Editing Corto Maltese (section)

==Adaptations==
*In 1975–1977, Secondo Bignardi produced semi-animated ''Corto Maltese'' stories for the [[RAI]] television programme ''Supergulp, fumetti in TV!''.<ref name="FF-corto-cp">{{cite web | url =http://www.lfb.it/fff/fumetto/pers/c/cortomaltese.htm | title =Corto Maltese | last = Fondazione Franco Fossati | language = Italian }}</ref>
*A French-language [[animation|animated film]], ''Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes'' adapting ''Corto Maltese in Siberia'', was released in 2002. Also in 2002, [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal +]] produced a series of ''Corto Maltese'' adventures for television, adapting the stories ''The Ballad of the Salty Sea'', ''Under the Sign of Capricorn'', ''Celtic Tales'' and ''The Golden House of Samarkand''. Canadian animator and cartoonist [[Guy Delisle]] documented his observations of colleagues working on one of these French-language adaptations at [[SEK Studio]] in [[North Korea]] in ''[[Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea|Pyongyang]]''.
*On 20 September 2018, a new opera, ''Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salty Sea'', based on the stories of Hugo Pratt, premiered at the [[Teatru Manoel]] in Valletta (Malta) by the Teatru Manoel Youth Opera, as part of Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture. The production, which was commissioned and co-produced by the Valletta 2018 Foundation and Teatru Manoel, was an adaptation of ''The Ballad of the Salty Sea''. The opera was composed by Monique Krüs with a libretto by director Corina Van Eijk, based on an original script by Tama Matheson. Stage and set designs were by Jolanda Lanslots.
*[[Christophe Gans]] was developing a new live-action film, for release in 2020. It was an adaptation of ''Corto Maltese in Siberia''. It starred [[Tom Hughes (actor)|Tom Hughes]] as Corto and [[Milla Jovovich]], and was to be produced by [[Samuel Hadida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tom-hughes-milla-jovovich-corto-maltese-1203016762/|title=Tom Hughes, Milla Jovovich Starring in Swashbuckler 'Corto Maltese'|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> However, it was cancelled due to legal problems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18682353.html|title=Corto Maltese : pourquoi l'adaptation de Christophe Gans est-elle annulée ?|website=AlloCiné|date=25 June 2019 }}</ref>
*In November 2022, it was announced that [[Frank Miller]] is going to adapt the graphic novel into a six episodes hourlong TV series with [[StudioCanal]] for [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/frank-miller-corto-maltese-series-hugo-pratt-seafaring-graphic-novels-1235182438/|title=Studiocanal, Frank Miller Steer Series Voyage Of Hugo Pratt Seafaring Graphic Novels 'Corto Maltese'|first1=Mike Jr.|last1=Fleming|date=November 28, 2022|access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref>