UK-based production company Mammoth Screen have optioned the television rights to DJ Target’s recently released book Grime Kids: The Inside Story of the Global Grime Takeover.
Published in June, DJ Target’s publication provides readers with an insider’s account of the genre’s ascent, delving deep into how the British musical subculture became an international phenomenon. The rights to turn the book into a TV series have been obtained by Marium Raja from creative agency No Chiefs and Richard King at Orion Publishing Group. Playwright Theresa Ikoko will adapt the book to the screen, and Poldark‘s Damien Timmer has been enlisted as an executive producer, along with Preethi Mavahall and Tom Leggett.
On the adaptation, Leggett said, “Not only is Grime Kids the definitive story of the birth of a British musical phenomenon, it is also an incredibly funny and moving story of friendship and community. For both fans of grime and non-fans alike, we hope audiences will be inspired and entertained by Target’s wonderful coming of age drama.”
“We are thrilled to be working with the immensely talented Theresa Ikoko, whose intimate understanding of this story will bring this group of friends and their adventures to vivid life on screen!”
Target added, “The response to Grime Kids so far has been overwhelming, with both seasoned grime fans and newcomers to the culture learning something or enjoying the trips down memory lane. I wrote Grime Kids with a visual in mind, so the fact that I’ll be working with Mammoth Screen to bring that to life is incredible.”
The Radio 1 Extra DJ grew up in London and is responsible for introducing Wiley to Dizzee Rascal. He was formally a member of Wiley’s grime collective Roll Deep.