Rao Xueman's IP adaptation of the movie "Hourglass" project started, concept poster exposed


1905 Movie News On September 6, the movie "Hourglass" adapted from Rao Xueman's classic IP released a concept poster and announced the start of the project. The film will be written by the original author Rao Xueman himself, and directed by the young director Wen Jing. From the publication of the original novel of "Hourglass" to the official announcement of the movie version of "Hourglass", it took 15 years of careful polishing. The movie "Hourglass" will be Rao Xueman's fourth literary work to be put on the big screen, which is worth looking forward to.

"Youth sense" is integrated into the current trend, "new power" awakens IP vitality The emotional entanglement between the two has aroused the resonance of countless readers.


Director Wen Jing graduated from Film Academy in New York. Previously, her work "A B C or D" has been shortlisted in more than 20 film festivals at home and abroad and won many awards including the Most Innovative Short Film Award at the 13th Sichuan Golden Panda Awards; women's short drama "Don't mess with " "White Pigeon " achieved a high score of 7.6 on Douban, and the audience praised it for accurately capturing the emotional choices and value orientations of this generation of young people. Rao Xueman said that during the creation of the movie script, director Wen Jing provided many new perspectives and suggestions on the relationship between and and the story line, which made the IP more possibilities for film and television, and also allowed the entire creative team Looking forward to this movie.

"Rao Xueman Youth Universe" has gradually become a scale, the concept poster awakens youthful memories


In 2015, Rao Xueman entered the film and television industry for the first time with his literary works. The movie "Left Ear" vividly shaped the screen image of the characters such as Li Er, Zhang Yang, Xu Yi, Li Bala and so on with little ears. Foundation. In addition, lines like "sweet words should be said to the left ear" have also become well-known golden sentences. After that, Rao Xueman's IP adaptation films were released in theaters one after another, with a total of nearly 800 million box office. Coupled with the broadcast of his IP-adapted web dramas on major platforms, Rao Xueman, the "Witch of Words", has stepped into the film and television circle from the literary world, and his influence is amazing.


In the pilot concept poster of the movie "Hourglass", two young people's profile faces outline the shape of an hourglass against the background of blue sky, campus and sea, echoing the title of the movie. The style of the poster is fresh and bright, and the full campus style pulls people back to the innocent youth. In the concept poster, the words "Tianyi Middle School" are clearly visible. It is worth mentioning that, from "Left Ear", "Secret Fruit" to "Hourglass", the stories in Rao Xueman's IP literary works adapted into movies all happened in Tianyi Middle School, and the four words "Tianyi Middle School" have also become popular in everyone's minds. One of the pronouns of "Rao Xueman's youth universe". The elements familiar to Rao Xueman's fans, such as "Blue Ideal" and "Rao Kee Noodle House", are also hidden in this poster. They are full of details and are super friendly to fans of the original work.


The original novel of the movie "Hourglass" was published in 2007, and this series of books has created a miracle of sales of more than 40 million copies. "Hourglass" has also become one of the most popular youth literature IPs for film and television adaptation.