This month’s roundup has a book-to-screen focus, featuring books that were pitched earlier this month at the first book-to-screen program at The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czechia.
China Bestsellers in July: Dreams of Red-Hot Book Sales
As China’s school reading lists sell the classics, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ is being newly adapted in dance, museum shows, and on screens.
Rights Edition: Baseline News From Torino’s 2024 Trading Center
Torino’s professional program has included a report on the Italian industry’s statistics and positive signals from the Rights Center.
Arpita Das: Screening the Word
With a surge of streaming services in India, writes Arpita Das, publishers must play a more active role in book-to-film adaptations.
Universal’s Sophie Kaplan: ‘A Symbiosis’ With Publishers
Successful book-to-film adaptation, says Universal’s Sophie Kaplan, comes from publishers and studios working in close coordination.
China Bestsellers: Film Powers a 35-Year-Old Book
The hit author Yu Hua reached seven spots on China’s fiction charts in October thanks to a 1988 novel’s new film adaptation and its star.
UTA Agent Mary Pender: ‘Focus on the Original Story’
UTA agent Mary Pender speaks in the first NYU Advanced Publishing Institute in January on developing book content for the screens.
At Frankfurt: Books-to-Screen Events Include Producers and Publishers
At Frankfurter Buchmesse, screen adaptation takes stage on October 20 with several events programmed across the trade show.
Bologna Book Fair Names Cross Media Award Winners
A Hungarian book-to-animated-film project and a Canadian online platform for kids take Bologna’s top Cross Media Award honors.
China Bestsellers in November: Screening ‘The Three-Body Problem’
Anticipation of a new animated adaptation of Liu Cixin’s trilogy drove ‘The Three-Body Problem’ back to the top of China’s charts.