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Amazon MGM Studios Buys Rights to Best-Selling Children’s Book Series ‘City Spies’ With Plans for Global Film Franchise (EXCLUSIVE)

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Amazon MGM Studios, the renamed joint venture of Amazon Studios and MGM, has acquired rights to James Ponti’s popular children’s book series “City Spies” and is developing a film based on the first novel.

The idea is for the initial installment to launch a global franchise, described by the company as a “four-quadrant action-adventure that will delight audiences of all ages and as a universe-building property for the studio.” The story follows a 12-year-old coding prodigy, who is recruited by an eccentric MI6 agent to join the City Spies, a team of kids from around the world who feel unnoticed in their own lives.

When they’re not at the local boarding school, they are mastering spy skills to go to places in the world of espionage that adults can’t access.

The cast and creative team have yet to be set. Since it’s early in the development process, it is not clear if these movies will play in theaters or land directly on the streaming service, Prime Video.

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