New Form Digital has turned to a book for inspiration for its next web series. The digital content studio, founded by filmmakers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer in conjunction with Discovery, has officially optioned the novel Being Audrey Hepburn for adaptation into a digital series.
Written by Mitchell Kriegman, Being Audrey Hepburn tells the story of an underprivileged teen girl named Lisbeth whose life changes after she tries on the little black dress Hepburn wore in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. New Form Digital plans to take the Being Audrey Hepburn book and turn it into a 12-part series, much in the way Bernie Su and Pemberley Digital have turned Jane Austen novels into Emmy-winning digital series. New Form’s adaptation of Kriegman’s debut novel will premiere sometime in 2016.
Being Audrey Hepburn seems like an appropriate candidate for adaptation. Emmy-winning Kriegman has a long history with storytelling in the media, starting with the creation of Nickelodeon’s 90’s TV series Clarissa Explains It All. Kriegman worked as an executive story editor for Doug, Rugrats, and Ren and Stimpy, and has also written several episodes for Saturday Night Live. His second book, Things I Can’t Explain: A Clarissa Novel, is based on the titular protagonist of Clarissa Explains It All who’s now in her twenties; the book is set for publication in November 2015.
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In addition to Being Audrey Hepburn, New Form has been working on a few other noteworthy projects. The digital studio just released its second round of incubator series from creators like Wong Fu Productions and Jack & Dean. New Form also teamed up with The Jim Henson Company to develop the web series Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures. The wacky fantasy-style series features several YouTube stars and is set for release on Vimeo on September 15, 2015.
