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

Lucy Liu and Eloise Singer attend the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys, representing 'The Pirate Queen with Lucy Liu'.

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.

A scroll from gameplay of 'The Pirate Queen with Lucy Liu'.

The podcast is directed by Eloise Singer and narrated by Liu. Episode one debuts on Sept. 10, on all major podcast platforms, and includes an exclusive interview with Liu.

The upcoming graphic novel series, to be published worldwide by Andrews McMeel Publishing, may eventually expand to cover the history of 17 other women pirates.

Read the article at Variety here.