Book-to-screen scouting
Evolving Story Scouting
Book-to-screen scouting for film and television. Taste you can trust, from the buzzy book fair title to the breakout that finds its audience later.
Scouting is about timing
Some books get optioned very early in their life cycle. Many others find their audience later. Catching both means looking in more places than anyone else.
There’s a lot of volume out there, but our job is to identify the best of the best, and the right thing for your needs. You need someone whose taste you can trust to tell you what to prioritize. Time to bust through the hype!
Where we look
Not just the book fairs
Elissa is the only book-to-screen consultant who scouts not only the buzzy books coming out of international book fairs and New York publishing, but also authors, readers, publicists and content creators.
- International book fairs
- New York publishing
- Authors
- Readers
- Publicists
- Content creators
Track record
15 years finding books for the screen
Has scouted for
- Elizabeth Banks
- Paul Feig
- Keshet Studios
- BET Studios
In-house at Lionsgate, Elissa worked across the movie studio, Lionsgate TV, UK TV and Starz to acquire high-profile books including Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green, and London by Jo Nesbø.
Before that, as an associate scout, she sourced material for Amblin, NBC, Original Film and Illumination, with development experience at Sony TV and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Our Work
Deadline
Netflix acquires Riley Sager bestseller ‘The House Across the Lake’; Paul Feig eyeing to direct
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Deadline
Liza Palmer’s ‘Family Reservations’ in works as drama series at NBC from Ilene Chaiken & Universal TV
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The Hollywood Reporter
‘Queenie’ creator hopes to make noise with Hulu series
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Deadline
Paul Feig & Sam Raimi team on ‘Suburban Hell’ adaptation for Legendary
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Variety
Oscar Isaac to star in Lionsgate’s ‘London’ with director Ben Stiller
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At Evolving Story, we proudly champion under-represented voices across all genres, always. Our approach is curated yet comprehensive, and we deliver results with one-on-one service.