My Life with the Walter Boys was renewed for a second season by Netflix last week, after just ten days on the streamer.
In its first full week on Netflix, the first season of My Life with the Walter Boys was viewed more than twelve million times, pushing it to the top of the English-language television charts. After premiering on December 7, the series rose to No. 2 on Netflix's Top 10 list with 7.5 million views in just a few days.
The Heartbreakers Chronicles follows the exploits of the world's #1 'boy band', told from the perspective of each band member's love interests.
Ed Glauser, founder and CEO of iGeneration Studios, Lawrence Aldridge and Ella Troup will produce through iGen. Music director Matt Emsell, who helped the band 5 Seconds of Summer reach the top of the charts, will also produce.
“While we’ve been developing The Heartbreakers Chronicles for some time, the overwhelming success of My Life with the Walter Boys as a series, makes this the perfect time to take this project to market,” said Glauser. “Ali Novak writes books that young audiences want to read and we are so pleased that we can bring them to life on television for her millions of fans around the world.”
Novak's Heartbreakers series has been read 55 million times on Wattpad. The first two books were also published by Sourcebooks, Inc.
iGeneration Studios focuses on developing and producing scripted dramas for young adult to primetime audiences. Their previous credits include The Kissing Booth film trilogy for Netflix, which set viewership records for the streamer. They are currently developing an adult series, including the period drama Diva, based on a script by Max Benitz, with The Kissing Booth writer/director Vince Marcello on board as showrunner.
Other projects include an adaptation of author Simon Mayo's bestselling thriller Knife Edge, with Siofra Campbell as writer, and period medical drama Villa Paz, with executive producer Matthew Hastings (The Handmaid's Tale) on board as showrunner.
