Russia’s largest publishing group, Eksmo-AST, sold a record number of rights to film adaptations of the books it published in 2023. In this respect report “Vedomosti”.
Alexandra Shipetina, creative director responsible for the holding’s film production, said that 18 agreements have been signed since the beginning of 2023. The agreements mainly concerned the shooting of projects for online cinemas and major TV channels. In previous years, the number of transactions did not exceed 12-13.
Five film adaptations are planned based on the works of Asya Lavrinovich, in particular, the psychological self-help book “Tenderly to Yourself” by Olga Primachenko for Kinopoisk and the film adaptation of Narine Abgaryan’s book “Simon” for Premier.
The other day in Russia continued Work of the German and Spanish departments of Penguin Random House, one of the largest publishing houses in the world.
Previously, the film “Let’s go to Macau with you” was known. may refuse at the box office.