MarVista Options Several Literary Works for Development

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has optioned a number of contemporary literary works to be developed as potential theatrical releases of prime-time TV series, among them Alisa Valdes’ The Dirty Girls Social Club.

The Dirty Girls Social Club has sold close to 700,000 copies in the U.S. alone and is also being published in 11 different languages worldwide, including German, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Korean and Icelandic.

Also from Valdes, MarVista optioned The Three Kings: A Christmas Dating Story. Louisa May Alcott’s A Long Fatal Love Chase has been optioned by the company as well. Additionally, MarVista has partnered with Canada’s EVOS Media to develop VC Andrews’ Daughters of Darkness.

“We are very excited to be working with Alisa Valdes, a best-selling novelist who has created indelible characters and fresh, modern stories that have great international appeal,” said Fernando Szew, the CEO of MarVista Entertainment. “We’re also thrilled to be developing Louisa May Alcott’s gripping gothic thriller, A Long Fatal Love Chase; and together with EVOS Media, VC Andrew’s mesmerizing vampire saga Daughters of Darkness. All of these projects continue MarVista Entertainment’s long standing commitment to meet the demands of the global entertainment audience and program buyers around the world through the development of compelling entertainment content.”