{"id":22444,"date":"2025-04-04T10:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/awesomeness-acquires-rights-to-racing-hearts\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:35:24","slug":"awesomeness-acquires-rights-to-racing-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/awesomeness-acquires-rights-to-racing-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesomeness Acquires Rights to Racing Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Awesomeness TV has acquired the rights to develop <em>Racing Hearts<\/em>, the upcoming debut novel from Ann Adams, as a streaming movie.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the world of competitive rowing, the coming-of-age romance follows an Olympic hopeful who is sent home to Berkeley after another failed race to work with a new coach. Together, they challenge each other to overcome their limits while navigating their growing feelings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Racing Hearts<\/em> is being adapted by screenwriter Tamara Chestna (<em>Moxie<\/em>, <em>Something from Tiffany\u2019s<\/em>). Lauren Miller Rogen, Jen Ray and Sophie Hoegh of LYLAS Pictures are producing with Awesomeness, which will also serve as the studio.<\/p>\n<p>The book is set to be published by Bantam Dell in spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t put the book down and knew instantly <em>Racing Hearts<\/em> would be the perfect fit for Awesomeness\u2019 YA audience,\u201d said Shauna Phelan, head of live-action scripted series and film for Awesomeness and Nickelodeon. \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to partner with Tamara and the talented creative team at LYLAS to bring this fresh, female-driven story to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m beyond thrilled to have Tamara, LYLAS Pictures and Awesomeness working to bring my book to life on screen,\u201d Adams commented. \u201cI&#8217;ve been blown away by their passion, creativity and vision\u2014they&#8217;re truly the perfect team to capture the heart of this story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awesomeness TV has acquired the rights to develop Racing Hearts, the upcoming debut novel from Ann Adams, as a streaming movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[10441,10442,10443,10444,10445,10446],"class_list":["post-22444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ann-adams","tag-awesomeness-tv","tag-lylas-pictures","tag-racing-hearts","tag-shauna-phelan","tag-tamara-chestna","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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