# Saddle up for a hellride: Chronicles of Amber coming to TV!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 21, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517 "2016-07-21T19:39:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/1 "2016-07-21T19:39:15Z")
In the hands of [Robert](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-creator-adapting-chronicles-912132) [Kirkman](http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-chronicles-of-amber-tv-series-could-be-the-next-gam-1783945517), as in Walking Dead, no less. I’d pretty much resigned myself to it not happening, not least because I figured **Game of Thrones** was unstoppable. But it seems TBTB think this will be the ideal series to fill the gap left by GoT’s ending. 😃
No casting announced yet. What say you all? I’d like John Barrowman as Eric, James Callis as Julian, Tricia Helfer as Llewella, and Kevin Connolly as Random. I don’t dare speculate about Corwin. Also, Mr. Rilch had a suggestion. “Does everyone have to be white? Maybe Benedict could be black? Or Caine and Gerard, if you overlook them having the same mother as Julian?”
Whatever happens, if Kirkman is in charge, I know it’ll be dark and gritty, like it’s supposed to be. Man o man, I can’t wait.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/2 "2016-07-21T19:41:33Z")
Wahoo!
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/3 "2016-07-21T19:43:29Z")
Neat.
It’s been like 20 years since I read those books, but I loved them as a teenager and I’m eager to see what’ll become of them on TV.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/4 "2016-07-21T20:01:01Z")
Interesting. And I agree - no need to be monotone about the family. Not with all the different mothers involved. In fact, they could change up the lineages a bit if it fits the casting better. As long as they don’t mess up the sibling rivalry aspects when they share the _same_ mother.
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### Author:  [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/5 "2016-07-21T20:05:42Z")
I’ve always pictured Caine, Gerard, and Julian looking Latino. (Probably because all the Gerards and Julians I’ve known have been Mexican).
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/6 "2016-07-21T20:09:27Z")
I still have stuff in the trailer where I lived during undergraduate school. In search of _Nine Princes in Amber_, I walked over there, search and did not find it. Unable to find it in the house, I walked over again, and found it. I could shadow walk!
Unfortunately, I could not find a shadow trailer where I had a shoe box full of hundred dollar bills.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/7 "2016-07-21T20:13:14Z")
Now get me a miniseries adaptation of _Lord of Light_ and I’ll be happy.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/8 "2016-07-21T20:27:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#):
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> Now get me a miniseries adaptation of _Lord of Light_ and I’ll be happy.
Someone bought the rights to it, and when I last read about, was going to do something stupid.
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### Author:  [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/9 "2016-07-21T20:29:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Someone bought the rights to it, and when I last read about, was going to do something stupid.
What? Hollywood doing something stupid with a beloved property? Say it ain’t so!
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### Author:  [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/10 "2016-07-21T20:35:53Z")
I want Nathan Fillian to play Corwin.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/11 "2016-07-21T20:39:38Z")
I adored the original series, when I read them in the early 80s (I was in high school). I then read the second series as each novel was published, and loved them, as well.
It’d probably been 15 or 20 years since I’d read them last, and, earlier this year, I bought the audiobook version of “Nine Princes in Amber” (which had some very good voice work by Alessandro Juliani). But…I have to admit, my 51-year-old self didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as my 17-year-old self had.
The thing that probably bothered me the most is that it’s rather sexist, with the few female characters (even the Princesses) being pretty two-dimensional, existing to either be manipulated or slept with (or both). I suspect that it wasn’t terribly noteworthy in 1970 (when it was written), or in 1982 (when I read it for the first time), but it’s definitely something that my older self noticed.
A lot of the book is Corwin’s internal monologue – especially in the early chapters, as he’s struggling through trying to learn who he is. ISTM that that’ll take a very deft touch to translate well to the screen.
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### Author:  [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/12 "2016-07-21T20:43:08Z")
> [@JcWoman](#):
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> I want Nathan Fillian to play Corwin.
NO. No Fillion. He’s too much of a lightweight goofball to play Corwin. He could do the wisecracking part, but not the very dangerous, hard-fighting side. Come to think of it, his comedic touch is too light for even the wisecracking part of Corwin. Needs to be someone with more bite.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/13 "2016-07-21T20:44:45Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#):
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> NO. No Fillion. He’s too much of a lightweight goofball to play Corwin. He could do the wisecracking part, but not the very dangerous, hard-fighting side. Come to think of it, his comedic touch is too light for even the wisecracking part of Corwin. Needs to be someone with more bite.
I agree. I think that someone like Tom Hiddleston might be a better choice (if he could be swayed to do such a project).
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/14 "2016-07-21T20:58:14Z")
Huzzah! This was one of the series I had at the top of my list in that thread we have about what the GoT showrunners should do after that series.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/15 "2016-07-21T20:59:48Z")
Too bad Malcolm McDowell is so busy. He’d be a good Dworkin.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/16 "2016-07-21T21:23:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Someone bought the rights to it, and when I last read about, was going to do something stupid.
…Yeah, that sounds about right.
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### Author:  [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/17 "2016-07-21T22:04:04Z")
Huh. I had assumed they were doing just the first five books but their doing all ten. I wasn’t a big fan of the second half but the Corwin books are among my favorite. Thanks for the heads-up!
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### Author:  [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/18 "2016-07-21T22:54:38Z")
The second series seemed extremely rushed. A ton of loose ends and a lot up in the air.
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/19 "2016-07-21T23:28:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Someone bought the rights to it, and when I last read about, was going to do something stupid.
If you mean letting the CIA change the title to “Argo” and use it as their cover story for [smuggling hostages out of Iran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light#Film_version)…
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddle-up-for-a-hellride-chronicles-of-amber-coming-to-tv/760517/20 "2016-07-21T23:55:33Z")
> [@From link](#):
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> In 1979 it was announced that Lord of Light would be made into a 50 million dollar film. It was planned that the sets for the movie would be made permanent and become the core of a science fiction theme park to be built in Aurora, Colorado. Famed comic-book artist/writer/editor Jack Kirby was even contracted to produce artwork for set design. However, due to legal problems the project was never completed.
[A theme park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light#Film_version). I thought it was more goofy.
My complaint is, no film. It would be difficult to do, and you couldn’t get “Then the fit hit the Shan” in there.
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