What novels have recently been released as film adaptation plans? What literary adaptations of film and television dramas will be broadcast this week, please pay attention to the "Highlights of the Week" every Monday.~
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venture
Jack's London novel adaptation of the animated "White Teeth" is finalized
The French animated film White Teeth will be released nationwide on June 14. Adapted from the novel of the same name by American writer Jack London, the film tells the story of how a young wolf enters the civilized world of mankind from the wilderness.
White Teeth has been adapted several times, the most famous of which was the 1991 live-action film Snow Dog.
In addition, a live-action film of "The Call of the Wild", the sister story of "White Teeth", is also in preparation and is expected to be released in February next year.
female
Yan Geling's novel adaptation of the movie "A-Ma Ge is a City" was re-filed
The previously withdrawn movie "A-Ma Is a City" recently released the final news, which will be released nationwide on June 14.
The film is adapted from Yan Geling's novel of the same name, telling the story of the protagonist Mei Xiaoou who has gone through hardships and made a living in the gambling city of Ma Ge.
Romance
Joe's novel adaptation of the romantic drama "I Only Like You" ended this week
The drama "I Only Like You" will end today, the drama is adapted from Qiao Yi's super popular novel "I don't like this world, I only like you", which tells the love story of an ordinary girl Zhao Qiaoyi and Xueba Yanmo who grew up together and eventually became a family. At present, the Douban score of the drama is 7.5 points.
"I don't like the world, I only like you" was first serialized on Weibo, has a strong autobiographical attribute, and has a high popularity on the Internet.
workplace
A sequel to the Japanese drama Naoki Hanzawa, an adaptation of Jun Ikei's novel, will be released
Last week, the official website of Japan's TBS television announced that the Japanese drama "Naoki Hanzawa", which broke the Japanese ratings record in 2013, will shoot a sequel and is expected to air in April next year.
The 13-year-old Japanese drama "Naoki Hanzawa" is adapted from the first two novels of Ikeido Jun's four "Naoki Hanzawa" series of novels, namely "We Are bubble into the line group" and "We are the bubble group".
The sequel will be adapted from the last two novels in the series, The Lost Generation Strikes Back and Silverwing's Icarus.
The "Naoki Hanzawa" series of novels shows the banking workplace story during the bursting of Japan's bubble economy, in which the protagonist Nao hanzawa is not afraid of power and has a distinct personality that must be revenge.
science fiction
The Jiangnan novel adaptation film "Shanghai Fortress" is finalized
The science fiction film "Shanghai Fortress", which will be released nationwide on August 9, is based on Jiangnan's novel of the same name and written by Jiangnan himself.
The story tells the story of a group of hot-blooded young people who fight against aliens when Shanghai is about to sink in a future world that is about to sink.
This year, in addition to "Shanghai Fortress", a TV series based on another jiangnan novel, "The Record of Kyushu Miao", will also be broadcast this summer.
Aired this week
Documentary
Richard Presley's best-selling adaptation of the miniseries "Blood Plague" aired this week
The miniseries "Blood Plague", which aired today on the National Geographic Channel, is based on Richard Preston's nonfiction work of the same name and explores the origins of the Ebola virus and its impact on humanity.
Written in 1994, Blood Plague was a huge success and topped the New York Times nonfiction list. His vivid depiction of the symptoms of Ebola infection frightened horror guru Stephen King.
It is worth mentioning that the author later won the Epidemic Prevention Fighter Award from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for this book, and is the only ever winner to receive an award as a non-physician.
Zhang Ailing's novel adaptation of the same name, "Half Life", aired this week
The TV series "Half Life" will air this Friday, adapted from Zhang Ailing's novel of the same name, which tells a sad love story that took place in Shanghai in the 1930s.
"Half Life" is Zhang Ailing's first complete novel, originally titled "Eighteen Spring", which was completed in 1951, and later during Zhang Ailing's stay in the United States, it was rewritten, deleting some slightly political endings and renaming it "Half Life".
Half-Life has been filmed and television several times, and was adapted into a film and TELEVISION series of the same name in 1997 and 2002.
fantasy
The American drama "Good Omens," an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel, aired this week
The American drama "Good Omens" will air this Friday, based on the novel of the same name co-authored by Neil Gaiman and Terry Prache.
The story tells the story of a grumbling angel and a drag racing demon who join forces to save the world. The novel continues Neil Gaiman's witty and humorous style.
Neil Gaiman is a high-profile British fantasy novelist in the past decade, with representative works such as "American Gods".
Guo Jingming's novel adaptation of the drama "Jueji Critical World" was broadcast this week
The web drama "JueJi, Critical World", based on Guo Jingming's novel "JueJi", was broadcast today. "Traces" was adapted into a movie in 16 years, but the reputation was not good.
This time, the drama version will be different from the film version and the original work, and will be adapted in the background setting.
suspense
Keigo Higashino's novel adaptation of "Parallel Worlds: Love Story" was released in Japan this week
The movie "Parallel Worlds: Love Story" will be released in Japan this Friday, and the film is based on Keigo Higashino's 1995 novel of the same name.
It tells the story of three young people who are deeply entangled in emotions, using a series of stories after changing their memory systems.
It is worth mentioning that this year's works based on Keigo Higashino's original work have been three so far, the other two being "Masquerade Hotel" and "Dying Eye".