
Following nan occurrence of play Tell Me Lies, which conscionable wrapped its three-season run, Hulu has coming up Mindy Kaling’s drama bid Not Suitable For Work, some falling into nan second category.
Capsized is a classical YA project, joining upcoming bid Phony, starring Sam Nivola and Connie Britton, and aviator Foster Dade, which is awaiting a pickup decision. (The Buffy reboot pilot, which didn’t spell forward, besides would’ve been portion of nan streamer’s YA slate.)
All 3 stock a teen enigma genre DNA pinch Pretty Little Liars, making Craig a suitable prime to co-write the Capsized adaptation pinch Balogh and service arsenic showrunner connected nan imaginable series. He was executive producer/co-showrunner pinch I. Marlene King connected both Pretty Little Liars and spinoff PLL: The Perfectionists.
Set successful nan elite world of girl’s precocious schoolhouse rowing, Capsized follows Jo Bryant, a spitfire novice, and Margaret Douglas, nan polished varsity captain, arsenic they and their teammates unravel a acheronian concealed down their coach’s bequest and train for nan yearly Head of nan Charles Regatta.
Craig’s YA bid credits besides see nan CW’s The 100 and Reign. He is repped by Rob Golenberg astatine Pivot Artists Group.
Balogh self-published her first book erstwhile she was 16. Capsized is her 2nd caller pinch Delacorte Press A lifelong superhero fan, Balogh began her profession successful TV and movie astatine DC Entertainment, moving connected projects including Wonder Woman 1984 and nan CW’s Stargirl. She is repped by Michael Bourrett astatine Dystel Goderich & Bourret and Jillian Davis astatine Kaplan Stahler Agency.
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