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London Book Fair Attracts Hollywood Producers and Execs as Adaptation Craze Continues: ‘IP Supercharges the Conversation’
The London Book Fair has seen an influx of screen industry execs looking for their next streamer hit or Oscar-contending project.
Which is why many of those partying in L.A. on Sunday night boarded planes across the Atlantic days later bound for the London Book Fair, which kicked off yesterday and runs through the end of the week, in search of their next Oscar-contending project. With TV also wild about adaptations – some of the biggest shows in the past few months have included “Shōgun,” “ One Day,” “Fool Me Once” and “Slow Horses,” all of which began as novels – the London Book Fair is fast on its way to becoming the new must-stop market for the screen industry. Which begs the question whether it’s really books that are influencing the screen or if it’s the other way round, especially since the success of “Fool Me Once” on Netflix has seen publishers inundated with Harlan Coben-style contemporary crime manuscripts.
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