{"id":16181,"date":"2022-01-20T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:15:02","slug":"blink-studios-sets-first-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Blink Studios Sets First Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blink Studios has acquired the rights to adapt\u00a0<em>Hold My Girl<\/em>, the upcoming novel from Canadian author Charlene Carr, marking its first project since launching in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hold My Girl<\/em>, set to release in 2023, follows two women whose eggs are switched during IVF, only to be revealed over a year later after one of them has been raising the wrong daughter and the other has been grieving a stillborn child. The premise of the novel is inspired by Carr&#8217;s own life.<\/p>\n<p>Academy Award- and Emmy-nominated producer Michael London and Shannon Gaulding of Groundswell Productions (<em>Snowfall<\/em>, <em>The Magicians<\/em>) will executive produce the series with Carolyn Newman and Virginia Rankin for Blink Studios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to working with and discovering great Canadian voices, which is why we are delighted to partner with an emerging and brilliant talent like Charlene to help bring her novel to television,\u201d said Newman, executive VP of global scripted at Blink Studios, and Rankin, executive producer. \u201cHer exceptional storytelling is authentic and universal, while also embracing her Canadian roots. We\u2019re thrilled to team with Michael and Shannon, who are truly passionate about this material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am beyond thrilled to have Blink Studios and Groundswell Productions working on the screen adaptation of <em>Hold My Girl<\/em>,\u201d commented Carr. \u201cI was blown away by their enthusiasm, emotional connection to the story and clear desire to keep as true to the book as possible. It is an honor to have such vastly experienced, skilled and passionate producers championing this story!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael London, founder and CEO of Groundswell Productions, said, \u201cCharlene Carr has written the rare novel that is both a page-turning ride and a moving piece of literature that explores issues of motherhood and race in a hugely relevant way. We\u2019re thrilled that Blink shared our passion for the material and moved so quickly and aggressively on our behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blink Studios has acquired the rights to adapt\u00a0Hold My Girl, the upcoming novel from Canadian author Charlene Carr, marking its first project since launching in November 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":16182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4828,4829],"class_list":["post-16181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blink-studios","tag-groundswell-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blink Studios Sets First Project - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blink Studios Sets First Project - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blink Studios has acquired the rights to adapt\u00a0Hold My Girl, the upcoming novel from Canadian author Charlene Carr, marking its first project since launching in November 2021.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-20T14:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-20T14:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/BlinkStudios-CharleneCarr-0122.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/\",\"name\":\"Blink Studios Sets First Project - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-20T14:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-20T14:15:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/blink-studios-sets-first-project\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blink Studios Sets First Project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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