{"id":2545,"date":"2014-01-22T00:44:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2014\/01\/22\/hit-play-kims-convenience-being-adapted-for-film-tv\/"},"modified":"2014-01-22T00:44:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:44:34","slug":"hit-play-kims-convenience-being-adapted-for-film-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2014\/01\/22\/hit-play-kims-convenience-being-adapted-for-film-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit play Kim’s Convenience being adapted for film, TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBC News \/ via The Canadian Press<\/em><\/p>\n

The hit Toronto play\u00a0Kim’s Convenience<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>currently on a Canadian tour,\u00a0 is being adapted for the big and small screens.<\/p>\n

Thunderbird Films says both a feature film and a TV series based on Toronto playwright-actor Ins Choi’s charming stage comedy-drama are in development.<\/p>\n

Choi told The Canadian Press in July there was “some [TV] development happening” based on his story of a Korean-Canadian family and its convenience store, but he couldn’t provide details.<\/p>\n

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Soulpepper’s Kim’s Convenience stars (from left) playwright-performer Ins Choi and actors Jean Yoon, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Grace Lynn Kung (Cylla von Tiedemann\/Soulpepper Theatre Company\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tuesday’s announcement came as Thunderbird and Soulpepper Theatre Company revealed a multi-year development and production joint venture for TV, feature films and digital media.<\/p>\n

Kim’s Convenience\u00a0<\/em>features a fiery patriarch who is struggling with changes within his business, family and their Toronto community of Regent Park.<\/p>\n

It was a smash when it debuted at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, winning the New Play Contest and the Patron’s Pick award.<\/p>\n

That led to a sold-out showcase and then a remount at the city’s Soulpepper Theatre Company, followed by two Dora Award nominations and the Toronto Theatre Critics trophy for best new Canadian play.<\/p>\n

Soulpepper is now touring\u00a0Kim’s Convenience\u00a0<\/em>through major cities\u00a0in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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