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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 6, 2004 10:18:26 GMT
Okay, Evenstar has revamped her postcards page in light of recent developments ;D Click here for more info on who, where and what to send! www.erinallen.com/dresden_tv.htmIf any more email addies are unearthed I'll bring the info. And if anyone would like to mention that Harry is Harry and not Erik, that would be okay too!
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 6, 2004 22:26:34 GMT
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Post by azazel on Apr 10, 2004 13:54:08 GMT
Makes me that theyre ignoring Jim B. All this reminds me off Jm's hassle with his comic story.
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 29, 2004 18:49:44 GMT
X-posted to the Harry and Jim thread. Jim, being a good egg, is keeping us up to date on the movie business: Subject: Finally, a Little Info on the Pilot
Hey all!
Just wanted to drop through and give you what information I can share about the upcoming potential project.
(Potential because it could still get the rug pulled out from under it, as well as possibly being greenlighted.)
You already know from the press release that Morgan Gendel is working with Lion's Gate Films and Nick Cage's Saturn Films to put the production together. He is also being joined in the writing/producing by Tony Peckham, whose most recent work is about to air on SciFi in the miniseries, 5 Days to Midnight. Morgan's had a ton of experience both in science fiction (like TNG and DS9 and Spider Man) and in crime drama (Law and Order, hello) so I remain strongly positive about the potential for the show in his hands. He's read all the books (including an early galley of book 6), and I think He Gets It. That's a very reassuring thought, to me anyway.
That said, I am not going to be doing any of the writing, at least for the near future. This comes as something of both a disappointment and a relief. I'm working my tail off on upcoming deadlines as it is. If I tried to add another, oh, twenty two hundred pages of copy (the scripts for a season of series) to my current 1100 pages (a Dresden book and an Alera book) I think I'd probably blow up like a baloon and explode. But not until after I got it all done and the bills were paid.
I'm disappointed that I'm not going to be doing a little more hands-on contributions to the show, but if I really wanted it all that much I should probably go out there and produce my own show. Since that seems like way too much work--you know, starting an entry level career, breaking into a whole 'nother business--I'm going to have to be happy with being a consultant to Morgan, and letting him pick which of my ideas are actually doable and which are insane while NOT forcing him to correct the mistakes of a newbie script writer who thinks he knows everything.
I can live with that.
The show itself is very likely to bear something of a passing resemblence to the Dresden books. Think of it in the same way that the X-Men movies bear only a slight resemblence to any of the three or four cartoons, which only bear a vague resemblence to the actual comic books. There are going to be most of the same pieces of story, but they might be put together in a very different fashion than the novels. We'll have to see how things pan out, but for those purists that wanted to see page go to screen unchanged, brace yourself for disappointments. I'll find out more about possible changes as quickly as I can corner anyone who might know and torture it out of them, and then come kibitz to the list.
Actually, I think it's going to be sort of neat to see how things change. The medium has so many demands on it (both practical and political and economic) that a novelist just doesn't need to worry about. It's going to be a real creative challenge to carry the best of the books over to the screen. Darn it, I want to see already!
I have done some talking with various peoples involved, and have managed to pin down rough estimates as to when things are going to get done. If the script gets the go-ahead from the network, it'll get written (and rewritten) more or less over the summer. Budget approval and the actual expenditure of money for doing the production will most likely happen sometime in the autumn of 04--which will be when the casting will get done. Until then, there's no way to guess at who they're going to be able to afford and who they're going to be looking at.
(Sorry, Mobsters. At this time, I have no word on if anyone is looking at James, if anyone wants to look at James, or indeed if James is even terribly interested in the project. At this time there is no word at all about anyone at all, castingwise.)
If all of that that happens in the fall, the actual shooting will get done over the winter and/or early spring, and post production will take place after that to have the whole shebang ready to go late the next autumn (of 05) or early the next spring (in 06).
Keep in mind, that these are educated guesses as far as timing goes. GUESSES. It might happen just like that. On the other hand, the network could decide that they want it for THIS autumn/winter, and greenlight the whole thing through to get done before summer 04 is out. OR, they could decide it was a bad idea from the get-go and pull the rug out from under it at virtually any point before the money has been committed. There are simply too many variables to predict anything with perfect accuracy.
But, there you go. Now you guys know more or less what I know. I'll share more information as soon as I am able to swindle it out of the people who have it.
Jim
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Post by PokerKitten on Jun 3, 2004 10:38:55 GMT
James told us in London that he had an audition for this... ;D
Jim B hasn't heard much about progress on production but this is what he passed on tot he McAnally's list on 2nd June:
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Post by PokerKitten on Jul 13, 2004 10:22:02 GMT
Oops, I originally posted this in the wrong thread! Well, I haven't been myself lately, lol!
