{"id":8146,"date":"2017-08-21T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cheryl-lu-lien-tans-sarong-party-girls-optioned-tv\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T12:14:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T16:14:29","slug":"cheryl-lu-lien-tans-sarong-party-girls-optioned-for-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cheryl-lu-lien-tans-sarong-party-girls-optioned-for-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan&#8217;s Sarong Party Girls Optioned for TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omnia Media has optioned the rights for the novel <em>Sarong Party Girls<\/em>, written by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, to adapt it into a one-hour comedic drama series.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sarong Party Girls<\/em> features Jazzy, on the edge of 27, whose main goal at this point in her life is to party, and marry an expat, in order to escape her routine lifestyle. As she pursues her quest to find a husband, Jazzy reveals the contentious gender politics and class tensions that are beneath the shiny exterior of Singapore\u2019s glamorous nightclubs and busy streets.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Lubetkin, the chief content officer at Omnia Media, said: \u201cIn her book, <em>Sarong Party Girls<\/em>, Cheryl has created an amazing world that feels authentic, distinct and real. The rambunctious, free spirit lifestyle captured in Jazzy\u2019s character leaves the audience feeling as if they can identify and connect with her on an emotional level. Optioning <em>Sarong Party Girls<\/em> is a natural fit with our strategy to develop, create and deliver compelling original content that captures the attention of a highly engaged millennial audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m beyond delighted to work with Omnia Media on sharing Jazzy\u2019s story and what it can be like to be a woman in modern Asia,\u201d added Lu-Lien Tan. \u201cI am very much looking forward to seeing <em>Sarong Party Girls<\/em> come to life on screen!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omnia Media has optioned the rights for the novel Sarong Party Girls, written by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, to adapt it into a one-hour comedic drama series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2066],"class_list":["post-8146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-omnia-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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