{"id":15959,"date":"2019-03-08T10:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T15:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/james-patterson-imagine-align-5-kids-projects\/"},"modified":"2019-03-08T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T15:14:38","slug":"james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"James Patterson &amp; Imagine Align for 5 Kids\u2019 Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ron Howard and Brian Grazer&#8217;s Imagine Entertainment has partnered with James Patterson to develop five of the best-selling author\u2019s children\u2019s books as television, film and digital projects.<\/p>\n<p>Among the titles in development are the <em>House of Robots<\/em> series, the adventure series <em>Treasure Hunters<\/em>, the stand-up comedy focused <em>I Funny<\/em> and the upcoming young adult title<em>\u00a0Sophia, Princess Among Beasts<\/em>. The titles chosen for adaptation come from Patterson\u2019s JIMMY Patterson Books imprint, and were selected from his catalog of more than 20 books aimed at younger readers. Per the exclusive deal, all of the projects will be produced by Imagine Kids &amp; Family.<\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming Patterson projects\u00a0join <em>Life for Kids<\/em>\u2014an animated series that uses photos from <em>Life<\/em> magazine to make history come alive\u2014on the newly formed Imagine Kids &amp; Family&#8217;s content slate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine Kids &amp; Family is the ideal partner to help us realize our JIMMY books mission,&#8221; Bill Robinson of James Patterson Entertainment said. &#8220;We believe a kid who reads is a kid who can succeed. We want to make reading fun for kids\u2014through stories and voices that speak to them and expand their world. Naturally, we are thrilled to adapt some of JIMMY\u2019s most popular works alongside [Imagine founders] Brian [Grazer] and Ron [Howard].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine Kids &amp; Family\u2019s Stephanie Sperber added, &#8220;Imagine Kids &amp; Family is excited to take the amazing stories that James Patterson has written and develop them for TV and film. Patterson&#8217;s titles are full of heart, great characters and imaginative worlds that we believe will translate into compelling content for kids around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine Entertainment has partnered with James Patterson to develop five of the best-selling author\u2019s children\u2019s books as television, film and digital projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":15960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2493,4357],"class_list":["post-15959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-imagine-entertainment","tag-james-patterson","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Patterson &amp; Imagine Align for 5 Kids\u2019 Projects - 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\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Patterson &amp; Imagine Align for 5 Kids\u2019 Projects - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imagine Entertainment has partnered with James Patterson to develop five of the best-selling author\u2019s children\u2019s books as television, film and digital projects.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-08T15:05:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-08T15:14:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Imagine_Entertainment_logo-0319.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\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\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/\",\"name\":\"James Patterson &amp; Imagine Align for 5 Kids\u2019 Projects - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-08T15:05:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-08T15:14:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/james-patterson-imagine-align-for-5-kids-projects\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"James Patterson &amp; Imagine Align for 5 Kids\u2019 Projects\"}]},{\"@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\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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