Anne Rice's Erotic Trilogy 'The Sleeping Beauty' May Become A Television Series

Decades before Fifty Shades of Grey was even a thought Anne Rice introduced readers to her best selling book series, The Sleeping Beauty between 1983-85. Set in a medieval fantasy world, the main character is a young princess who is awakened from a deep sleep in an erotic way. The series has had a cult following for decades and it has held up well enough for Telivisa USA to decide to buy both the television and digital rights to the series. In other words, Anne Rice's BDSM trilogy is taking steps toward a television near you.

Why now and not two decades ago? Once the Fifty Shades became so widely anticipated, it was clear that the public was receptive to BDSM play on the big screen so Telivisa USA figured that they would give it a try. Michael Garcia is the chief creative officer and he believes that the timing couldn't be better.

"Now is the perfect moment for this project. On the heels of such boundary-pushing adaptations as Fifty Shades and HBO's Game of Thrones, the topics explored in this series are in the zeitgeist and we feel television is finally ready for them. We are now going out to writers and talent, and will put all the creative, production and distribution elements in place quickly."

Already the project is lining up some major talent to help bring it to life on the small screen. Rachel Winter, a longtime fan of the series, produced Dallas Buyers Club and back in 2012 approached Anne about turning it into something for television. According to Anne the series is doing so well that she is actually working on a fourth book to update the story.

Is television really ready for a BDSM series? If Fifty Shades can come to the big screen then perhaps the viewing public will be thrilled with the idea of getting a weekly fix of some of Anne Rice's most long-running characters, don't you think?

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