Movie News?

[sachisedai]

I've been trying to find out more info about the movie there trying to come up with. You all probably know that Jordan sold movie rights, so I wonder how they will be, I'm always really leary when they try to do a book to movie. How do you guys and gals think they'll do and has anyone heard anything else about it

 

[jnr_turtle]

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I would be interested in what they're going to do but rather skeptical of how it's going to turn out.

The only way I see them doing a decent job is just doing Eye of the World with a bit of an open ending like the first Matrix (because we really didn't need the other Maxtrix movies...) Otherwise there'll be way too much cutting of plot lines or characters to really be a WoT movie.

 

[Brian G Turner]

Movie rights are bought and traded as like a form of commodity, and being sold is no guarantee of a film actually coming from then anytime soon.

Still, it would be an interesting experience, especially for those of us who haven't yet read any of the volumes.

 

[Princess Ivy]

but it would be horrificly frustrating as the series of films, like the books, would not end! grrrrrrr and would be interesting to see how they will deal with the shift of focus that occures in the books?

 

[Kerayi]

The only way I see them doing a decent job is just doing Eye of the World with a bit of an open ending like the first Matrix (because we really didn't need the other Maxtrix movies...)

Or they could just get it right like Peter Jackson with Lord of the Rings. The only problem with that is they need to find someone who cares deeply about getting it right, like Jackson so that any cuts from the plot will be thought out sensitively...any ideas who?

 

[Rosemary]

I doubt that even Peter Jackson would be able to do it really well. There is so much detail in all of the books so far. How they would be able to put that onto film would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.
I'm probably one of the few that still enjoy Jordan's books and looking forward to the next. I would certainly be interesting to see how well the movie is made but I don't think I will won't to view it. For people who haven't read the books, I should imagine they would enjoy it.

 

[Old Nick]

I'll just side in and say that I also am looking forward to the next book

As for a movie, I think it would have to be one movie for each book. And since we're already talking 12 moives, I think it would be best to make a TV-series.

 

[Rosemary]

I'll just side in and say that I also am looking forward to the next book
As for a movie, I think it would have to be one movie for each book. And since we're already talking 12 moives, I think it would be best to make a TV-series.

Nice to meet you Old Nick
You can slide into any Forum and say your piece! TV series? It's possibly the only way to get all of the details in but how many of the view audience would it attracked? Would it be just Fantasy lovers that would watch it?

 

[Old Nick]

Well, there was a whole lot of (bad?) fantasy series with the whole Hercules and Xena thing a few years ago, and I don't think that was all hardcore fantasy fans.
Actually, it felt rather like the old school fantasy fans didn't like it. So in theory, it would be possible to attract a wide audience.
On the other hand, a WoT series would differ a lot from H&X, so I guess it's not to accurate to compare to those series...

 

[Darken Rahl]

I'll just side in and say that I also am looking forward to the next book

As for a movie, I think it would have to be one movie for each book. And since we're already talking 12 moives, I think it would be best to make a TV-series.

Love the idea of a TV series based on WoT, but cost would be outrageous and IMO that is part of what killed Dark Angel.
How about a CGI animated series? Would have to be less costly than building the numerous sets a TV series would require, and would allow using voice actors to do voices for multiple characters rather than trying to cast the dozens of characters individually.
I am just dying to see somebody do a really good fantasy series to explore what is possible with CGI. I firmly believe that CGI would be the perfect way to do sci-fi or fantasy movies, or a series on TV. With even more flexibility than actors in front of a screen and digital filling, the possibilities are near limitless. Think Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within, and a much better storyline.

 

[Humanraindelay]

I would be interested in seeing EotW Made into a movie, mini series or even a cartoon but I think the whole series is a little too long to have the whole thing done well in anything but animation.

 

[Hocoino]

I would love to see WoT movies... I wish they would take the time, and spend the money and actually make a 4 hour epic. I'd watch it, and I think many others would too. The biggest problem IMO, is that there is never really somthing that "shocked" me about the first three books. The closest thing being that Ingtar is a darkfriend. The fist big "whoah" I got was in book 4 when Rand captured Asmodean, which, for the record, was Awesome! I got another in book 5, (poor Moiraine ) and book 6 (I was yelling and hollaring when Rand broke free) and the biggest "whoah" of course is book 9, and "The cleansing".

I would love to see those moments on film, but having to wade through the first 3 books.... I don't see a Hollywood company doing it. Can you imagine casting all the characters? Can you imagine trying to show battles with the one power? Can you imagine how long it would take to film? Sad.

 

[Lukeometer]

To make a film about the whole series would probably cost the most for any film, ever. The cast would be immense, the settings numerous, the required visual effects unending, but hell would I watch them religiously.

 

[GOLLUM]

Actually as the story minus the innumereable padding could quite easily be condensed into a single let's say 1,000 page volume the key elements could be potrayed in a trilogy similar in length to LOTR I believe if not slightly shorter..

 

[Rahl Windsong]

Actually as the story minus the innumereable padding could quite easily be condensed into a single let's say 1,000 page volume the key elements could be potrayed in a trilogy similar in length to LOTR I believe if not slightly shorter..

I was thinking the very same thing Gollum and with the right director, screenplay writer, cast, ect it could be good at least as good as LOTR was and I quite liked LOTR. No LOTR the movie(s) were not equal to the books but if you look at the movies with an open mind, at least for me, they stand on their own merrits and if Tolkien were alive today I really do believe he would be happy with them.

There is no way a movie can ever be equal to its origin from a book but then again if the director knows this he or she can make a film that is able to tell the story and Peter Jackson was able to accomplish just that.

Just my own oppinion.

Rahl

 

[Shoegaze99]

There is no way a movie can ever be equal to its origin from a book

Of course not; books are words on a page and film is moving images and sound.

A film can certainly equal, or even surpass, the book from whence it came, though. It's rare, but it happens. The Godfather is the most oft-cited example.

 

[Rahl Windsong]

Of course not; books are words on a page and film is moving images and sound.

A film can certainly equal, or even surpass, the book from whence it came, though. It's rare, but it happens. The Godfather is the most oft-cited example.

Yes but the book is way more open to your own reading of those words so you might be forming an oppinion on the book that even the author did not have. Therefore in 99% of books made into movies someone is always dissappointed because it did not meet their interpretation of the book. I am not saying it is impossible,as the example you stated. But at the same time I am also sure there is someone out there that thought the book The Godfather was better then the movie. Everyones oppinion is valid.

I probably should have said that like this..."Its nearly impossible to please everyone who has read the book that is made into a movie"

Rahl

 

[Shoegaze99]

Yes but the book is way more open to your own reading of those words so you might be forming an oppinion on the book that even the author did not have.

I think most cinephiles would suggest that film can be just as open to interpretation as literature. We can't decide for ourselves what the characters and settings look like, no, but certainly just about everything beyond the purely visual is open to wildly differing interpretations, especially with regard to good cinema.

Everyones oppinion is valid.

Respectfully, I've always thought this idea was ... well, silly. There are plenty of opinions out there that shouldn't be dignified, respected or validated.

I probably should have said that like this..."Its nearly impossible to please everyone who has read the book that is made into a movie"

Oh, no question about that! I couldn't agree more. Fans of a book or series - fans of most anything very specific, for that matter - are certainly possessive and often have a very specific vision in mind when it comes to their favorite whateveritis. Even comic book fans, reading a medium that is something of a middle ground between prose and film, are frequently and vocally dissatisfied with cinematic interpretations of works they like. This despite there already being a visual reference for people and places. There is no fully satisfying fans of anything, books or otherwise ... so I'm right there with you on this.

 

[Green]

But at the same time I am also sure there is someone out there that thought the book The Godfather was better then the movie.

That would be me, then

*just trying to steer the chat back to the tone in which it was started*

 

[Foxtale]

Uh... well, perhaps a TV miniseries like what they did with Dune would be more appropriate for something this huge.