Raven Kennedy’s Plated Prisoner fantasy book series is getting a TV adaptation, courtesy of Flashdance and Rain Man producer Peter Guber’s Mandalay Television production company. Mandalay Television previously adapted I Know What You Did Last Summer for Amazon.

The books reimagine the legendary story of King Midas, the ruler whose touch turns everything to gold. The series includes five books: Gild, Glint, Gleam, Glow, and Gold – the last of which will be released in June 2023.

Plated Prisoner follows Auren, a twenty-five year old woman who has been gold-touched by King Midas. Her skin, her hair, everything is gold except for the whites of her eyes and her teeth. Midas saved her and she gave him her heart. She is kept in a gilded cage on the highest level of the castle, but she is safe. Until a deal is struck. Her trust is broken in the one person she thought would never betray her. Her love challenged, she is forced to contemplate if the King Midas she knows is an illusion, and the people outside her gilded cage will make her wish that she never had to leave it in the first place. 

“The story of King Midas and his golden touch is well known and well-loved,” said Mandalay Television Development Executive Vanessa Johnston via a Deadline exclusive. “This is a retelling of a completely transformed tale, one that dives deep beneath the myth and produces a heartbreaking, and inspirational saga. The world the author has created has captured the imaginations of millions of people and we are excited to be adapting the rich and fantastical world that Raven Kennedy has so vividly created.”