Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here delivering your weekly bulletin. Read on. And if you’re not signed up, then do so here.
Seeking The Next Big Adaptation
Getty Images
Leafing through the shelves: Experts say around half of what we see on TV is the result of an adapted novel or news article, and the next big adaptation project could have been brewing in the great halls of the London Olympia this week. We were down at the London Book Fair checking things out, keeping ears to the ground of an ever buzzy market that is, nonetheless, experiencing its fair share of hardship. In our primer from Monday, Jesse and I wrote about cautious optimism in the books-to-screen market, with one agent positing that in times of economic volatility big IP wins out. But there was a question as to how many big deals would actually get done, especially considering a number of big-budget adaptations like the BBC’s Shuggie Bain are currently stuck in budgetary limbo. On the ground, in the enormous Olympia, a certain malaise had set in over the dominance of the ‘romantasy’ genre, with giant billboards advertising the next big ‘romantasy’ hit above all others. Driven by the ever-popular ‘Booktok’ corner of TikTok, producers fear that the genre is not a natural fit for adaptation, given how much it costs to build these worlds. Publishers, meanwhile, say the genre represents the lowest common denominator in a market desperate for a bit more literary fiction. “We need our Baby Reindeer moment,” said one attendee, as she wished for a breakout novel with the raw originality of the award-winning Netflix hit. Yet there were still, of course, plenty splashy novels to discuss. Check out our rundown of the seven buzzy book-to-screen potentials to read more about Adam Kay’s debut, the latest from The Night Agent creator Matthew Quirk and a WME-repped book billed as Emily in Paris meets The Bear. Soon coming to a screen near you?
‘Ne Zha 2‘ Breaks Records
Everett/Getty
Swell of nationalist pride: This week the Chinese animated megahit Ne Zha 2 became the first non-Hollywood movie to cross $2B worldwide. Let that sink in. It’s only the sixth title to do so in history. The story behind the film is unusual but there are several noteworthy factors contributing to its success. Firstly, the film is a sequel. The first movie in the franchise was previously the highest-grossing animated film in China at nearly $700M. The sequel was also released during the highly lucrative Lunar New Year period in China, so all signs were pointing towards record box office takings, although perhaps not by this much. Our resident box office expert Nancy theorized earlier this week that a swell of nationalist pride, which included some local companies giving their staff the day off to see the film, ultimately pushed the pic over the edge. The film has now locked a UK and European release through Trinity CineAsia, starting March 14. “At base, any movie that does well is considered a positive for the industry, and while studio executives we’ve spoken with are gobsmacked by Ne Zha 2’s success, they remain cautious about its true global (read: Hollywood) impact,” Nancy writes. Let’s see if Ne Zha 2 can replicate some of its local heat over here. And in case you’re curious, check out our rundown of the top-grossing animated movies of all time.
SXSW Turns Green
(L-R) Shot in Ireland ‘Blue Moon’, ‘The Astronaut’ and ‘Mix Tape’
Everett; Rocket Power LLC; SXSW
Pot of gold: Huge stars of the big and small screens have been in Austin, Texas this week for SXSW but one person whose attendance may be a bit more surprising was Irish Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) Michael Martin. Anthony D’Alessandro reports that Michael rocked up Monday alongside Cinetic CEO John Sloss, The Astronaut filmmaker Jess Varley and Irish producer Tristan Orpen Lynch to share the great experience of not only shooting in the country of leas and cliffs, but also the extremely competitive tax credit. When Ireland’s world-beating tax rebate is placed under the microscope, it perhaps becomes less surprising that Michael took a break from domestic diplomacy to journey down to Austin. Ireland’s tax credit, which will soon rise to 40% on eligible Irish expenditures based on 80% of a pic’s budget, is the envy of the world, especially given the fact it pays 90% upfront to a film or TV series’ budget – crucial in times of economic volatility. Michael and co talked a packed panel session through a few recent examples (pictured above). While producers pondering where to set their next movie will surely be tempted, this does come at a time when those in Hollywood especially are desperate to bring production back to home shores. How things develop will be fascinating. After SXSW, Michael Martin journeyed to the White House for a meeting with the POTUS. For all our SXSW coverage from the team in Texas, have a gander over here.
