Mary HK Choi’s novel “Yolk” has been awarded a Picturestart to develop the series

Picturestart has acquired the rights to Mary HK Choi’s novel “Yolk” for adaptation as a TV series, diverse I learned exclusively.

“Yolk” is about two Korean sisters in their twenties in New York – Jin and Yoon. One has cancer and the other has health insurance, so they swap identities based on the oldest gag in the book Racism: All Look Same. By “barter,” June means her little sister’s identity has been stolen without her knowledge because they have been separated for so long. When Jane finds out, she blackmails her older sister to get a room in her Manhattan apartment. One nipple. Of course, deep down they need each other, although they will die sooner than admitting it. And now June could really die, especially if Jayne skips fashion school and loses her “her” health insurance. As they struggle to understand each other, what’s the one thing they can agree on? Mom and Dad can’t tell any of this.

Choi and Jessica O’Toole (“XO Kitty,” “Jane the Virgin,” “Charmed”) are adapting the book for the screen, with O’Toole also serving as show director. Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey, Emily Wissink and Julia Hammer from Picturestart will executive produce alongside Jermaine Johnson from 3 Arts and Lulu Wang and Dani Melia from Local Time.

“Mary is rapidly establishing herself as the voice of a generation, applying her firm eye to the global themes of family, identity and belonging in her unparalleled story of maturity” and Picturestart said Feig, founder and CEO. “It’s deeply funny but very sympathetic at the same time, and the moment we read ‘Yolk,’ we knew it was a series we had to make on Picturestart – and we knew Marie had to be the one to adapt it.”

In addition to “Egg Yolk,” Choi’s other books include “Emergency Contact” and “Permanent Record.” She also hosts the podcasts “Hey Cool Job” and “Hey Cool Life”. Her written work has been seen in publications such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, and GQ. She has also written comic books for both Marvel and DC.

She has been represented by UTA, Literary, 3Arts, and Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman.

Local Time Wang and Melia are currently producing the Amazon series “Expatriates”, based on the novel by Janice Y.K. Lee. Wang is directing and presenting the series. diverse It was exclusively reported in November 2021 that Local Time and Riz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films had teamed up to develop the “Son of Good Fortune” series on Amazon as well. Other projects include the “Children of the World” feature and an adaptation of Hirokazu Korida’s “Like Father Like Son.”

Wang and local time are represented by UTA, Redefine Entertainment, Yorn, Levine and Barnes. O’Toole is represented by Verve, Sugar23, and Goodman Genow.



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