{"id":2173798,"date":"2025-11-23T20:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2173798"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:24:02","slug":"amasia-nabs-complete-idiots-guide-franchise-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amasia-nabs-complete-idiots-guide-franchise-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Amasia Nabs &#8216;Complete Idiot&#8217;s Guide&#8217; Franchise Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter 32 years of teaching readers to DIY, <em>The Complete Idiot\u2019s Guide<\/em> is primed for a multimedia franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amasia-entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amasia Entertainment<\/a> has secured franchise rights to the reference books from from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/penguin-random-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Penguin Random House<\/a> and DK\u2019s Alpha Books, including scripted and unscripted film, television, streaming, podcast and ancillary rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tReferring to <em>The Complete Idiot\u2019s Guide<\/em> as a legacy brand that has long been synonymous with education, DIYing and making previously daunting subjects accessible,\u201d Amasia co-founder Michael Helfant added, \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be developing this incredible brand across traditional, streaming and social media platforms, and look forward to working with our friends at Alpha Books\/<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/penguin-random-house\/\" id=\"auto-tag_penguin-random-house\" data-tag=\"penguin-random-house\">Penguin Random House<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cFor us, the options for developing the <em>Complete Idiot\u2019s Guide<\/em> brand are endless,\u201d said co-founder Bradley Gallo. \u201cThere\u2019s an opportunity here for writers, directors, creators and artists to put their spin on a household name, and we\u2019re thrilled to foster that collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStorybook Entertainment\u2019s Willie Kutner, who is attached to produce the property alongside Amasia, said, \u201cFor decades now, the <em>Complete Idiot\u2019s Guide<\/em> books have been the go-to source for help and understanding. We can\u2019t wait to introduce audiences to this classic IP in new and different formats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith as many as hundreds of titles in the series since it debuted in 1993, encompassing PC use, foreign languages, feng shui, scrapbooking and the Bible, The <em>Complete Idiot\u2019s Guide<\/em> has sold more than 95 million copies worldwide, having been translated into 75 languages.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 32 years of teaching readers to DIY, The Complete Idiot\u2019s Guide is primed for a multimedia franchise. Amasia Entertainment has secured franchise rights to the reference books from from Penguin Random House and DK\u2019s Alpha Books, including scripted and unscripted film, television, streaming, podcast and ancillary rights. 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