English-Language Film, TV Adaptations of ‘The Memory Lost in Space,’ From Chinese Novelist Tong Hua Hatched at Stars Collective (EXCLUSIVE)
27.04.2022 - 21:29
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPeter Luo’s Stars Collective has optioned the rights to acclaimed Chinese novelist and screenwriter Tong Hua’s best-selling sci-fi fantasy novel series “The Memory Lost in Space” and will adapt the story into both an English language television series and feature film.A story told over four book installments, the first of which debuted in 2017, “The Memory Lost in Space” is set in the distant future, with humans forced into an exodus to the edge of the galaxy after the depletion and destruction of Earth’s energy and habitat. Humans resort to genetic modification to stay strong but this creates new diseases and conflict between pure-breeds and those modified.
In China, the novels have been top sellers and sparked huge volume of online commentary, some 120 million views on microblogging site Weibo. Stars Collective will utilize blockchain to develop, produce and manage this project.
The company will release “The Memory Lost in Space” NFTs and its own tokens that will be used in every physical product relating to the project. This may include three films, a TV show, VR gaming and a real-world theme park.Tong Hua has written more than eight novels, many in the romance genre, which have enjoyed huge success in Chinese and in translation in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Nearly all have been adapted for film or TV. They include HBS’s 2011 “Scarlet Heart,” based on the novel of the same name; HBS’s 2014 “Sound of the Desert” (based on “Ballad of the Desert”), 2014, HBS (China), Korean channel SBS’s 2016 adaptation of “Scarlet Heart”; Dragon TV’s 2017 “A Lifetime Love,” based on “Once Promised”; and HBS’s “The Starry Night, The Starry Sea.”After years in which the genre was
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