Young Bard he/him Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 I noticed recently that the options at the top of Brandon Sanderson's website changed. The biggest change is a new tab marked 'Games & Movies'. Move your mouse over it, and three tabs will scroll down. One, the Mistborn Adventure Game, we already know about. The other two, however, marked 'Video Games' and 'Movie Updates', are mysteriously marked 'Coming Soon'. Is Brandon just being hopeful, or is he keeping another secret up his sleeve? The rights to a film for Mistborn has been sold before, but the rights expired and were given back to Brandon. So, even if a film were to be announced, there is no guarantee it would actually be made. The other reason why it might not mean anything is due to the fact that Brandon has recently given a 'big reveal' in his last State of the Sanderson. Some of the surprises unveiled there included an extra wax and wayne novel, the fact that the dark one was a cosmere story, and many other tidbits that I can't be bothered mentioning here. Why not mention a prospective film then? Do you think there is a film-related announcement coming up soon? Ultimately, the decision is up to you. And remember... There's always another secret. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 I feel Steelheart was written with a movie adaptation in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unhinged he/him Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Given the current craze for dystopian young adult novels being made into films (Maze runner/Hunger games) I think it's only a matter of time till Steelheart hits the big screen. But Brandon wrote the Reconers series with a film in mind so a steelheart movie would probably turn out pretty good. As for his other works... well we here on the 17th shard have been willing to endlessly debate that idea, and I think the conclusion is that under the right circumstances with a director who was willing to respect the source material they could make for a great series/TV show... however I've never heard of a director doing any of those things so I doubt it will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewStirlingMacDonald he/him Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Brandon did say something about a film version already in some kind of early stages right in the acknowledgements of Steelheart, so I'm guessing that they went into this with some of those pieces already in motion. YA fantasy/sci-fi is such a huge market for film right now, so it isn't too surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Maybe something with Steelheart, perhaps. But I think it's just smart considering how many people ask him about the Mistborn film, for instance, which he said at the Salt Lake signing on 1/5 hasn't gone anywhere in Hollywood. No news there. I am pretty sure this is just a new "media" sort of tab for all the non-book content, which needed a tab. And for an official source on what status the Mistborn film is in. I'm not sure if the Steelheart movie rights have been sold. I know Legion was designed with a TV show in mind, and those rights sold, but nothing came of it. If the rights haven't been sold yet, a film is a long ways away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 I'm certain that I read somewhere that Brandon prioritized finishing the Reckoners trilogy in order to make it easier for a movie to proceed. However, I cannot find the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybrandt he/him Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 I really hope it's a Mistborn movie instead of Steelheart. Either way, it would be great and a big boost to Brandon's career. I am a bit concerned about a movie forcing Brandon to make SA a lower priority, but I would be really happy for him if it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter he/him Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I just transcribed a thing where Brandon talks about how rights for Legion, Mistborn, The Emperor's Soul, and Steelheart have all been sold and there's motion but that none of them are close to actually being a thing at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 The Emperors Soul? But not Elantris? That's sort of surprising and interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewkay Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Honestly, I reallly hope this doesn't mean a Stormlight Archive movie franchise. It wouldn't work, there is just too much for a 1 book -> 1 film adaptation. Each book could easily be two films at least, so I've always been of the opinion a lot of Sanderson's work would be better suited in a Game of Thrones style TV series, 10 x 1 hour long episodes (maybe even more than 10 episodes per season). I think Mistborn could work as a movie series, but I honestly think his Reckoners series is more suited for the big screen than any of his other works. But we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phin he/him Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I've always been of the opinion a lot of Sanderson's work would be better suited in a Game of Thrones style TV series, 10 x 1 hour long episodes (maybe even more than 10 episodes per season). I agree completely, Personally I think that something of that magnitude would be the only way that someone that has not read several of his books would be about to truly appreciate the scope of the world building that Sanderson