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Exclusive: MGM Televisionhas optioned Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s bestselling Ya sci-fi thriller Aurora Rising, to develop as a TV series. MGM Television will produce and MGMwill internationally distribute the series. They are currently out to showrunners and writers.

The novel, which was published on May 7, is from Alfred A. KnopfBooks for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books.

Set in the year 2380, Aurora Rising follows Ty Jones, the top cadet of the Aurora Academy, and his unwanted squad of misfits and losers as they slowly realize that the girl they rescued from hundreds of years of cryo-sleep may be the catalyst for a war millions of years in the making. The book, the first in the Aurora Cycle, is slated for publication in ten foreign territories, with more in the works.

Bill Todman Jr.and Edward Millstein will executive produce with Limor Hakimco-producing for Level 1 Entertainment. Kaufman and Kristoff will serve as consulting producers. Max Kisbye, MGM’s Executive Vice President, Television Development and Production and Rob Hochberg, Director, Television Development and Production, will oversee the series for MGM Television.

“Amie and Jay have created something really special with Aurora Rising. Their novel blends comedy, action and h

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