ABC Studios has acquired the television rights to the bestselling book series Jessica Darling by Megan McCafferty, as well as a pilot adaptation written by author /screenwriter, Rebecca Serle
and Serle initially secured the book rights and then developed the pilot script on spec before shopping it to studios. Serle will EP along with Farah, who will Exec Produce through his Farah Films banner.
Producers are exploring possible director and actor attachments before shopping projects to streamers and networks., starting with the characters teen years in the first two novels, and growing into her college and post college life in subsequent novels. McCafferty’s passionate readers were able to grow up along with the Jessica Darling character, a quality of the book series which will serve the TV series well.
Farah most recently produced the Steven Spielberg-directed Ready Player One, the fantasy series and The Shannara Chronicles. He’s currently putting together a reboot of the Clive Barker’s beloved horror series, Hellraiser.
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