Shaftesbury Adapting YA Series Wondrous Strange for TV

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Shaftesbury is set to adapt the young-adult book trilogy Wondrous Strange for television after acquiring the rights to the novels.

The three books, from Canadian author Lesley Livingston, follow the journey of a young woman who learns she’s the long-lost heir to the Faerie realm after an invisible membrane dividing our world from another dimension is ruptured. The first novel was released in 2009, published by HarperCollins Canada and HaperCollins U.S.

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bitten and Orphan Black have shown us that television audiences are hungry for genre series featuring strong female protagonists who are dealing with extraordinary circumstances in the real world,” said Maggie Murphy, the head of Shaftesbury U.S. “By putting a refreshingly darker spin on classic fairy lore, Wondrous Strange offers an entirely new fantasy world that has never been seen before, with empowering, believable characters who speak directly to the young female demographic.”

“I could not be more thrilled to hand this world and these characters over to Shaftesbury,” said Livingston. “This kind of creative, dedicated, professional team is one that writers wait a long time for and I’m so excited to see this story getting the opportunity to grow beyond the pages of the books.”