Some Book to Film News

Okay, first of all, is anyone else as excited as I am that the next Harry Potter film is coming out in July? Hmmm…it would appear that July 13th is a Friday. I always said that Friday the 13th was my lucky day. Is there a scene that you cannot live without seeing on the big screen? For me, it’s the swamp. Well, the swamp and Fred and George. Two months to go!
The Tintin update: According to the IMDB, “Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson intend to use performance-capture technology — used to create the character of Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies — to turn Georges Remi’s comic-book drawings in his Adventures of Tintin series into three features that will be shot back-to-back beginning next year.” Spielberg and Jackson will be directing on film each, and there is no word as yet who will be directing the third. So, as far as my live-action versus animated question goes, I suppose that the answer is: yes. I guessing that would be…animated live-action? I’m really curious to see how this turns out.
Speaking of Peter Jackson, whatever happened to his production of The Lovely Bones? Well, on the IMDB it is listed as still being in pre-production, but the release date has been moved back to 2009. I wonder if his Tintin film will appear before this film does.
And finally, I have a question for you. What is the book that you would most like to see made into a well-done film? (Not one that has been made into a film already. One that remains unfilmed.) Today I am leaning towards Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters. There are endless books that I would love to see filmed, but I think that this one would be quite filmable, and a grand adventure to boot. What about you?
Harry Potter, Tintin, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Georges Remi, The Lovely Bones, Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters
May 16th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Woo, I’m a big fan of TinTin. I love the comics and the animated films; let’s see how this one turns out.
Nice site
W.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
I love Tintin, too. This is one of the projects that I’m dying to see arrive in theaters.
Your site is also quite cool, btw.