{"id":10854,"date":"2023-03-21T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/itv-studios-america-inks-deal-laurie-zaks-lands-rights-roselle-lim-novels\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:02:12","slug":"itv-studios-america-inks-deal-with-laurie-zaks-lands-rights-to-roselle-lim-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/itv-studios-america-inks-deal-with-laurie-zaks-lands-rights-to-roselle-lim-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Studios America Lands Rights to Roselle Lim Novels with Laurie Zaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV Studios America has acquired the television rights for three of Roselle Lim\u2019s novels as part of a development deal with Laurie Zaks (<em>Castle<\/em>, <em>The Fix<\/em>) and her newly established Rosewood Television.<\/p>\n<p>Lim, a Canadian author of Filipino-Chinese heritage, explores the Chinese-American experience in her novels through romance, complex family relationships and journeys of self-discovery. ITV Studios America will adapt her books <em>Natalie Tan\u2019s Book of Luck and Fortune<\/em>, <em>Vanessa Yu\u2019s Magical Paris Tea Shop<\/em> and <em>Sophie Go\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club<\/em> for TV.<\/p>\n<p>The books were optioned through a development deal with Zaks and her new company, which she formed after leaving her seven-year position running television for Disney-based Mandeville Films.<\/p>\n<p>Lim and Zaks will executive produce the book adaptations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoselle\u201ds books are a complete delight for the heart and for the senses,\u201d said Lucienne Papon, executive VP of current affairs at ITV Studios America. \u201cThey are full of romance, magic, humor and human connection\u2014the perfect antidote for these crazy times. We can\u2019t wait to bring these characters to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so honored and excited to work with Laurie and ITV Studios America,\u201d Lim said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to see the worlds of Vanessa, Natalie and Sophie on the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV Studios America has acquired the television rights for three of Roselle Lim\u2019s novels as part of a development deal with Laurie Zaks (Castle, The Fix) and her newly established Rosewood Television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":10855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[217,2742,2743,2744,2745],"class_list":["post-10854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-itv-studios-america","tag-laurie-zaks","tag-lucienne-papon","tag-roselle-lim","tag-rosewood-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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