Pearl River Film and Media has joined forces with Black Physique Interactive and Meng Guo Ji Media to determine a devoted studio with Chinese language creator Guo Ni, committing to adapt eight of her youth and sci-fi franchises for the display, with Baidu AI Cloud on board as a manufacturing expertise companion.
The primary title out of Pearl River Movie and Guo Ni Studio shall be “Dreamship,” an animated function tailored from a novel that has offered greater than 5 million copies. The movie is slated for Chinese language theatrical launch on June 27. A brand new music video for “Us,” the “Dreamship” soundtrack music carried out by Chinese language idol group Teenagers in Occasions, has been launched as a preview.
Past “Dreamship,” the studio has lined up diversifications of seven further Guo franchises: “Angel Street No. 23,” “Lady’s Revolution,” “Adooraki,” “Time Spaceship,” “Animal Space Agency,” “Wan Zi Deng” and “Chang’e.” Chen Junjie, founding father of Black Physique Interactive, stated “Angel Street No. 23” can also be in preliminary talks for a live-action sequence adaptation.
Wang Xi, chair of Pearl River Movie, stated: “The launch of the studio today represents a key milestone in our franchise development. This is not only a mutual rewarding partnership between a historic state-owned film studio and an outstanding creator, but also a powerful synergy between our full industry chain resources and high-quality YA fantasy properties. Guo Ni has been deeply rooted in the field of YA literature and franchise development for many years. Her vibrant, youthful body of work delivers uplifting values that perfectly align with Pearl River Film’s commitment to creating premium content, engaging the market and promoting inspiring narratives.”
Guo Ni, who revealed her debut work “Lady’s Revolution” in 2006 and ranked within the prime six on China’s writers’ wealthy listing two years later, has been one of many nation’s most enduring bestselling authors. She expanded into sci-fi kids’s fiction in 2017. Guo stated: “Pearl River has enabled original stories to truly integrate into the cinematic platform and industrialized production. The technological framework and Baidu AI Cloud have allowed AI imaging and cloud computing capabilities to serve as wings for human imagination, rather than tools that replace creative inspiration.”
Pearl River Movie, a state-owned studio primarily based in Guangdong, beforehand utilized an identical literary adaptation method with “White Snake” (2019), a retelling of “The Legend of the White Snake.”
Guo added: “I have always believed that the content worth investing in for the future is never heat online, but a spiritual asset that truly accompanies a generation as they grow. Therefore, what we celebrate today is not merely the launch of a studio. What I truly want to say is that a much longer journey has begun.”
The studio was unveiled on the sidelines of the Shanghai International Film Festival.
