A film based on a Warsaw ‘rap-roman’ finds its way to Poland’s cinemas in March, its producer calling it ‘fresh’ and ‘blunt.’ Read More
Producer Beata Rzezniczek’s Rap on ‘Other People’
Canada and Korea: The Newly Merged Wattpad Webtoon Studios
As president of the combined Wattpad Webtoon Studios division, Aron Levitz says the hurdle now is getting more content to more screens faster. Read More
Tales From Simon Stålenhag: His Amazon Original Series
My collective seashell,’ as Simon Stålenhag puts it, ‘sounds like that’—his artwork, his texts, and the new cinematic treatment of his first book created by writer-producer Nathaniel Halpern. Read More
Andrew Keen at Berlinale: ‘Don’t Rely on a Single Medium’
The iconoclastic author, filmmaker, and relentless critic of the digital era’s challenges gives a keynote for the European Film Market Horizon and DLD. Read More
Netflix’s Kelly Luegenbiehl at Frankfurt: She Comes In Peace
The chief of Netflix International Originals at Frankfurt tells publishers that she actively wants to consider their stories for development: ‘I see us as partners, not competitors.’ Read More
Publishers, Choose Your Own Adventure in Hollywood
The massive audiences and lucrative development of the streaming platforms can mean some tough choices for publishers trying to map out screen success. Read More
Josh Malerman’s ‘Bird Box’ on Netflix
Michigan-based author Josh Malerman’s debut novel ‘Bird Box’ is a holiday release from Netflix in its Universal Pictures production directed by Denmark’s Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock. Read More
Canada's Wattpad Studios: Aron Levitz
Dealing in what he calls the ‘atomic unit’ — story — Wattpad Studios’ Levitz is ready to ‘give Hollywood the best focus group it never had.’ Read More
New Readers & #KathNiel: Wattpad Presents in The Philippines
#KathNiel is the most-searched term on Wattpad in The Philippines. There, Wattpad is known as much more than a huge online reading and writing community. Its arm called Wattpad Presents generates content for film and television productions. Announced in September 2014, the partnership sees TV5 Manila dramatize popular stories from the Toronto-based Wattpad site. The program is heavily… Read More