{"id":16317,"date":"2019-05-08T09:51:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/splash-entertainment-adapt-r-l-stine-childrens-books\/"},"modified":"2019-05-08T10:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T14:16:40","slug":"splash-entertainment-to-adapt-r-l-stine-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/splash-entertainment-to-adapt-r-l-stine-childrens-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash Entertainment to Adapt R.L. Stine Children\u2019s Books"},"content":{"rendered":"
Splash Entertainment has inked a deal to develop, produce and distribute animated on-screen content based on R.L. Stine\u2019s The Little Shop of Monsters<\/em> picture book and Rotten School<\/em>, a comedy book series from the author.<\/p>\n Illustrated by Marc Brown (Arthur<\/em>), Stine\u2019s The Little Shop of Monsters<\/em> invites its readers to \u201ccome on in\u201d and pick out their favorite new frightening friend to take home to their family. Rotten School<\/em>, meanwhile, is a children\u2019s book series that follows the adventures of fourth grader Bernie Bridges, who lives at a boarding school with his friends. Dan Bernard and Yvonne Bernard of Lookout Entertainment, Stine\u2019s licensing agent, will serve as executive producers on the series.<\/p>\n Steve Rosen, co-CEO of Splash Entertainment, said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to join forces with Lookout Entertainment to take The Little Shop of Monsters<\/em> and Rotten School<\/em> beyond the bookshelf and onto the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n CEO of Lookout Entertainment, Yvonne Bernard, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve found the right partner in Splash Entertainment to bring these timeless brands to the next level.”<\/p>\n Lookout executive VP Dan Bernard added: “Working with Splash Entertainment to produce R. L. Stine\u2019s Rotten School<\/em> and R.L. Stine and Marc Brown\u2019s The Little Shop of Monsters<\/em> is an honor.”<\/p>\n Stine commented: \u201cThanks to Yvonne Bernard, Lookout Entertainment and Splash Entertainment, The Little Shop of Monsters<\/em> will soon be open for business. Marc Brown and I had great fun dreaming up the craziest monsters ever. We can\u2019t wait to see them all come roaring to life in this new series. And I\u2019m looking forward to school being in session with my most rotten book series, Rotten School<\/em>, on-screen for the first time, too!\u201d<\/p>\n Brown said: \u201cI am excited to see The Little Shop of Monsters<\/em> come alive through animation with the talented folks at Splash and Lookout Entertainment. This was my very first collaboration with my friend R.L. Stine and it was great fun to illustrate an entire book without one aardvark. Sorry, Arthur.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Splash Entertainment inked a deal to develop, produce and distribute animated on-screen content based on R.L. Stine\u2019s The Little Shop of Monsters picture book and Rotten School, a comedy book series from the author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4536,4537,139,4538],"class_list":["post-16317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-r-l-stine","tag-rotten-school","tag-splash-entertainment","tag-the-little-shop-of-monsters","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n