High-concept
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The increasing number of opportunities for meetings, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the London Book Fair, the Cannes Festival and so on, place publishers and literary agents directly at the heart of TV and cinema activity and structure an audiovisual rights market that is gradually becoming organised.
Audiovisual professionals are increasingly coming to surf on www.bs2bo.com in the hope of finding the title they would like to carry to the screen. They are surprised by the diversity of subjects and searches that they carry out. The need for new stories and the desire for originality encourage us to propose more daring books. This week’s selection was made in this spirit: to surprise you with “high concept” stories characterised by an over-arching “what if?” scenario that acts as a catalyst for the events to follow.
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The newsletter # 13 includes :
- The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth
- The Young Country, by Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan
- Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy, by Adam Briggs
- Time’s Arrow, by Martin Amis
- The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obreht
- Splitter (Splinter), by Sebastian Fitzek
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As every week, find also the list of the films rights purchased or in process of sale ; the books to keep an eye on ; and the focus on a new film, book or artist (this week : The Dice Man the cult novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft that is being adapted on screen by Mark Water, release planned 2012).
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