Netflix makes a series of "Letter for the King"

The Children's Book Tonke Dragt's Letter for the King becomes an international series of Netflix. That's what the publisher of Dragts, Leopold, announced on Thursday. This is the first Dutch book to film Netflix in its own series. With a distribution among 125 million Netflix subscribers in 190 countries The Letter to the King could easily become the most famous Dutch book in the world.

This will be a series in English for children, the production is in the hands of the British production company FilmWave and the recordings are scheduled to begin this fall, mainly in New Zealand and Prague. At the moment, a series of eight episodes is scheduled, to be created in the autumn of 2019, said Leopold's publisher Manja Heerze. "This is exceptionally fast, especially since the casting and the team are not yet known at all.We feel a great record at Netflix."

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The King's Letter appeared in 1962, is considered a classic in Dutch children's literature. Over the years, over one million copies of the book have been sold and translated in more than twenty countries. The last great renaissance was given to the book by the first English translation, which was published in 2014. The story of the young rider Tiuri's quest was one of the most popular and most popular children's books. prized from the UK. At that time, FilmWave producer also expressed interest. In 2008, a movie film was made of The Letter to the King from the director Pieter Verhoeff

The publisher Manja Heerze spoke for years with the Anglo-Dutch producer Paul Trijbis of FilmWave on the plans – including the 87-year-old writer was closely involved. "That she will be touring New Zealand has given her all her confidence because nature is inscribed in the landscapes that she has in mind.They go to Prague for medieval streets and buildings." But the most important thing for Tonke was the attention Trijbis gave to the content, the story Tonke wanted to tell, to courage and loyalty, to saying "yes" to an unknown mission. "

Women

Tonke Dragt is, as for the previous shoot, also involved in the substantial realization of the series. "She is fragile and no longer stands out, but remains very lucid," says Heerze. "It's not in the field of filmmakers, who will add scenarios and apply cliffhangers, but Tonke can explain perfectly why some lines can or can not be changed." For a television series, for example, it is good that women and girls play an important role, so we worked together for Lavinia to play a bigger role.At the beginning, it only appears in the wake of The letter of the King . "According to Heerze, FilmWave producer has already" talked "about television rights for this sequel, Secrets of the Wild Forest

The writer thinks that this is "fantastic," says Heerze, that his fifty-year-old books find so many new readers. Since the success of the translation The King's Letter two other Dragt books have appeared in English, and Leopold recently sold the translation rights for the beginnings of Dragten Histories of the Twin Brothers . Dragt also hopes for the series for a first in 2019. "She said," Then I will live until I can see it. ""