ACE Entertainment has optioned the rights to Abigail Hing Wen’s YA novel Loveboat, Taipei
continues to feed the craving for more inclusive storytelling on TV and film — specifically for Asian American narratives. The story introduces us to 18-year-old Ever Wong, who is sent from Ohio to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the summer. Ever is joined by 30 other students for the summer program — all of whom are a diverse array of Asian Americans. But what she thinks is a Summer program turns out to be a teen free-for-all that is dubbed “Loveboat”.
“Abigail’s novel is a unique story and exploration of multifaceted identity and intersectionality, much in the same way Jenny Han’snovels were” adds Matt Kaplan, founder of ACE Entertainment. “She manages to explore complicated themes like identity and cultural expectations while also giving readers an authentic glimpse into the mind of an Asian American teenage girl.
The novel is published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Kaplan will produce with Max Siemers spearheading the project for ACE Entertainment. Wen will executive produce alongside Siemers.franchise on Netflix, ACE Entertainment was also the company behind the romantic dramaTo add to their millennial-driven YA content, ACE is developing a slate of features includingbased on Lauren Oliver’s best-selling novel, the Vatican-based thrillerRunaway.
Earlier this month ACE announced it had launched a television division which is behind the upcoming AMC seriesWen is repped by Joanna Volpe and Pouya Shahbazian of New Leaf Literary & Media and attorney Steve Younger of Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP.
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