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Authors First Lets Authors Generate The Story In Their Head
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An AI book-to-screen studio and distribution platform called Authors First is empowering authors to adapt their works into films — starting with an epic about the life of Genghis Khan.
The Big Picture: The budget required to bring works of historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction to life is enormous, which is why only a select few bestsellers get the green light for big movie or TV adaptations. Authors First, which has already raised a $10 million seed round, is now giving authors the tools to bring their works to life themselves.
Behind The Prompts: First up on Authors First’s slate is a TV adaptation of Conn Iggulden’s 2007 novel Wolf of the Plains, which explores the formative years of Genghis Khan.
The six-part series, Genghis: Birth of an Empire, was made using software like Blender, AI generators like Seedance 2.5 and Nano Banana, and 25 human artists.
The series will debut on November 17 on the Authors First platform before expanding to various digital platforms via Filmhub.
Season 1 is available for pre-order at $9.99 until November 16, with the price increasing to $14.99 after its debut.
Final Generation: Many times, authors have a complicated relationship with adaptations of their works, especially when they’re so epic that they require a blockbuster budget to bring them to life — and more money typically means more compromises and a shared creative vision. Look no further than the drama surrounding the upcoming adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone. But that’s just the name of the game when it comes to making movies and shows.
But Authors First — founded by PE veteran Robert Hamwee with an executive team of veterans from Warner Bros., Hulu, and Universal — believes there’s a market for authors having as much creative control over the film adaptations of their works as they do over the words on the page. AI now gives these authors the tools to make that ambition a reality… and, at least according to Iggulden, it was the only way to bring an epic-scale book like his to life. Every offer he received from Hollywood to adapt it fell apart over the budget.
Coming Soon: If successful, Authors First could open up a new revenue stream for authors, much like audiobooks.
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