Hyperion The Movie
Mar. 25th, 2007 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Dan Simmons comments --
I hope I didn't say, two or three years ago, that there is a "Hyperion movie in the works." It's not in production or pre-production. As I've mentioned before (and I'm bound by contractual agreement not to give details, that prerogative is reserved for the studios), HYPERION, the other three books in that series, and the novella "Orphans of the Helix" were all PURCHASED in 2006 by one of the largest production companies in the world. Not optioned -- which is just putting a lien on material -- but purchased for full price.
However that company has not announced the purchase, much less the commencement of any serious work on the Hyperion movie except for an initial screenplay, not by me, which was rejected. (HYPERION was planned as a series of films.) I understand that there have been conversations with screenwriters for another screenplay attempt and that there is still a top male actor slotted for the project, but there's no script yet, much less a production schedule.
And, of course, it's quite possible that no film will ever be made from the books. (The best argument against that, however, is the significant amount the production company has already paid for the literary material and one early draft of a screenplay. Most studios usually don't totally abandon projects in which they've already sunk $2 million or more.)
I hope I didn't say, two or three years ago, that there is a "Hyperion movie in the works." It's not in production or pre-production. As I've mentioned before (and I'm bound by contractual agreement not to give details, that prerogative is reserved for the studios), HYPERION, the other three books in that series, and the novella "Orphans of the Helix" were all PURCHASED in 2006 by one of the largest production companies in the world. Not optioned -- which is just putting a lien on material -- but purchased for full price.
However that company has not announced the purchase, much less the commencement of any serious work on the Hyperion movie except for an initial screenplay, not by me, which was rejected. (HYPERION was planned as a series of films.) I understand that there have been conversations with screenwriters for another screenplay attempt and that there is still a top male actor slotted for the project, but there's no script yet, much less a production schedule.
And, of course, it's quite possible that no film will ever be made from the books. (The best argument against that, however, is the significant amount the production company has already paid for the literary material and one early draft of a screenplay. Most studios usually don't totally abandon projects in which they've already sunk $2 million or more.)
no subject
Date: 2007-03-26 05:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-26 05:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-26 05:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-26 09:29 am (UTC)Со всего этого дела (фильм будет явно не один) они соберут миллионов 500, даже при самой скромной раскрутке.
Получается 25 миллионов. А он, как я понял, взял всего 2.
Или скажем Роулинг. Продала бы права за 2 миллиона, сейчас бы рвала на себе волосы. Или Лукьяненко, который первый "Позор" отдал за 30к, к тому же за те же деньги еще сценарий писал.
Писатели склонны дешевить при экранизациях, потому что киношные выплаты на порядок больше тех, к которым они привыкли в книжном бизнесе.
Все никак не соберусь прочитать Гиперион. По-русски не читаю, а по-английски на такой кирпич уйдут месяцы (я утрирую конечно, но по-английски я не могу читать так быстро, как по-русски)
no subject
Date: 2007-03-26 04:11 pm (UTC)На самом деле я очень сомневаюсь, что фильм выйдет, тем более не один. Как экранизировать книгу, которая состоит из 5 почти никак не связанных рассказов? Из которых два почти не имеют action, а построены на психологии. Разве что они найдут своего Джексона.
Я думаю у тебя на чтение уйдет меньше недели. Это одна из тех книг, которые заставляют людей (даже не интересующихся фантастикой) зачитываться далеко заполночь :) Сам видел.
no subject
Date: 2007-03-31 02:03 am (UTC)Не очень связанную и согласованную, со множеством натяжек космическую сагу.