Back in May 2014, entertainment company and film studio The Weinstein Company, along with its book publishing division Weinstein Books, announced it would turn the YouTube channel and web series The Haunting of Sunshine Girl into the formats of book and television, the former of which is already well underway. The first publication of a planned trilogy, written by Sunshine Girl star Paige McKenzie along with Alyssa Sheinmel, was released on March 24, 2015, by Weinstein Books, the book publishing division of the larger entertainment brand.
So, how did a YouTube channel with a few hundred thousand subscribers get involved with one of the best-known entertainment entities in Hollywood and end up on bookshelves? According to Georgina Levitt, Publishing Director at Weinstein Books, her company knew exactly what it was looking at when a literary agent originally pitched a book series based on The Haunting of Sunshine Girl. Being a part of a...
So, how did a YouTube channel with a few hundred thousand subscribers get involved with one of the best-known entertainment entities in Hollywood and end up on bookshelves? According to Georgina Levitt, Publishing Director at Weinstein Books, her company knew exactly what it was looking at when a literary agent originally pitched a book series based on The Haunting of Sunshine Girl. Being a part of a...
- 23/10/2015
- di Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
After scooping up millions of views on YouTube, the mega-popular paranormal web series The Haunting of Sunshine Girl is headed to the big screen and also into print. Read on for all the details!
THR Reports that The Weinstein Co. has closed a multi-platform deal to adapt the series, intent on turning it into both a book and a film franchise. The web series, based on a concept by Nick Hagen and starring Paige McKenzie, averages 5 million views per month and has more than 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl follows a quirky teen named Sunshine, who, shortly after her 16th birthday, moves with her mother from Texas to Washington state. She soon discovers that her new home is haunted. The show features hand-held footage as the teen films ghost interactions, creepy paranormal activity, and even a couple of appearances by zombies.
Paige McKenzie, the star and writer of the web series,...
THR Reports that The Weinstein Co. has closed a multi-platform deal to adapt the series, intent on turning it into both a book and a film franchise. The web series, based on a concept by Nick Hagen and starring Paige McKenzie, averages 5 million views per month and has more than 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl follows a quirky teen named Sunshine, who, shortly after her 16th birthday, moves with her mother from Texas to Washington state. She soon discovers that her new home is haunted. The show features hand-held footage as the teen films ghost interactions, creepy paranormal activity, and even a couple of appearances by zombies.
Paige McKenzie, the star and writer of the web series,...
- 08/05/2014
- di John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
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