Italian TV Market
Jun Sato/WireImage / Elisabetta A. Villa / Taylor Hill/FilmMagic / Ernesto Ruscio/Getty
“Updated incarnation”: There’s a new TV fest in town, and judging by the first tranche of guests this should be a splashy one. Unveiled at a press conference in Rome yesterday, the Italian Global Series Festival is described as an “updated incarnation” of the now-defunct Roma Fiction Festival, and will take place in June in Rimini and Riccione. On board from day dot are jury member Bille August, the two-time Palme d’Or winning Danish auteur, and Paolo Genovese (Perfect Strangers), while early awards winners include Evangeline Lilly, Adjoa Andoh and Godmother’s Elena Sofia Ricci. Not bad eh? The fest will feature the usual combo of screenings, awards, masterclasses and (hopefully) shindigs. TV markets have very much become a year-round business and the IGSF launches at a particularly busy time in the weeks that events like Seriencamp, NEM and Monte Carlo are taking place. But organizers were bullish that the IGSF can carve its way into the calendar. “IGSF aims to soon become a point of reference and a meeting place for the national and international industry,” proclaimed artistic director Marco Spagnoli. In other festival-related news, Kaleem Aftab is stepping down as Director of International Programming at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival. The film writer, critic, programmer and moderator has been part of the festival programming team since its inaugural edition in 2001, when there was still a lot of skepticism and pushback in the wider film world about the event.
Subverting Hollywood Under Communism
Kinoteka Polish film festival
Familiar Strangers: Anyone around Coal Drops Yard in London over the coming weeks could do worse than check out this fascinating exhibition set out by Deadline pictures guru Rob Lang in our latest gallery. Rob had the skinny on the The Familiar Strangers Outdoor Polish Film Poster Exhibition, which unveils how Polish artists reinterpreted American and UK cinema while navigating the harsh realities of Communist and post-Soviet Poland. Fair to say my ‘history nerd radar’ is tingling. The exhibition, which includes subversive posters of Cabaret, The Shinning, or Tootsie (Rob writes that you’ll never look at these movies the same way again), runs for the next few weeks and is connected with the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival. Cancel all your weekend plans and check out a sneak peek over here.
The Essentials
20th Century Studios
Hot One: Rachel Zegler, star of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, will make her London theater debut as Eva Perón in an Evita revival.
Another: See-Saw Films is plotting an English-language remake of Yehuda Levi-starring Israeli spy series Trust No One.
More spice: Kate Beckinsale and Lewis Tan are underway in the UK on under-the-radar action-thriller Lioness.
Setting up shop: Portishead co-founder Geoff Barrow has launched Invada Films and wrapped his first movie.
New series: PBS Masterpiece’s The Forsytes has been greenlit for a second season before the first has even aired, while Channel 5 has taken for UK.
The big interview: Hong Kong Filmart director Jacob Wong told Sara about Asia’s animation boom and his support for sophomore features.
Festivals latest: San Diego Comic-Con is expanding to Spain.
Box office: Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17 had topped $50M global last weekend.
RIP: Athol Fugard, iconic South African playwright whose book Tsotsi was turned into an Oscar-winning movie.
Trail: For Black Mirror Season 7 – lose your mind and your realities.
This week’s International Insider was written by Max Goldbart and edited by Stewart Clarke. Zac Ntim contributed.
ADVERTISEMENT:
Hai, para pencinta slots Pernah mendengar istilah “slot gacor”? Kalau tidak, siap-siap jatuh cinta sama program ini. slot gaco adalah mesin slot yang sering kasih win. Ya, slot-slot ini bisa disebut sebagai jagoannya tuk membawa pulang hasil. but, cemana sih
tekniknya jumpain raja lot yang tepat? Tenang Bro and Sis, kita bahas tenang saja di sini
Gaming terpercaya waktu sekarang satu-satunya di Indonesia yaitu akan menyediakan return terbesar
Daftarkanlah dengan di :
Informasi mengenai KING SLOT, Segera Daftar Bersama king selot terbaik dan terpercaya no satu di Indonesia. Boleh mendaftar melalui sini king slot serta memberikan hasil kembali yang paling tinggi saat sekarang ini hanyalah KING SLOT atau Raja slot paling gacor, gilak dan gaco saat sekarang di Indonesia melalui program return tinggi di kingselot serta pg king slot
slot demo gacor
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kdwapp.com
akun demo slot gacor
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kdwapp.com
akun slot demo gacor
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kdwapp.com
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kdwapp.com
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kdwapp.com
akun slot demo
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kdwapp.com
akun demo slot
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kdwapp.com
slot demo gacor
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jebswagstore.com
akun demo slot gacor
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jebswagstore.com
akun slot demo gacor
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jebswagstore.com
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jebswagstore.com
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jebswagstore.com
akun slot demo
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jebswagstore.com
akun demo slot
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jebswagstore.com
slot demo gacor
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama demoslotgacor.pro
akun demo slot gacor
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama demoslotgacor.pro
akun slot demo gacor
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama demoslotgacor.pro
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama demoslotgacor.pro
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama demoslotgacor.pro
akun slot demo
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama demoslotgacor.pro
akun demo slot
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama demoslotgacor.pro
slot demo gacor
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
akun demo slot gacor
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
akun slot demo gacor
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
akun slot demo
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
akun demo slot
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
situs slot terbaru
situs slot terbaru permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
slot terbaru
slot terbaru permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama situsslotterbaru.net
adu88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama adu88.asia
agoda88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama agoda88.asia
aryaduta88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama aryaduta88.com
bajaringan permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama bajaringan.asia
bangkit88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama bangkit88.biz
bangor88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama bangor88.com
bangor88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama bangor88.info
bangor88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama bangor88.net
