As streaming entertainment makes ‘all content global,’ says Wattpad’s Aron Levitz, the most successful studios will listen to their audiences.
Canada’s Wattpad Studios at BEA: A Few Words With Aron Levitz
Dealing in the ‘atomic unit’ — story — Wattpad Studios’ Aron Levitz is ready to ‘give Hollywood the best focus group it never had.’
During Cannes: Australia’s Screen Queensland Enters a New Wattpad Partnership
Not a normal first-look deal, Wattpad announces a partnership with a state-owned film development company in Australia, Screen Queensland.
Wattpad’s Verticalization: Now Making Its Own International Adaptations
Taking a more aggressive stance in development of its properties, Wattpad Studios announces projects and writers for new film and television adaptations.
Industry Notes: Sony Makes Wattpad Projects; Business Remembers Alice Mayhew
The Sony Pictures Television deal for Wattpad has two projects in development. And a stalwart of nonfiction, Simon & Schuster’s Alice Mayhew, is remembered.
Translator Marilyn Booth on World Arabic Language Day: ‘An Encouraging Sign’
Arabic-to-English translator Marilyn Booth tells us about the challenges and positive signals she sees for Arabic literature in translation to reach new readers.
Mediacorp Series Based on Wattpad’s ‘Slow Dancing’ Announced in Singapore
Announced at the 20th anniversary Asia TV Forum and Market, ‘Slow Dancing’ is the Wattpad-Mediacorp partnership’s first green-lighted production.
Industry Notes: Jesseca Salky Opens New Agency; Wattpad Partners in Latin America
Literary Agent Jesseca Salky opens her own literary management company in New York, and Toronto’s Wattpad announces a deal with Wise in Rio.
Italy’s Gruppo Mediaset in First-Look Partnership With Canada’s Wattpad
Wattpad Studios in Canada announce another major partnership in their European expansion, signing Mediaset in Italy to the list of production partners.
The Netherlands’ NL Film Signs Development Partnership With Canada’s Wattpad
The 18-year-old Amsterdam-based production house NL Film is the latest to form a new partnership in Europe with Wattpad Studios for the development of platform-sourced writings for screens.