Will Yun Lee and Mark & Christine Holder's Seoul Street have acquired rights to Cindy Pon's YA sci-fi novels Want and its sequel, Ruse, "in a competitive situation," for development as an international television series, IndieWire reported. The search is underway for a writer, with the partners "focused on finding an Asian American voice to pen the series."
"It's an exciting and touching portrayal of love, war, and friendship encapsulated in this incredibly rich and textured world that Cindy has brilliantly created," said Holder.
Lee added: "Cindy's characters leaped off the page from the moment I opened the book. Her ability to craft such beautifully human characters while narrating the Asian experience lines up so well with what we are striving for at Seoul Street."
"Want is a book of my heart and was such a challenge and delight to write," Pon said. "It is a love letter to Taipei and cyberpunk with Asian leads, and I'm so excited by the prospect of bringing my story to the screen with the team at Seoul Street."