The merged Canadian and Korean platforms are expected to generate 12 graphic novels per year in the Webtoon Unscrolled imprint.
After 36 International Rights Deals, ‘Station Eleven’ Is Headed for Television
As Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Station Eleven’ premieres in its HBO Max adaptation, her new ‘Sea of Tranquility’ is set for April from Knopf.
The Merged Wattpad Webtoon Studios Names First Projects
The two platforms brought together by South Korea’s Naver have begun early development on a trio of properties.
Film Deal: Spain’s Dolores Redondo’s Novels Go to Heyday Television
Nine years after initial interest in Delores Redondo’s work, NBCUniversal International Studios is taking four of the author’s novels to film.
South Korea-Based Webtoon Announces a DC Comics Partnership
Webtoon, the platform for user-generated comics content has a partnership to offer new webcomics based on the DC Comics universe.
France’s Asmodee Slates Book-to-Comics Releases for 2022
Asmodee Group’s brand-extension partnerships now include Ox Eye Media and its Source Point Press for comics based on games.
Game to Book: ‘Terraforming Mars’ Spins Off a Novel
The Fryxelius brothers’ ‘Terraforming Mars’ gets its first book tie-in from Asmodee and its imprint Aconyte Books, in English and Danish.
China Bestsellers: June’s List Welcomes Neil Gaiman
The star of the danmei wuxia television series ‘Word of Honor’ has catapulted a volume of Neil Gaiman stories onto the Chinese bestseller lists.
Maigret Rides Again: Playground Entertainment Options Georges Simenon’s Books
Red Arrow Studios has co-development rights with Playground for all 75 novels and 28 short stories about the French detective Jules Maigret.
Canada and Korea: Aron Levitz Leads the Newly Merged Wattpad Webtoon Studios
As president of the combined Wattpad Webtoon Studios division, Levitz says the hurdle now is getting more content to more screens faster.