{"id":21056,"date":"2024-07-03T10:08:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T10:08:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:08:50","slug":"stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampede Ventures Options LGBTQIA+ Novel Frenesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stampede Ventures has optioned the rights to adapt Flavio Nuccitelli\u2019s LGBTQIA+ coming-of-age novel <em>Frenesia<\/em> as an Italian-language series.<\/p>\n<p>The events of <em>Frenesia<\/em>, meaning \u201cfrenzy\u201d in English, begin when an 18-year-old boy is unexpectedly kissed as part of a joke. This shatters his world and leads him on a reckless, psychedelic journey.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frenesia<\/em>, originally published in 2021, was honored at Rome\u2019s 2022 Rainbow Awards, which recognize artists for their work in protecting and promoting the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Nuccitelli will collaborate with Stampede Ventures for the book-to-screen adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlavio has created a fantastic lead character in Valerio, who, like so many students his age, is caught between the beauty of ancient Rome and a darker underground side of the city,\u201d said John-Paul Sarni, executive VP and head of international content and IP acquisitions at Stampede Ventures. \u201cA place where family, religion and politics are omnipresent. We saw incredible celebrations around the world during Pride month this year, and in continuing to support the community year-round, it\u2019s important to showcase a story that explores so many powerful themes of identity and self-discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stampede Ventures has optioned the rights to adapt Flavio Nuccitelli\u2019s LGBTQIA+ coming-of-age novel Frenesia as an Italian-language series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9319,9320,7765,4079],"class_list":["post-21056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-flavio-nuccitelli","tag-frenesia","tag-john-paul-sarni","tag-stampede-ventures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stampede Ventures Options LGBTQIA+ Novel Frenesia - 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\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stampede Ventures Options LGBTQIA+ Novel Frenesia - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stampede Ventures has optioned the rights to adapt Flavio Nuccitelli\u2019s LGBTQIA+ coming-of-age novel Frenesia as an Italian-language series.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-03T14:08:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-03T14:08:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/07\/StampedeVentures-Frenesia-00724.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\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\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/\",\"name\":\"Stampede Ventures Options LGBTQIA+ Novel Frenesia - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-03T14:08:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-03T14:08:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/stampede-ventures-options-lgbtqia-novel-frenesia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stampede Ventures Options LGBTQIA+ Novel Frenesia\"}]},{\"@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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