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Date With Destiny
In one of its biggest development moves yet, Big Screen Entertainment Group is collaborating on the adaptation of a popular eight book vampire saga, Dead End Dating, into a TV series. The busy Los Angeles based production company will team with seasoned TV professionals to bring to the screen author Kimberly Raye’s bestsellers set around a matchmaking agency for vampires, werewolves, other fantastical creatures and humans. “The books are fantastic and we are so excited to turn them into a TV series. This is a whole creative world full of mystery, humor, romance, magic and otherworldly fun,” said Kimberley Kates, Chief Executive of Big Screen, who is at work on the pilot script with acclaimed writer Catherine Taylor. The same duo’s work on another upcoming TV drama, World War 2 story, Avenger Field was recently rated in the top 1 percent of pilots by Hollywood’s top script coverage service, WeScreenplay. Also on the development team involved with bringing DEAD END DATING to the screen are writer/producer/director Michael Lange (Dawson’s Creek and Criminal Minds) and producer Kasana Golod (Better Start Running and Jackie & Ryan). “I’m beyond thrilled to be working with Kimberley and Big Screen,” said executive producer Michael Lange. “I’ve been watching in awe as the company has become so successful and know that BSEG and Dead End Dating will be a perfect fit.” Translated into 12 languages around the world, the much-loved book series has taken a big bite out of the vampire fiction world. The show is being set up at a streaming network with BSEG being a co-production company on the series along with Kasana Golod, Michael Lange, Kates and Taylor attached as Executive Producers. Big Screen Entertainment Group is a long-established production and distribution company with several projects in active development, including the Christmas film Santa4Real, Avenger Field, Earth Angels, CSI mystery thriller Black Magic and a high end sci-fi drama, Singularity Principle. In addition to developing original content, Big Screen owns Big Stream, a pay to stream service with over 250 titles and growing. Another new development has seen Big Stream Entertainment now becoming available on Android devices through the Google Play store.
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