21 replies to this topic

[zas678]

Congratulations to Writing Excuses for being nominated for Best Related Work category for the second year in a row. If you want to watch the announcements, you can do so here, and if you want to see the other contestants, look here. If you want to vote on the Hugos, buy at least a supporting membership to Worldcon here.


But what this post is about is progress on the Mistborn Movie front! Since Brandon announced the movie deal a number of years ago, there has been very little mention of this, or of the studio, Paloppa Pictures. Brandon said today that they have been sending him drafts of the screenplay as it comes along. The most recent draft has Brandon "extremely excited." He says that it has a nice balance of staying true to the spirit of the book, while being able to be made into a movie.


Now that they're more or less satisfied with the screenplay, they are now working on finding a studio that would like to produce it. So if you know someone in the business, go ahead and give Brandon an email.


But something that has me way excited is the trailor that they released for the movie. It's not a "trailer" trailer, it's just a clip of a bunch of different movies that helps capture the spirit of the film. But man, it's awesome.






In other news, Peter has given a recent update on Big Books (as in not YA or novellas):

"Next book should come out October/November 2013. Then probably another one a year later. Then in 2015, an Elantris sequel. Then two more Stormlight Archive books. Then the second Mistborn trilogy. Then five more Stormlight Archive books. Assuming Brandon doesn't change his mind. "

Brandon is also having a Q&A of sorts on Google+. Submit a question, and upvote ones that you want asked here. It'll be on Hangout at about 11:00 EST on April 17th.

[Sir Read-a-Lot]

Excited!!!! I hope the movie gets made!

[Sweetness]

Dude! They should totally get the people who made the Chronicles of Riddick to do this! That wold be amazing!

[Lothahn]

My vote would go to the people that made 300. This movie needs extreme effects for the mistborn fights.

[Windrunner]

Am I the only one who watched it and went, "Scadrial has no moon!"?

In all seriousness I loved it, it conveyed the feeling I want from the movie very well. When those guys had that weird trail thing my mind went atium, even though I'd pictured it differently it still looked cool. I realize this isn't an offical trailer, but a mish-mash, but hopefully the real end product turns out that cool. I think the movie is in good hands!

[Sweetness]

When those guys had that weird trail thing my mind went atium, even though I'd pictured it differently it still looked cool.

That scene is from the end of the Chronicles of Riddick

[E. Hyde]

That's a pretty awesome trailer! Though I only recognized a couple of the movies that it used clips from.

[Commander Spoonface]

Am I the only one who watched it and went, "Scadrial has no moon!"?

Scadrial has no moon?

Do they not have tides then?

[CrazyRioter]

Scadrial has no moon?

Do they not have tides then?

Guess not. And Roshar must have some insanely difficult to predict tides.

Edited by CrazyRioter, 13 April 2012 - 10:26 PM.

[Sir Read-a-Lot]

Guess not. And Roshar must have some insanely difficult to predict tides.

Does Roshar have multiple moons, or are you referring to the highstorms playing merry hell with the continent? (or both)

[CrazyRioter]

Yes Roshar has three moons.

[Commander Spoonface]

I'm sure the highstorms don't help. And anyone who stays close to the shore long enough to notice the correlation between tides and lunar cycles probably gets killed in highstorms anyway...

[Windrunner]

Kharbranth is right on the coast, along the Tarat Sea. I'm sure they notice the tides there. Also sailors would need to understand how the tides work in order to sail effectively.

[Commander Spoonface]

Kharbranth is right on the coast, along the Tarat Sea. I'm sure they notice the tides there. Also sailors would need to understand how the tides work in order to sail effectively.

True dat. I wonder if anyone on Roshar has charted the lunar cycles there.

[Emeralis00]

Tide prediction probably involves charts of the moons position in the sky and calculations to figure out the tides. It seems like something that people would be starting to figure out based off of the fact that Roshar is going through the equivalent of a technological revolution.

Also, I think that the riddik foreshadows would fit as well.

[Djando Je]

I love how this thread went from "Progress on Mistborn Movie" to "Speculation on Rosharin Tide Patterns".

[CrazyRioter]

that kind of thing happens around here a lot.

[Commander Spoonface]

I saw a new post in this thread and thought "more updates on the Mistborn Movie?" I was disappointed for a moment, but now I'm back on wondering about Rosharian Tide Patterns, which would also be a sweet name for a band.

[Tamzin Ashevai]

OMG! This is so cool! This is so exciting! (Okay, I'm a newbie here even though I joined a long time ago and was obviously distracted elsewhere.) Anyway, I'm still way into the prospects for a Mistborn movie and love what I've seen in this thread. I acknowledge that the nature of the trilogy renders it's transition to the silver screen difficult, but I don't believe it an impossible undertaking! I can so see the crew (although I can't imagine the actors) in the throes of all three novels. Let's just say, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this!

[Felicia Peppery]

That... looks amazing.

If Mistborn was turned into a movie... My goodness, I think it could go so far. The story is so magical, the world so elaborate, the characters so true and beautiful...

I think a movie adaption would make it as well known as (if not more popular than) Eragon. I can see it becoming a classic along the same lines as Lord of the Rings...

Thank you for sharing this! It's absolutely amazing. That "preview" made me all twitchy and shivery with excitement and pure wonder.