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More on the WoT movies Werthead Send a noteboard - 27/04/2010 05:41:00 PM
After a lengthy period of silence, Red Eagle have commented on Dragonmount that the WoT movie remains an ongoing project. They're still in the scriptwriting stage, but apparently think 2012 is a realistic release date for the EYE OF THE WORLD film. Needless to say this is highly unlikely, with no announced screenwriter, no director attached yet (the minimum requirement to get the film out in 2-2.5 years) and, vitally, still no greenlight from Universal. Most ludicrously, Larry Mondragon's comments indicate they don't even know how many films they are shooting for, something I imagine Universal would want to know as a minimum before committing to the project.

The format also sounds dubious. A trilogy to start with, spanning the events of the first three books, and then the later storylines combined and shaken up and several more films' worth of plot extracted to complete the series. Needless to say, this will involve vast numbers of characters, storylines and subplots being cut and jettisoned, which is probably going to alienate chunks of the fanbase.

In conclusion, this film project route still sounds hopelessly unrealistic. I'm wondering if Universal thought, "44 million book sales? Sweet! Let's have a piece of that action!" without reading the books and now having seen what they're taking on have now gotten more hesitant about the project. But we'll see, if as Red Eagle suggests, if there is any more movement on the project in the coming months.
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More on the WoT movies - 27/04/2010 05:41:00 PM 1327 Views
One movie per book? Let's hope this project dies. *NM* - 27/04/2010 05:59:20 PM 234 Views
Re: More on the WoT movies - 27/04/2010 06:24:42 PM 727 Views
A cable miniseries would be best *NM* - 27/04/2010 06:29:02 PM 287 Views
Re: A cable miniseries would NOT be best - 27/04/2010 06:40:40 PM 634 Views
Bah.... - 27/04/2010 07:27:29 PM 660 Views
LEGEND OF THE SEEKER was not a cable miniseries. - 28/04/2010 03:57:34 PM 951 Views
I don't think it's realistic either - 27/04/2010 07:16:33 PM 634 Views
An animated series would work. - 27/04/2010 09:51:23 PM 581 Views
agreed - 28/04/2010 01:43:36 AM 609 Views
Jordan rejected it. - 28/04/2010 04:01:10 PM 725 Views
Re: More on the WoT movies - 28/04/2010 02:00:44 AM 555 Views
Hoping for a Masterpiece, not another Eragon! - 28/04/2010 05:55:56 AM 605 Views
If they can make 8 Harrry Potter movies... - 28/04/2010 08:35:01 AM 570 Views
yep yep - 28/04/2010 01:21:21 PM 576 Views

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