Mercedes Ron Signs First-Look Deal With Amazon MGM
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- Mercedes Ron signed a first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios, formalizing the 'House of Ron' partnership she has built with the streamer through her Spanish-language work
- Her Culpables trilogy is Amazon MGM Studios' most-watched international originals, amassing a combined 100 million views worldwide
- Prime Video's English-language adaptations of the trilogy include My Fault and Your Fault: London, with Our Fault: London coming later this year
- Drawn Together launches on Prime Video September 9, and 30 Sunsets to Fall in Love is in development as Ron's first U.S. adaptation
- Ron's books have sold over 6 million copies worldwide, been translated into 26 languages, and released in 50 countries
- Nicole Clemens, VP and Head of UK and International Originals at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, announced the deal at a pre-Obsessed Fest event in L.A., calling Ron 'the secret source' behind the studio's 11 book-to-screen adaptations already in production, produced, or announced
- Ron will serve as executive producer on upcoming adaptations, extending her role from source-author to creative stakeholder
Why it matters: Amazon MGM Studios is locking down Ron — the author whose Culpables trilogy alone has driven 100 million views and who anchors 11 book-to-screen projects in the pipeline — as a multi-year creative engine. The executive producer credit hands her direct control over how her IP migrates to English-language YA, joining franchises like Maxton Hall and The Summer I Turned Pretty in Amazon's bet that proven book IP is its most reliable international growth lever.
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