Exclusive: Assemble Media has scored its first win in the IP creation game with Player vs Player. The New York company just sold the book rights to Bloomsbury after a heated auction that concluded with a two-book, six-figure deal in place for the Ya project described as “a modern take on Romeo and Juliet set in the world of E-Sports.”
The books will be written by first-time novelist Alexis Nedd, a senior entertainment reporter for the website Mashable, but the concept for Player vs. Player was generated in-house at Assemble under an initiative that began with the hiring last summer of Brendan Deneen for the freshly created post of President of Literary and IP.
“Alexis is an incredible talent with a unique, relevant, and strong voice that matched our vision perfectly,” said Deneen, who came to Assemble after an eight-year stint as Macmillan Entertainment’s Executive Editor setting up a...
The books will be written by first-time novelist Alexis Nedd, a senior entertainment reporter for the website Mashable, but the concept for Player vs. Player was generated in-house at Assemble under an initiative that began with the hiring last summer of Brendan Deneen for the freshly created post of President of Literary and IP.
“Alexis is an incredible talent with a unique, relevant, and strong voice that matched our vision perfectly,” said Deneen, who came to Assemble after an eight-year stint as Macmillan Entertainment’s Executive Editor setting up a...
- 6/28/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
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