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Rebelle Media and MGM Television person closed a woody to accommodate nan When In Rome book bid by Sarah Adams.
Cofounder of Rebelle Media Amanda Palley announced nan news astatine San Diego Comic-Con successful nan “Romance connected nan Big Screen: Why It’s About Damn Time” sheet Thursday.
“You guys cognize this series, correct?” cofounder counterpart Laura Lewis asked nan assemblage successful nan panel. “I don’t consciousness for illustration I request to transportation it, but we’re truthful excited astir it because we conscionable request much of those mini municipality shows. Also it’s conscionable sewage specified a awesome formed of characters we can’t hold to bring to life.
Set successful Rome, Kentucky, nan first When In Rome book centers Amelia Rose, known arsenic Rae Rose to her adoring fanbase. Amelia is burnt retired aft maintaining her personage “priness of pop” status, truthful she drives disconnected successful nan mediate of nan nighttime to return a picnic to Rome, but not nan Italian capital, nan mini metropolis successful Kentucky. The inspiration comes from her favourite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday.
There, her car breaks down, sending her to nan beforehand section of 1 Noah Walker, who instantly makes it clear that he doesn’t sympathize pinch celebrities aliases their champagne problems.
Deadline broke nan news successful March that nan precocious rebranded Rebelle Media is processing adaptations of Christina Lauren’s The Paradise Problem and Rebecca Armitage’s The Heir Apparent, a caller Reese’s Book Club selection. They are besides moving connected a tv adjustment of Jo Piazza’s The Sicilian Inheritance pinch MGM Television.
Founded by Laura Lewis in 2018 pinch a attraction connected female-driven stories, Rebelle — which was down nan Hulu breakout series Tell Me Lies and nan films Mr. Malcolm’s List and Long Weekend — will now beryllium singularly focused connected romance, processing and producing love-led storytelling crossed film, tv and books.
Amanda Palley has joined arsenic Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, partnering pinch her longtime friend Lewis, who continues arsenic Chief Executive Officer. Palley came complete aft much than a decade astatine CBS Studios and nan network, wherever she served arsenic Senior Vice President of Current Programs and caput of Current for CBS’s CW series.
Other panelists included authors Ali Hazelwood, Christina Lauren and Maureen Goo arsenic good arsenic Magic Hour Entertainment’s Max Seimers.
