Recently Old Xian’s comic book “19 days” has been announced that it is about to be adapted for a network drama. The writer ChaiJiDan will serve as the producer. With the previous work “Addiction,” Chai made Huang Jingyu and Xu Weizhou popular, and was asked whether they will once again invited to star. ChaiJiDan reports that the occasional schedule is too full of Huang Jingyu and Xu Weizhou will not be participating.
In the 21, the network drama “19 days” held in Beijing election angle and project launch conference, ChaiJiDan officially announced that 19 Days the network drama will be the role of selection in the global scope, trying to maximize the reduction of comic characters. The global casting call will be “not as long as the stunning beauty,” as the criteria, with top Yan value for this drama. It is reported that the selection of the 10 major cities around the world, include Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Taipei, Bangkok, Tokyo, New York, London and Sydney. Film Dates: March through July 2017, TBD
The network drama “19 days” adapted from the comic book tells the story of high school students set in campus life in the hope and warmth of a love story. Since 2013 the series has been on micro-blog, the author of “Old Xian” has 4 million fans and is the new generation of one of the most popular cartoonists. The comic “19 days” has been on the topic of a reading volume more than 4 billion times, 6 million of the amount of discussion, and micro-blog has more than 100 thousand forwarding and comments. Thus, the comic book “19 days” has wide coverage, strong influence, high interaction, is a great potential of the top comics IP.
Relative to the adaptation of literary works, ChaiJiDan says that the comic book is more difficult, as “The cartoon image is already sketched out. We want to find accord with the original but also meet the aesthetic standards of the three dimensional actor, which is very difficult. In addition, the content of the comic is more fragmented, so how to build it into a story rich drama being the major theme is also a big challenge.” As for the assumption that 19 days will delete some of the contents of the original, ChaiJiDan claims that they will not, ‘In my opinion, it is a sunny, warm, and positive story. We will not delete content, but rather fill the story.”
As for the specific details, she said it will continue the comic’s campus background of youth. The content will take the greatest effort to restore the original, so that the story is more plentiful. Although most see a love, she also jokes that the role of the most difficult to find: “I love all his character appearances, I hope that all domestic actors come to play, but we do not have a mixed actor- Actor, acting, personality and temperament are all very valued.”
ChaiJiDan is very optimistic about the adaptation of the comic, saying “I had several types of network dramas that are youthful, and I have certain experience and grasp for this type. The “19 days” project has a campus theme in the cartoon, and the theme of this is my forte, the other is a lot of innovation and play place for this comic book. For this project I have a lot of ideas, in the online play on the line will be presented to you.“
It is reported that the network drama “19 days” will be started early 2017.
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