Random House JV lands first screen option

February 8, 2010 by Emily Claire Afan

Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment (RHCSE), the JV production house with Komixx Entertainment, has picked up the worldwide film rights to teen-targeted sci-fi series Monster Republic.

The pre-emptive and pre-publication deal with first-time author Ben Horton, agented by Hothouse Fiction, will see the sci-fi novel Monster Republic: The Divinity Project as the first film project for the JV.

Andrew Cole-Bulgin, partner and head of film & TV for RHCSE, will jointly develop the creative vision and script for the film, video game and mobile screen content prior to publication with Hothouse, and is currently in talks with a major US studio for production and distribution of the film.