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Exclusive: Kim Kardashian's foray into film and television continues with another high-profile sale, one that hits close to home for the reality TV star and entrepreneur. After competitive bidding all week, sources told Deadline that Netflix has reached the development stage calabasas, The TV series that Kardashian produces with her American horror story Co-star Emma Roberts, pretty little liars Creator I. Marilyn King and Alexandra Milchan (storehouse). Insiders say there were two more offers from top buyers with Netflix submitting the winning bid by the end of the week.
Calabasas Depends on the book If you lived here you would be famous by now by Via Bleidner, with King set to write the adaptation and serve as showrunner.
In the context of O.C And Beverly Hills 90210, Calabasas It follows Via, a 16-year-old Midwestern Catholic school girl whose world is turned upside down when her family moves and she is forced to move to the fast-paced world of Calabasas where nothing is as it seems and where everyone is trying to be someone. last. It's a place where dreams come true…but not without complications and sometimes unexpected consequences.
Kardashian is executive producing with King and partner Lauren Wagner via Long Lake Media, Roberts' Belletrist Productions, Kara Press and Matt Matrosky as well as Milchan, who owned the rights to her book, through her Crescentline banner.
The project quickly began to come together after King pitched the idea for her series to Milchan and she became writer/showrunner. WME, which represents Kardashian and King, teamed them with Kardashian AHS Co-star Roberts joined soon after. The group began holding meetings with performances shortly thereafter.
Kardashian and her family have made the Calabasas native a name known around the world, so her involvement ups the ante in the package significantly. This marks the fourth high-profile project to be sold since the strike ended, with the previous three being features Fifth wheelwhich also went to Netflix with its tie-in to star, an untitled thriller to Amazon as well as another starring vehicle, a legal drama series for Hulu, in collaboration with AHS Co-creator/executive producer Ryan Murphy.
This marks a reunion for Kardashian and Roberts, who have recently worked together American Horror Story: Delicate, The sequel of which is currently airing on FX. Roberts has also built her production slate through Belletrist which includes the hit Hulu series He tells me lies It has been renewed for a second season.
The short story collection was published in 2021 by Flatiron Books while Bledner was still in college. If you lived here you would be famous by now It marks her writing debut.
In addition to developing and executive producing for Freeform pretty little liarsKing also wrote and executive produced spin-offs Ravenswood And PLL: Perfectionists. She is an executive producer PLL: Original Sin Which will launch its second season on May 8 on Max.
Milchan's credits also include Apple TV+ blackbird And Crowded room.
Kardashian is repped by WME. Roberts and Beltrest are repped by CAA, David Sweeney of Sweeney Entertainment and JR McGinnis of Felker Tozzi Suddleson Abramson. King and Long Lake Media are repped by WME, Yorn Levine and Entertainment 360. Crescentline is repped by attorney Gavin Wise. Bleidner is repped by Circle of Confusion, BJ Robbins Literary Agency, and attorney Dale R. de la Torre of Jacobson Russell Saltz Nassim & de la Torre.
