{"id":12505,"date":"2017-06-20T10:58:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kcp-loft-options-publishing-rights-canadian-web-series-carmilla\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:32:26","slug":"kcp-loft-options-publishing-rights-for-canadian-web-series-carmilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kcp-loft-options-publishing-rights-for-canadian-web-series-carmilla\/","title":{"rendered":"KCP Loft Options Publishing Rights for Canadian Web Series Carmilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KCP Loft, the new young adult imprint of Kids Can Press, has optioned world publishing rights for the award-winning Canadian digital series <em>Carmilla<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The book project is slated for publication in spring 2019. <em>Carmilla<\/em> is a 108&#215;5-minute scripted digital series that puts a modern spin on the cult classic gothic vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. <em>Carmilla <\/em>follows the adventures of university student Laura Hollis, whose world is turned upside down after a vampire named Carmilla Karnstein moves into her dorm room.<\/p>\n<p>The book project was announced by Lisa Lyons Johnston, the president of Kids Can Press, at the Los Angeles launch of the debut list from KCP Loft. <em>Carmilla <\/em>is available on Shaftesbury\u2019s YouTube channel KindaTV and has generated more than 69 million views since its launch in 2014. The series is produced by Shaftesbury\u2019s digital studio Smokebomb Entertainment and its branded entertainment agency shift2, in partnership with executive producer U by Kotex. Principal photography was completed recently on a feature-length film, <em>Carmilla The Movie<\/em>, which is slated for release this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an exciting and notable acquisition for KCP Loft,\u201d said Lyons Johnston of\u00a0Kids Can Press, part of the Corus Entertainment family. \u201cWe introduced the YA imprint with the intention of seeking out content from both traditional publishing marketplaces as well as from innovative, emerging platforms. We are proud to partner with Shaftesbury to transform <em>Carmilla <\/em>into a hotly anticipated best-selling novel for the legions of fans around the world that this original web series has attracted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to enter into a partnership with Kids Can Press to expand the world of <em>Carmilla <\/em>and to offer fans of the series and the soon-to-be-released feature film another opportunity to engage with characters who mean so much to them,\u201d said Christina Jennings, the chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury. \u201cOver the past three years, we have seen the audience of <em>Carmilla <\/em>grow at an exponential rate and become an international phenomenon\u2014and this phenomenon is showing no signs of slowing down. 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