{"id":17971,"date":"2022-12-08T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:15:03","slug":"playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Playground Developing The Wicked Girls Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Playground (<em>All Creatures Great &amp; Small<\/em>, <em>The Undeclared War<\/em>) has optioned Alex Marwood\u2019s international bestseller <em>The Wicked Girls<\/em> for development as a limited series.<\/p>\n<p>The psychological thriller tells the story of struggling journalist Kirsty Lindsay, who is reporting on a series of attacks on young female tourists in a seaside vacation town. Richard Shepard (<em>Girls<\/em>, <em>Dom Hemingway<\/em>, <em>The Perfection<\/em>) is attached to write, direct and executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Callender, Scott Huff and David Stern will oversee development and executive produce for Playground.<\/p>\n<p>Shepard said, \u201cI\u2019ve been obsessed with this book for years, and I was super excited that the folks at Playground shared my passion. It\u2019s a unique and emotional character-driven thriller, and I can\u2019t wait to dive in with Colin, Scott and David and bring it to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex Marwood wrote a novel filled with complex female characters and page-turning thrills. We were hooked from page one by the story of Kirsty and Amber and how their past secrets unravel to form a fascinating relationship that upends both their lives,\u201d said Callender, Huff and Stern. \u201cWe are huge fans of Richard&#8217;s work and have been looking for something to do together. When he brought us Alex Marwood\u2019s compelling thriller, we jumped at the chance to work with him. We can think of no better material than <em>The Wicked Girls<\/em> to show off his talents as a writer and director.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playground (All Creatures Great &amp; Small, The Undeclared War) has optioned Alex Marwood\u2019s international bestseller The Wicked Girls for development as a limited series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5585,744,5586,745,5587,5588,5589],"class_list":["post-17971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alex-marwood","tag-colin-callender","tag-david-stern","tag-playground","tag-richard-shepard","tag-scott-huff","tag-the-wicked-girls","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Playground Developing The Wicked Girls Adaptation - 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\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Playground Developing The Wicked Girls Adaptation - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Playground (All Creatures Great &amp; Small, The Undeclared War) has optioned Alex Marwood\u2019s international bestseller The Wicked Girls for development as a limited series.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T14:00:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T14:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Playground-TheWickedGirls-1222.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/\",\"name\":\"Playground Developing The Wicked Girls Adaptation - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-08T14:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-08T14:15:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-developing-the-wicked-girls-adaptation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Playground Developing The Wicked Girls Adaptation\"}]},{\"@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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