EXCLUSIVE: Steve Lightfoot is developing a TV adaptation of Stephen Lloyd Jones’ The String Diaries with Geek Girl producer RubyRock Pictures and Sony Studios.
RubyRock boss Zoë Rocha revealed the early-stage project to Deadline alongside an adaptation of Justin Somper’s Vampirates book series, while lifting the lid on Netflix‘s upcoming Geek Girl adaptation.
Lightfoot, who show-ran Apple TV+’s Shantaram and Netflix’s The Punisher, is currently penning the pilot and the project doesn’t yet have a buyer.
Sony Studios is also attached. The String Diaries was published a decade ago and is a supernatural thriller following a family that come into possession of diaries handed down from mother to daughter since the 19th century.
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