Sony Pictures International Productions Acquires Worldwide Rights to Adapt Wattpad YA Romance Series Boulevard
Sony Pictures Internationalโ Productions (SPIP)โ has acquired worldwide rights to adapt Flor M. Salvador’s popular youngโ adult book series โข Boulevard, inโฃ partnership with Webtoon Productions. A fristโ film adaptation is currently in production inโข Spain,โฃ based onโข a โscreenplay by bestsellingโข YAโ author Javier Ruescas.
Theโ Boulevard series centers โฃon the forbidden romance between high schoolโ students โคHalsey Weigelโ and Luke Howland.Halsey, grappling with addiction, finds herself drawn to Luke despite his troubled reputation, hoping โto see beyond the judgmentsโ of others. Theโ story explores whether their connection can โovercome their individual struggles.
The first three books – Boulevard,โฃ After him, andโค Before Her – have amassed โover 140 million reads on Wattpad, with a fourth installment, Eternal, plannedโข for release. Penguin Random Houseโ Grupo Editorialโค initiallyโฃ published Boulevard and After Him in Mexico inโค 2022, selling over 189,000 copies in theโ region. Boulevard โ was the best-selling young adult fiction โฃtitle in Mexicoโข inโฃ 2022, โand the first two volumes, along with an illustratedโ hardcover โขedition, reachedโฃ the Topโ 10 in the category โคin โค2023.
“The Boulevard book series has captivated readers around the world with its compelling โcharacters and powerful storytelling from the incredibly โขtalented Florโ M. โฃSalvador,” said Shebnemโฃ Askin, EVP, Creative Production & Head of โคSony โคPictures International productions.”We are thrilled for the chance to work withโ everyone at โขWebtoon Productions and are excited for fans and new audiencesโฃ around the world to experience this literaryโ phenomenon on the big screen.”
David โฃMadden,President of Webtoon Productions,added,”As itsโ debut on Wattpad,the Boulevard saga has been aโ sensation withโ readers around the world. Sony instantly โrecognized the unique opportunity to bring this complex love story to โฃthe big screen,andโ we’re honored to workโค together with such a renowned studio on whatโฃ we know โwillโค be an incredible adaptation.”