does. Let us take Final Empire for example (mainly because I am most familiar with his work on Mistborn). Do you think that within, say, two and a half hours that Allomancy can be explained, create depth of character, and be able to tell the story to someone that has not read the book? I fear in a one book = one movie that most of the characters will be left out, Ham would be a background character at most, and if the director is unfamiliar with the full series Spook could be forgotten as well and he will have to be inserted in movie two or three. Unfortunately, for the movie to be profitable it must be digestible to the masses. For the movie to be made it must be deemed profitable. With Game of Thrones mentioned, I believe that HBO would be a poor choice for his work. No, Song of Ice and Fire is not a family friendly series of books to begin with but I would be afraid that they may push Sanderson's work in that direction as well. In my opinion, SyFy does not usually do well with their movies, but I have seen some pearls on their shows such as Eureka, Haven, and Ascension. FX would also be a target to fire at, I must admit to being a huge SOA fan, and they have done well with other series (how exactly do you pluralize that word?) as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bort he/him Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 The plural of series is... series. It is exactly the same. I agree that the Stormlight Archives should be made into a TV series, but I hope not for another 10 years or so. I don't want to happen with SLA what is happening to Game of Thrones. Namely, that the TV series will catch up with the books well before the books are finished, changes will be made, and the TV series becomes 'canon' even though it is different to the books. I think a Steelheart/Reckoners movie (or movies), a shorter Mistborn TV series, then the decade long, award winning, Stormlight Archives TV series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vineyarddawg Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 See, the problem with the Stormlight Archive TV series is that you'd at least have to wait until the first 5 books are done. We've seen that the first two books jump around the timeline a pretty good bit, and they do have some overlapping scenes, too (or, at least, certain scenes in WoR reveal more about what happened in scenes we initially saw in WoK). This kind of will probably continue throughout the first 5 books, and then there will be about a 15-year break until the second 5 books pick up. So, you'd have to wait until at least the first 5 books are done, so you'd have a (more or less) complete picture of that particular time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I think the "coming soon" simply means that the page is still work in progress. Then, it is possible that there will be announcements about movies or videogames, but I don't expect much conclusive. talks about a sanderson movie had been going for at least five years, and we're still nowhere on it. Granted, with the kind of success he's having, I think the chances some of his work sooner or later will be adapted into a movie are actually good. But I don't see it happening now. It's sort of like sending a men on mars: it will happen, but not in the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTolman he/him Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 I actually dislike Epic Series adaptations to Movies. I mean books like the Hunger games are okay. they work as they really aren't that epic. they are more easily Distilled. But I Series Like the Mistborn or Stormlight Archive would really Need a TV series or the Like to do them Justice. I even felt the Harry potter series wasn't done justice with jsut a Movie adaptation per book. I would like to see more done with them. And hopefuly they don't get some outfit that jsut wants to use the Name and foundation characters to draw an audience but then really Diverges from the story like they did with Terry Goodkinds Sowrd of Truth Series in "Legend of the Seeker" Boy was that a Huge Disappointment. Very little remained to relate between the TV series and the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1616 he/him Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 See, the problem with the Stormlight Archive TV series is that you'd at least have to wait until the first 5 books are done. We've seen that the first two books jump around the timeline a pretty good bit, and they do have some overlapping scenes, too (or, at least, certain scenes in WoR reveal more about what happened in scenes we initially saw in WoK). This kind of will probably continue throughout the first 5 books, and then there will be about a 15-year break until the second 5 books pick up. So, you'd have to wait until at least the first 5 books are done, so you'd have a (more or less) complete picture of that particular time. I am of the opinion that if SA was turned into a TV series, it should be two series, approximately 5-6 seasons long. The only issue with this is the potential that the ending of book 5 is a HUGE cliffhanger. I know currently that is not Brandon's plan, but if it is then a TV series would have to be one long one, rather than two semi-long ones (5 seasons is actually quite good for a TV show, 10 is mostly unheard of, except for the few rare cases). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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