By Reality TV giant “Love Island” is potentially getting a film adaptation.
ITV America is reportedly considering a feature film, with CEO David George revealing he has “had conversations about translating the dating show to the feature space”.
The series has long been a hit in the UK, but last year’s sixth season was a huge success in the United States, which led to calls for expansion of the franchise.
If it goes forward, it would be part of the company’s broader strategy to make more use of its own IP. George tells Deadline:
“Why are we not taking Love Island and figuring out how we’re going to translate that into the movie world? There may be something going there. I can’t even begin to tell you what it is, but there are those types of conversations.”
Though plenty of scripted series make the jump to film, unscripted series/reality shows that have done it are very few and far between, with the most notable example being “The Real World” movie a quarter century ago.
Either way, George says, “We are open to expanding the possibilities of what that brand is”.
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