{"id":9914,"date":"2018-08-28T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantlemedias-dante-di-loreto-talks-book-based-dramas\/"},"modified":"2018-08-29T09:48:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T13:48:40","slug":"fremantlemedias-dante-di-loreto-talks-book-based-dramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantlemedias-dante-di-loreto-talks-book-based-dramas\/","title":{"rendered":"FremantleMedia North America&#8217;s Dante Di Loreto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dante Di Loreto, the president of scripted entertainment at FremantleMedia North America, talks to <\/em>TV Drama<em> about some of the company&#8217;s book-based drama series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From a television adaptation of Neil Gaiman\u2019s <em>American Gods<\/em> on Starz to an upcoming collaboration with novelist Paulo Coelho, FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has a number of projects involving the works of various authors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/img\/2018-08-28-Dante-Di-Loreto.jpg\" alt=\"***Image***\" width=\"159\" height=\"211\" \/><strong>TV DRAMA: <\/strong>How involved is author Neil Gaiman in the book-to-screen adaptation process for <em>American Gods<\/em>?<br \/>\n<strong>DI LORETO:<\/strong> He\u2019s been an instrumental part of the process and as a matter of fact, he\u2019s really a tentpole of the creative of the show. As we convert this extraordinary novel to screen, doing everything that we need to bring it to life while still maintaining its authenticity is really important to us. So he\u2019s involved on a weekly basis in the production of the show; he\u2019s intimately involved in all aspects of the creative and works in partnership with showrunner Jesse Alexander.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA: <\/strong>What has it been like expanding out from the novel?<br \/>\n<strong>DI LORETO:<\/strong> It\u2019s a great challenge and an incredible opportunity. There have been many elements we\u2019ve brought to it that are original to the television show but [still] in the spirit of keeping the storytelling of the novel; the main narrative still sits within the framework of the novel. There are certainly characters and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/img\/2018-08-28-American-Gods.jpg\" alt=\"***Image***\" width=\"250\" height=\"207\" \/>moments of invention in the television series that are there to honor the book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong> Tell us about some of FMNA\u2019s other collaborations with book authors.<br \/>\n<strong>DI LORETO:<\/strong> We work with a range of novelists and depending on the project, their involvement can be a great deal or might simply be allowing us to adapt their material. We recently announced a partnership with Paulo Coelho, who\u2019s one of the world\u2019s best-selling novelists, and we\u2019re incredibly excited about that opportunity. His involvement has been very important to that process because, rather than a straight adaptation of eight books to a series, we are combining characters from more than one book to build out a narrative that will support a television series. It\u2019s very important to Paulo and to his fans that we both honor the original material\u2014that we capture the tone and the message of that original material\u2014but also grow it to a larger canvas. Paulo Coelho had many opportunities for adapting his material. We came to him with a plan that was unique for his material and his audience; that\u2019s what he\u2019s responded to and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve been able to form this partnership.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re working with author Brandon Sanderson [on <em>Dark One<\/em>]. Brandon developed a treatment for a television series; he is writing a novel that will be a prequel to the television series. So we work with a range of authors in very different ways. Being able to incorporate the ideas of a television series into the early development of a novel so that they might both come to the audience at the same time is something unique that we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gormenghast<\/em> is a seminal work by Mervyn Peake. It\u2019s a gothic fantasy that is beloved in much of the world. Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman are producing that series adaptation. It\u2019s very important that we stay true to the material and honor its many fans. <em>Bounty<\/em> is based on a novel by Louisa Luna. Lesli Linka Glatter is directing and Ron Nyswaner is writing [that crime thriller for TV].<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong> When you are adapting a novel for the small screen, how important is it to stay loyal to the source material?<br \/>\n<strong>DI LORETO:<\/strong> What matters is staying true to the tone and the voice of the author. For us, we\u2019re open to a wide variety of interpretations and adaptations, some of which might be quite literal and some might be much more imaginative. A novel might be a jumping-off point or a character within a novel might be a jumping-off point for the series. We\u2019re an artist-centered company, so what\u2019s critical to us is that the author also shares any thoughts and ideas that we bring to the television series. We have to be true to the author\u2019s vision of the material or it\u2019s not something we\u2019ll pursue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA: <\/strong>What are some of the challenges of doing a continuing book-based show versus a limited-event series inspired by a novel?<br \/>\n<strong>DI LORETO:<\/strong> There\u2019s always the question of how much story you\u2019re telling each season. What\u2019s important is that if you\u2019re a fan of a novel, you can watch the series adaptation and be delighted and surprised by the choices that are brought to that series, but still feel that it speaks to the tone of the material. How can we do enough to make it new and original? 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