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Exclusive: Jennifer Phang’s Good Neighbors Media has secured the film and television rights to the upcoming Todd Mitchell Ya novel, The Naming Girl.
The story centers on Ash Narro, who is known in her village for her peculiar knack for naming sticks, rocks, carpet bags, and anything else that catches her fancy. But when terrible shape-shifting monsters charge out of the cloud forest to attack her village, Ash discovers that names have power. In this steampunk fairy tale, the perils of deforestation and the power of friendship are explored through a fantastical adventure involving giant mist leopards, tempestuous forest spirits, and a girl with a special gift for shaping what things become.
Phang will direct the project under her Good Neighbors Media banner, with Robert M. Chang overseeing development on behalf of the company. Both had collaborated on Good Neighbor’s inaugural, award-winning film, Advantageous which made its world...
The story centers on Ash Narro, who is known in her village for her peculiar knack for naming sticks, rocks, carpet bags, and anything else that catches her fancy. But when terrible shape-shifting monsters charge out of the cloud forest to attack her village, Ash discovers that names have power. In this steampunk fairy tale, the perils of deforestation and the power of friendship are explored through a fantastical adventure involving giant mist leopards, tempestuous forest spirits, and a girl with a special gift for shaping what things become.
Phang will direct the project under her Good Neighbors Media banner, with Robert M. Chang overseeing development on behalf of the company. Both had collaborated on Good Neighbor’s inaugural, award-winning film, Advantageous which made its world...
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