bangor88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama bangor88.org
basket88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama basket88.net
batu88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama batu88.biz
berita88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama berita88.biz
best88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama best88.asia
booking88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama booking88.org
ceria88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama ceria88.biz
cipit888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama cipit888.asia
dinojp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama dinojp88.com
dosen88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama dosen88.org
eyangslot88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama eyangslot88.biz
f88bet permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama f88bet.asia
forwin777 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama forwin777.biz
gacoan888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama gacoan888.biz
gacor666 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama gacor666.biz
gambar88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama gambar88.org
gemoy888slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama gemoy888slot.info
gercep888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama gercep888.asia
gitar88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama gitar88.asia
gmail88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama gmail88.org
grandaston88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama grandaston88.com
grandmercure88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama grandmercure88.com
hermes88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama hermes88.biz
heroslot888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama heroslot888.info
hoki222 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama hoki222.biz
holidayinn88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama holidayinn88.com
hotelharis88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama hotelharis88.com
ibis88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama ibis88.asia
ibisbudget88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama ibisbudget88.com
indonesia88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama indonesia88.info
inspirasi permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama inspirasi.info
janjigacor88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama janjigacor88.org
jitujp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jitujp88.com
jokiwin88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jokiwin88.net
juragan66 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama juragan66.biz
jwmarriott88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama jwmarriott88.com
kedai88slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kedai88slot.biz
kilau88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kilau88.biz
kimjongun permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kimjongun.asia
kiw88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kiw88.biz
koi777 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama koi777.biz
kucing permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kucing.info
kudaslot88slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kudaslot88slot.com
kuncigitar permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kuncigitar.org
kuta88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama kuta88.asia
madu888slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama madu888slot.net
maniaslot88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama maniaslot88.pro
maxbet888slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama maxbet888slot.com
mercure88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama mercure88.com
mitra777slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama mitra777slot.biz
mobilelegends88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama mobilelegends88.com
moris88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama moris88.org
motivasi88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama motivasi88.com
nagacc88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama nagacc88.com
nasigoreng88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama nasigoreng88.com
neng88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama neng88.biz
neototo88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama neototo88.com
newslot888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama newslot888.biz
ngopibet88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama ngopibet88.org
nibung888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama nibung888.biz
nonstop888slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama nonstop888slot.com
nova12 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama nova12.net
novotel88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama novotel88.com
oli88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama oli88.org
omset88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama omset88.com
orientalplay88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama orientalplay88.com
oxwin88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama oxwin88.com
oyo88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama oyo88.live
pahala88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pahala88.biz
paris777slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama paris777slot.biz
parsel88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama parsel88.com
pesiarbet88slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pesiarbet88slot.net
pizzahut88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pizzahut88.net
planet777slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama planet777slot.biz
pmg888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pmg888.biz
pohon88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pohon88.biz
polaris888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama polaris888.info
prediksi88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama prediksi88.biz
puas88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama puas88.com
pubg88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pubg88.info
pulaujudi88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pulaujudi88.info
puma888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama puma888.info
pusakajitu88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama pusakajitu88.com
qqhok88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama qqhok88.org
quiz88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama quiz88.biz
quiz88slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama quiz88slot.com
rajah permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama rajah.asia
reddoorz88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama reddoorz88.com
registrasi88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama registrasi88.com
ribut88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama ribut88.net
roblox88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama roblox88.org
rockygerung88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama rockygerung88.com
rumah permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama rumah.asia
microvip888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama microvip888.com
