Exclusive: Universal Cable Productions has optioned author Catherine Linka’s debut novel A Girl Called Fearless and its forthcoming sequel, A Girl Undone, to develop the stories into a series. Linka’s A Girl Called Fearless is set in an alternate future America where a synthetic beef hormone has wiped out millions of women and turned teenage girls into a valuable commodity to be “protected & contracted.” When she is “contracted” into marriage as a political pawn, Avie Reveare flees to Canada but is torn between her love and her freedom. Amy Baer’s Gidden Media, Peter Donaldson of Donaldson Media & Consulting, and R.D. Robb and Brad Luff of Station 3 Entertainment are producing.
“A Girl Called Fearless is a thought-provoking story about a patriarchal future America that is both frightening and romantic,” said Olmstead, Ucp’s Evp, Development. “It’s in the sweet spot of the Young Adult genre, featuring a...
“A Girl Called Fearless is a thought-provoking story about a patriarchal future America that is both frightening and romantic,” said Olmstead, Ucp’s Evp, Development. “It’s in the sweet spot of the Young Adult genre, featuring a...
- 9/26/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
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