The dark, politically charged and fatalistic nature of Kuang’s books and its highly flawed lead character fit with Amazon’s penchant for ethically and philosophically gray material.
Amazon is the second-largest spender on annual content behind Netflix at $8.5 billion and should diversify its roster outside of The Boys and The Marvelous Mrs. The highly anticipated ( and now acclaimed) adult-animation superhero series Invincible is now on Prime Video, the studio’s adaptation of the sprawling Wheel of Time book series arrives later this year, and its $1 billion Lord of the Rings series is on the horizon.
Science-fiction, fantasy, and genre-tinted entertainment has become the most sought after lane for hungry audiences. Why Amazon Prime Video: Amazon is in the midst of an ambitious pivot away from niche critical darlings and toward mainstream blockbuster home run swings. Her meteoric rise combines the character-focus and spectacle The Poppy War series requires. As an executive producer, Zhao can shape the visual language and thematic focus of the series, helping to construct its on screen identity. In November, Zhao will showcase her blockbuster storytelling skills with Marvel’s Eternals, a quality testing ground for The Poppy War‘s more supernatural elements and battle sequences. This fits well with protagonist Rin, a deeply flawed lead character who is struggling between duty to her nation, the promise of untold power, and the loss of her humanity. Why Chloé Zhao Should Executive Produce: Zhao, recently named one of Observer’s ’21 Supernovas, has proven a master of interiority with the intense focus of 2017’s The Rider and last year’s Nomadland, both of which revolve around single characters attempting to rediscover purpose after personal losses. The result is an explosive concoction of magical and sub-astral world-building as well as piercing heartbreak and loss. Grounded in real-world history, borrowing the surrealism of fantasy, and incorporating political and cultural strife, The Poppy War amounts to a dark but rich text of forward-thinking imagination with a nihilistic attitude. The series follows a poor orphan girl named Rin who trains in secret to test into the elite Sinegard Academy to escape a hellish life, only to become to world’s most dangerous weapon and a political pawn of immense power.
Kuang’s trilogy is based on the second Sino-Japanese War, but takes place in an alternative mid-20th-Century world where spiritual magic is real and dangerous otherworldly entities can roam our Earthly plane.
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