Keshet to adapt Katelyn Monroe Howes’ The Awoken as returning US drama

Keshet Studios, the US production arm of Israel’s Keshet International, has acquired the rights to develop Katelyn Monroe Howes’ debut novel, The Awoken, for TV.

Katelyn Monroe Howes

Published this week by Penguin Random House’s Dutton, The Awoken focuses on a woman with terminal cancer who undergoes cryogenic preservation as her only hope for a second chance, but leaves behind the love of her life. When she wakes up a century later, she discovers a world where her very existence is now a crime.

The Awoken will be adapted as a returning drama for the US TV market by Howes, an LA-based documentarian whose work often tackles systemic inequities.

Keshet Studios exec VP of television Lisa Roos and VP of scripted Heather Brewster will produce the dystopian drama, along with Peter Traugott (Keshet Studios), who will also exec produce alongside Howes, Alon Shtruzman (Keshet International) and Avi Nir (Keshet Media Group).

Keshet Studios has a first-look deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and is currently coproducing season two of La Brea (NBC) and The Calling (Peacock) with the company.