Eloise Singer & Lucy Liu Expanding ‘Pirate Queen’ Franchise Into Graphic Novels, Podcast – Global Bulletin - Variety

Lucy Liu and Singer Studios are expanding their “Pirate Queen” media universe into graphic novels and a podcast.

The franchise is built around a retelling of the stories about real life character Cheng Shih, who was a powerful female pirate in the South China Sea at the beginning of the 18th century.

The franchise’s first iteration, a VR experience based on a story by Maja Bodenstein, won the Tribeca Storyscapes Award and the Raindance Discovery Award in 2023. It is currently nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Emerging Media category.

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