Film/Television Adaptation

[ANTHEM]

I've seen the fun casting suggestions elsewhere, but has SRD ever gone on record about film and/or TV rights in relation to the Chronicles - particularly whether he feels that the visual medium could do the written word justice?

A Producer

[Romeo]

He said that someone did show interested in making a movie of it several years back. But then they read the book. Not an easy thing to make into a movie with that whole rape thing hanging out there.

[[Syl]]

Yeah, it definately couldn't happen on TV, except maybe as a Showtime mini-series or something... but I can just see the ratings drop after the rape scene.

I wouldn't bet against it being made into a movie in some point in history, considering hollywood seems to be recycling anything it can get its hands on.

Speaking of, I saw what looked like a straight to video B movie called The Despiserat Hollywood Video the other night.

Having just been fired and dumped by his wife, life couldn't possibly be worse for independent artist GORDON HAUGE (Mark Redfield)--until he wrecks his car and finds himself in purgatory that is. Once there, he is attacked by fanatic Shadowmen and legions of Ragmen--souls being enslaved and bent to some dark purpose. Gordon is rescued by an eccentric band of freedom fighters, people from different times of history who lost their lives in noble sacrifice. They recruit the reluctant and befuddled Gordon and set off on a wild adventure through the surreal landscapes of purgatory to battle the Despiser--an evil being who now reigns in this seemingly God-abandoned halfway house north of hell and south of heaven. Dealing with shifting reality, annoying monsters, armies of Ragmen and hair-raising car chases across bridges spanning oceans of lava our heroes battle their way to the dark macabre fortress of the Despiser.

Does anybody else see a TC pitch that went horribly wrong?

[Guest]

There is mention of a movie at an interview at this address (excerpted below).

www.eccker.org/johnf/sep97chat.htm

I wonder if "act the screenplay" is actually correct. I mean, kind of a strange demand...and amusing mental picture.

Mark Jeffrey: Is there a Covenant movie ever underway?

Over the past twenty years, four or five have fallen through. Once because I would not act the screenplay, and another because the producer actually read one of the books. The latest was all a smoke screen with the people using the content to try to generate money that never came.
Mark Jeffrey: Who would play Thomas Covenant in movie?

I would like Anthony Hopkins 20 years ago.

[st Germains Mum]

I personally think that the Chronicles are utterly unfilmable - so much of the meat in the stew is the inner workings of the characters bruised little brains. Any attempt to translate this into film could result in moody-yet-ultimately-silly Dune style whisperings.

Let's play with some of these emoticons.....

[Skyweir]

good point

[I'm Murrin]

I definatley would like to see what someone would do with a film version of the chrons, but there are some things I don't think many people would be comfortable watching - think Kinslaughterer making heads explode (repeated in 2nd chrons too), and Vain ripping the faces off of Woodhelvennin skulls...