China News Service, Beijing, November 2 (Reporter Gao Kai) The first Neutron Star Novel Monthly Film and Television Adaptation Value Potential List was recently announced in Beijing, and ten works with diverse themes were finally on the list. According to reports, in order t

China News Service, Beijing, November 2 (Reporter Gao Kai) The first Neutron Star Novel Monthly Film and Television Adaptation Value Potential List was recently announced in Beijing, and ten works with diverse themes were finally on the list.

According to reports, in order to promote the close connection and integration and symbiosis between literature and film and television, Neutron Star Pictures and Shaanxi Tou Yida Film and Television have joined hands with Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House and its subsidiary "Novel Monthly" to jointly launch "Neutron Star·Novel Month" "The List of Film and Television Adaptation Value Potential" aims to build a broader and more solid bridge between outstanding writers, recommended works and film and television production institutions. Through professional evaluation and docking mechanisms, it explores and demonstrates the film and television adaptation potential of literary works. Provide a richer, more diverse, profound and touching story blueprint for film and television creation, with a view to promoting the mutual nourishment and common development of literature and film and television.

It is reported that the organizer spent a year collecting more than 370 literary works from all over the country, and selected and published them in "Novel Monthly", "Novel Monthly·Large Character Edition" and "Novel Monthly" from the 1st issue in 2023 to the 8th issue in 2024. Monthly News·Original Edition" and "Science Fiction Cube". After three rounds of selection by senior experts and industry leaders in the film and television and literary circles, the ten works with the greatest potential for film and television adaptation of the year were finally selected.

The final ten works on the list are: the short stories "Night Wanderer", "Birds in the Forest", "The Case of the Disappearance of the Shepherd", "1993", "Shopping in the Future", the novella "Unknown Place", "Architectural Ethics" " "Keep Silent", "Hunting Each Other" and "There's a Tall Building in the Northwest". Themes involved include military, love, countryside, suspense, crime, women, martial arts, history, contemporary cities, etc.

Among them, "Night Wanderer" and "Unknown Place" were the works with the highest votes among the short stories and novellas respectively. Chen Yan, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association , served as award guests at the event. Reviews of "The Night Wanderer" said that it delicately and accurately depicts the pain of ordinary people's existence under the transformation of the times. It uses the case to cut into the texture of the times and reconstructs the relationship between literature, the times and regional life. The maze-like narrative is full of life memories and The power of spiritual redemption injects new vitality and momentum into the new Northeast narrative.

　 Zhang Hong, former Party Secretary of the branch of the China Filmmakers Association, said when awarding the honor to "The Unnamed Place" that it placed the test of human nature in an unnamed place on a desolate plateau, and wrote about the evolution and evolution of human nature under the extreme circumstances of life and death. Complexity, struggle and rising, directly attack the core issues of ethics and morality, allowing the true and good state of human nature to be effectively presented in the distant frontier, and exploring the infinite possibilities of life in the confusion and coldness.

The first Neutron Star Novel Monthly Film and Television Adaptation Value Potential List was released. Picture provided by the organizer

Chen Yu, a well-known screenwriter, director and Peking University professor who serves as the general planner of this event, said when promoting the novels on the list that in the fragmented drama viewing atmosphere in the short video era, the profound expressions of classic literature still remain are needed, so film and television dramas adapted from classic literature have a "rigorously needed" value in this era. Regarding the ten works on the list, Chen Yu not only sorted out the highlights based on their textual value, but also "step-by-step" analyzed the possible forms, project references, and contemporary value of these ten works when they were developed into film and television drama projects.

A forum themed on “How Film and Television Can Draw Nutrition from Literature” was held after the list was announced. Relevant guests shared their views on the film and television adaptation of literary IP based on their respective professional and creative experiences.(End)