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Magpie Pictures has optioned the screen rights to Emma Grey\u2019s novel Pictures of You<\/em> as part of its slate of series developed through its Screen Australia Enterprise-funded growth strategy.<\/p>\n

Pictures of You<\/em> centers on Evie Hudson, who wakes up in a hospital room thinking she is fresh out of a teenage party with her best friend. In reality, high school was years ago, and she is suffering from a traumatic loss of memory. She actually just survived a car crash that killed her husband.<\/p>\n

A chance encounter with photographer Drew unravels the details of her marriage and her husband\u2019s death. Evie is left to question every decision she has ever made.<\/p>\n

Lois Randall, founder and producer at Magpie Pictures, will produce the series, alongside Matt Kelly as executive producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have curated a slate focused on impactful stories from Australian female creators that will engage and entertain Australian and international audiences,\u201d Randall said. \u201cEmma Grey is establishing herself as a best-selling Australian author, with a talent for writing compelling and deeply affecting fiction. Pictures of You<\/em> rocketed straight into the USA Today<\/em> bestseller list after it was published in November and is already out-pacing Grey\u2019s debut novel The Last Love Note<\/em>, which was a global breakout bestseller.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randall continued, \u201cPictures of You<\/em> follows forensic linguist Evie Hudson who, after a car crash that killed her husband, can\u2019t remember him or any of the past 13 years. As she pieces together fragments of her life, Evie has to confront what she\u2019s lost and find what she still has to fight for. With its unique hook and point of view, we\u2019re adapting Pictures of You as a mystery thriller that, while traversing urgent themes, has a second-chance love story at its heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the outset, Magpie Pictures has shared my vision to capture the light and shade in this story and my desire to translate the novel\u2019s powerful contemporary messages for a fresh audience,\u201d Grey said. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be working with Lois and the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pictures of You<\/em> joins Magpie Pictures\u2019 new slate that also features the original mystery thriller The Dark Horse and the Hummingbird<\/em>, created by L\u00e2le Teoman, and the dramedy Provenance<\/em>, written by Giula Sandler, based on the Melbourne art-world mysteries by Katherine Kovacic.<\/p>\n

This comes after the recent appointment of new advisors Quan Phung (How I Met Your Mother<\/em>; House, M.D.<\/em>) and Fiona Eagger (Miss Fisher\u2019s Murder Mysteries<\/em>) in the second stage of the Enterprise strategy.<\/p>\n

Randall said she is \u201chonored to work with Los Angeles-based executive and producer Quan Phung and acclaimed Australian producer Fiona Eagger, who are advising on both creative and business development, bringing an extraordinary depth of experience and market insight to the company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to serve as an advisor for Magpie and a producing partner with Lois on select projects,\u201d Phung said. \u201cMagpie\u2019s already shown a keen eye in identifying fresh voices with series like Swift Street. As global audiences and buyers embrace uniquely Australian series, it\u2019s a great time for Magpie to focus on authentic female voices that will create the next big Australian global hit. I\u2019m excited to join the Magpie team at Screen Forever to help connect them to global partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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