{"id":15900,"date":"2019-02-25T10:02:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-adapted-abc\/"},"modified":"2019-02-25T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:02:24","slug":"ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/","title":{"rendered":"YA Novel Itch Being Adapted for ABC ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filming has commenced on ABC ME\u2019s young adult adventure series <em>Itch<\/em>, produced by Komixx Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-part live-action series is the TV adaptation of BBC Two radio broadcaster Simon Mayo\u2019s best-selling teen novel of the same name. Directed by Ren\u00e9e Webster (<em>The Heights<\/em>) and Nicholas Verso (<em>Nowhere Boys<\/em>, <em>Boys in the Trees<\/em>), the series stars a cast of relative newcomers, including Samuel Ireland, Melanie Wozniak, Charles Russell, Kylah Day, Harrison Popple, Henry Mendez and Keala Kern.<\/p>\n<p><em>Itch<\/em> is the story of a science-obsessed teenager who, while pursuing his hobby of collecting samples of all the elements on the periodic table, uncovers a new element with special powers that soon catches the eye of a sinister organization that wants to get its hands on the substance.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Itch<\/em> series will air on ABC ME in early 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Morrison, managing director of Komixx Entertainment in Australia, said: \u201cThis high octane, fast-paced, action-adventure series is aimed at primary-to-early secondary school kids. As well as being about good and evil, science, nature and the environment, <em>Itch<\/em> also champions intelligence, knowledge, courage, friendship, working together and growing up. The series tells us that it\u2019s OK to be who you are and to be proud of what you excel at, whatever that may be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Halsall, Komixx Entertainment\u2019s head of development, added: \u201cWe secured worldwide film and TV rights to the <em>Itch<\/em> franchise in 2013. Since then, Komixx has developed a number of best-selling adaptations that have cemented our reputation as a leading creator and producer of young adult content.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filming has commenced on ABC ME\u2019s young adult adventure series Itch, produced by Komixx Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":15901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1662,4319,4320],"class_list":["post-15900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc-me","tag-itch","tag-komixx-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>YA Novel Itch Being Adapted for ABC ME - TVKIDS<\/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\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"YA Novel Itch Being Adapted for ABC ME - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Filming has commenced on ABC ME\u2019s young adult adventure series Itch, produced by Komixx Entertainment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-25T15:02:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/ABC-ME-Itch-0219.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"419\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\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\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/\",\"name\":\"YA Novel Itch Being Adapted for ABC ME - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-25T15:02:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-25T15:02:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/ya-novel-itch-being-adapted-for-abc-me\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"YA Novel Itch Being Adapted for ABC ME\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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