TORONTO – The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) and Entertainment One (eOne) are teaming up on a unique initiative that aims to workshop and develop pilot scripts based off of underlying literary works and creative properties with strong adaptation potential for a television series.
The CFC / eOne TV Adaptation Lab is set to begin in Toronto in spring 2016, and will focus on the creative concept process, exploring the television form and sharing best practices in adapting content. Throughout the Lab, selected properties and creators will receive support in developing pilot scripts with top-level professionals and international experts, as well as access case studies to explore different approaches and opportunities for adapting material to television.
Open to Canadian content creators who own the rights to their creative properties with the potential to be adapted into an exciting television series, the Lab is designed to help participants gain perspective and insights into the adaptation process, while considering which course of action might best serve their properties and set them on an accelerated course for series development.
“Producers and broadcasters around the world are setting new standards of excellence in adapting a variety of creative properties into innovative television series of outstanding quality and originality,” said eOne Television CEO John Morayniss, in the news release. “We are thrilled to be partnering with the CFC to accelerate the development of great television content creation in Canada and ultimately bring three world-class projects to life.”
“Some of the greatest television around the world has been based on adaptation – books, plays, short stories, comics, and so on,” added CFC CEO Slawko Klymkiw. “Adaptation is a rich vein of development that takes a certain level of skill and expertise. We think that we will incite some real hits through this Lab and our partnership with eOne.”
Applications for the CFC / eOne TV Adaptation Lab are being accepted now, and the deadline to apply for the 2016 Lab is January 11, 2016.
