“My Wife & I Bought a Ranch” was the first series Matt Query ever posted to r/nosleep, though he’s been a forum reader for a decade. Verve repped the Querys, Kliewer, and Ground Control in the negotiations.
Matt Query also landed a publishing deal to turn the story into a novel. Less than a week later, the package was the subject of a bidding war Netflix bought it in a seven-figure deal. He first read attorney Matt Query’s r/nosleep series “My Wife & I Bought a Ranch” in July, at the suggestion of Query’s screenwriter brother and Glassgold collaborator Harrison Query. Kliewer is the second r/nosleep discovery this year that Glassgold (“Prospect”) helped turn into a Netflix project. “What these platforms allow for is entry without asking for permission.” It also requires - whether it’s representation and connections or otherwise - steps to even get to those doorsteps,” Glassgold said. “There’s a finite number of publishers out there, there’s a finite number of film studios and TV studios out there.
It’s the same phenomenon that led a viral Twitter thread to be adapted into “ Zola.” Their success is fueled by executives’ appetite for unicorn IP: material that is proven - in this case, through Reddit upvotes and Kliewer’s strong following on the subreddit - but still feels fresh. Kliewer is part of a growing group of writers who find their big breaks through online mediums that largely circumvent traditional industry gatekeepers.
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Kliewer said he also made a two book, high-six-figure deal with a major publishing company he’s not saying which one, since it’s yet to be announced.
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