Netflix Paris Book and Movie Event revealed the progress of two French suspense dramas, "The Mist", planned to be released in 2027

Ground Control near the Gare de Lyon in Paris recently placed about 500 books.Netflix collaborated with the French book organization Conseil National Du Livre to host a three-day interactive event, which put original readings, series characters and news about new series in the same space.

The event is open to subscribers and movie fans, and arranges musical readings by French voice actors of You and Bridgerton, as well as Roald Dahl-themed readings and One Piece painting workshops.Bookshelves and booths cover works such as Arsene Robin (Lupin), and a complete set of Astérix comics and themed installations are also on display, corresponding to its animated miniseries Astérix & Obélix: The Big Fight.

Pauline Dovan, Vice President of Content at Netflix France, introduced two suspense dramas at the event.Among them,《The Mist》(Les Brumes, temporary translation) is planned to be launched in 2027, adapted from the novel by Olivier Norec, co-written and directed by Alexandre de la Patrier and Mathieu de la Porte, starring Pio Mamet as Victor Coster.The project was announced in January this year, and this event also included a Q&A session with Norek.

The other one - The Share of Evil - (La Part Du Mal, temporary translation) is adapted from the Malin Fors series of novels.The first footage of the film starring Cécile de France, Gregory Gadbois and Simon Abkarian was shown, but no release date or further production details were announced.

Will the two dramas be made into mini-series, or will the protagonists continue to investigate other cases?With tens of thousands of responses, 《The Mist》's Victor Coster has four more novels available for adaptation.Whether to continue depends on the audience's reaction.She said: "The more our subscribers like it, the more willing we are to adapt more material."“

The press conference also mentioned East of Eden and the upcoming Pride & Prejudice, and announced a reading survey commissioned by Netflix from NielsenIQ BookData.The sample is 1,500 readers aged 13 and above, representing people who have purchased books in the past six months and also use subscription streaming services.

64” of the respondents said they would be interested in the original works of film and television works.The study tracked 58 Netflix adaptations since 2017, 48 of which were associated with increased sales of the original books.The survey did not release Netflix viewing data for each adaptation project.

The overall caliber given by Netflix is that such programs will receive 9 billion views globally in 2025.The red “N” mark on the book cover also entered the survey of purchasing interest factors, ranking fourth in the ranking, after the “bestseller” mark, award-winning information and famous names; famous names were mentioned by 69% of the respondents.