EXCLUSIVE: Alberto Ferreras’ novel B as in Beauty is getting the TV treatment. The book is in the works for a series adaptation from writers Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heimer after Concord Originals partnered with Marsh Entertainment and Telemundo Streaming Studios.
No broadcaster is attached. The bi-lingual dramedy will follow Bella “B” Zavala, whose personal life, career, and relationships are at best, a mess.
That is until she meets a mysterious and unique woman who offers her a moonlighting job as an emotional companion. Through the unexpected adventures she faces with her eccentric new clients, Bella’s own notions of beauty, love, and self-worth will never be the same.
Figueroa and Heimer previously developed drama series The Three Joaquins at ABC. The pair served as executive story editors on Starz’s Step Up: High Water and developed Eastside at NBC with Ruben Fleisher’s The District and previously staffed on ABC’s Stumptown and SyFy’s Defiance.
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