However, since then Jim B has said that Nic isn't involved at all, other than it his production company. He's not being hands on with the project. And also that they are not at the casting stage yet; infact it is all still in its very early stages.
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Post by PokerKitten on Aug 29, 2004 13:54:49 GMT
More negative vibes about the Dresden Files project.... Extract from teenes Oakland Con reportYes, that is odd and I hope it's just a bit of muddled thinking. But you know, re the filming, he took off to Europe and Australia for chunks of time this summer. (We know he has cited his family responsibilities for not being able to work elsewhere for a decade). Why couldn't he go film the pilot movie somewhere other than LA? Just a comparatively short period of work and then it may not even get picked up after the pilot, afterall. But he would have had some good exposure. No-one knows how it will pan out. So cross that bridge when you come to it, huh?! And as for them not being aware of him, that directly contradicts what he has said before, and yeah, sure they know about you! As to the physicality thing, pffft. Jim B blew that argument out of the water some time ago. JM just sounds lukewarm about the whole thing, which is fair enough. Like I have said elsewhere, it's his career and life... It's just frustrating for us not to know, but we'll live!
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Post by PokerKitten on Sept 6, 2004 18:55:37 GMT
Ramses2 - who is responsible for my sig line, lol - recently attended the World Science Fiction Con (Noreascon 4), and Jim B was there, plus the Buzzy crew. They were all praising James to the skies and apparentrly had his pics all over the stand! All seemed to want, I mean really really want James for Harry on screen, and the matter of filming outside of LA was pfffted away. Toronto was mentioned and they didn't think JM really had a problem with that. So is our James just playing cagey on this matter...? It was also revealed the The Suits had wanted Harry to be much younger, so they could a transition to manhood thing. WTF?! Er, we do have a Harry wizard on the brink of that already. And our Harry is the great character he is because of all his experiences and travails. These people are such dickwads!
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Post by azazel on Sept 8, 2004 12:58:54 GMT
Does it really matter if JM doesnt quiet look like the exact replica of the HD in the books? After all Think Harry Potter series and Hagrid on film wasnt exactly 7 foot tall. Hermione didnt look that nerdy to me on film, but sure did in the book. Lets get some perspective here the fans want JM, JB wants JM so bloody film JM or else theres gonna be a riot
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Post by marilyn on Sept 9, 2004 0:35:31 GMT
I have to say I agree with AZ....all the people involved with HD, author and fans, think JM would be great....he has a built in fan base, too....so it just makes sense!
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Post by Ditto on Sept 11, 2004 19:58:07 GMT
In my head Harry looks like James.
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Post by azazel on Sept 15, 2004 23:11:24 GMT
To be completley honest JM didnt look anything HD to me until the suggestion was made. Later around book 3 I think HD started to be described in more detail In my opinion his description seemed to change slightly to look more like JM than he did in the first books, its just the height that cannot be altered due to continuity
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Post by PokerKitten on Oct 15, 2004 9:46:25 GMT
Hurrah! An updated from Jim on the project, post at McAnally's: Heya, all.
Just got some email from Morgan which amounts to an update that I can share. Mucho talking and planning has been done, and Sci Fi and Lion's Gate are both very supportive of the series--and they're now planning on doing as much as they can to draw the series directly from the source material--the books! So, the project is still underway, has support, and is being planned as something much like the books rather than being slated for rearranging!
Still not concrete, but going strong, gaining support, and gathering momentum!
Fingers crossed, knock on wood, etc etc.
JimNo mucking about with the characters and stories? It'll be a bloody miracle! But this sounds way more positive, doesn't it...
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Post by Ditto on Nov 5, 2004 10:39:39 GMT
You know what James said about continuity don't you? I always disagreed, but I think I've changed my mind. ;D
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Post by DeeDee on Nov 8, 2004 0:54:07 GMT
You can get round the tallness by using shorter people like they did for Alan Ladd ;)yay for the shorter person I could be in it and he'd tower over me mmm... please ;D
you gotta have James as Dresden ;D ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 8, 2004 10:13:19 GMT
Okay, we've been through the not being over six foot thing over and over. It's already established that it really doesn't matter, so can we drop it now please petals?
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Post by Pixie on Nov 8, 2004 12:26:04 GMT
I read the 1st 2 chapters of Storm Front on the net and now... I can't help, y'know, equating the character in the book with JM... Hope he does get it! Must get the books now. When I have the money!
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 8, 2004 12:49:18 GMT
Another great thing about the books is they are cheap, lol! Amazon is a good way of getting them for Brits.
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Post by Pixie on Nov 8, 2004 12:51:08 GMT
I couldn't find them on Amazon... it was on the jim butcher website I found them, I think. Must have another look on Amazon.
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 8, 2004 12:54:52 GMT
Search on his name. They get them from America, as they aren't published here, and they work out at a little over £3 each, hurrah! ;D
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