Pasadena Publisher Signs with Ovation TV for ‘Chronicles of Ara’ Series

Authors Joel Eisenberg and Stephen Hillard of Pasadena-based Incorgnito Publishing Press have signed a development deal with Ovation TV for the development and airing of a mini-series based on their “Chronicles of Ara” series.

The eight-hour mini-series will be based on the first two novels of the duo’s eight volume series, with an option to explore the remaining books for a possible ongoing series and further spinoffs.

The books center on Ara, a muse who inspires all of art and invention, but who is corrupted upon a tragic loss. Using parallel storylines, the characters include some of history’s more renowned “darker authors” – J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Shelley, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe – as they write their greatest creations.

“’The Chronicles of Ara’ is a fantastically imaginative series that explores the origins and repercussions of artistic creation,” said Scoot Woodward, Executive Vice President of programming and production at Ovation TV. “Its theme, of course, is perfectly suited for the only television network dedicated to the arts, but the story itself is so engaging and visual in its telling that it seems destined for a series.”

“The end of the world begins when man is betrayed by his greatest creation: his art,” Eisenberg says. “What better outlet than Ovation, a network devoted to the arts and culture, to explore this concept?”

Hillard adds that “we run with the concept of dangerous art — all those video games, novels, music, lyrics and so on that parents and teachers say are bad for you — and we respond, ‘Okay, we agree. All art is dangerous. Now what? What of the wars and cultures art inspires. What then?'”

Ovation TV, based in Santa Monica, is an independent television and digital media company dedicated to celebrating and supporting all forms of arts and culture. Ovation TV selectively curates and airs arts-related series, specials, documentaries and films.