“Guards Guards” is fairly regularly performed on stage in the UK (I haven’t seen it but it has had good reviews).
As to a film…nah.
There is athread called Discworld Casting call but I don’t know how to link threads.
re: Good Omens
I trust Coming Attractions to know what’s going on, and they say it’s in script stage.
I found this quote by Nail Gaiman:
I don’t think we should take this seriously, other than as an indication that it’s not coming to a CinePlex near you, during next year.
re: Rincewind
I’ve said this for a while, and I continue to say that Rhys Ifans would be perfect. I dare you to click the link and see the photo and not agree.
According to a quote by Pratchett I read once, the irony of the producers wanting to remove Death from a story, is that the story in question was Mort!
I think the Bromeliad trilogy could work very well CGI, and I know Johnny and the Dead was made into a series on BBC. Has anydoper seen it?
Hmm… my cast:
Vetinari - Gary Oldham
Carrot - Howie Long
Vimes - Rutger Hauer
CMOT Dibbler - Steve Buscemi
Cohen - Sam Elliot
Rincewind - David Hyde Pierce
Angua - Angelina Jolie
The Librarian - CGI / Computer efx
DEATH - the voice of James Earl Jones
whatcha think?
This is why I think Hollywood should stay away from the movies. Personally, I don’t think she’s anything like Angua. Of course, we all have our own envisions of what the characters look/act like, but there isn’t a single aspect of this actess that fits my perception of the character. Also, although there have been several drawings of many of the characters, I don’t think she resembles any of the ones I’ve seen. She’s a big name actress, that I just don’t think fits. Plus, I just fucking HATE Angelina Jolie.
I do agree with you about Gary Oldman, though, and I definitely concur with The Gaspode about Rhys Ifans.
I can see Cate Blanchett as Angua.
The rest of the cast (provididng they can get the accent right):
Vetinari - Alan Rickman
Carrot - Brendan Fraser (who can do comedy, action and have that perpeptually surprised face)
Vimes - Harvey Keitel (or maybe Tommy Lee Jones)
Nobby - Steve Buscemi
Colon - John Goodman
DEATH - the voice of Sean Connery
I saw Terry at a convention in San Jose this fall. He said there’ll be no more animated BBC movies. He loved them but they were shown at some rediculous hour like 2 AM, so no one saw them. Felt good shows were wasted by bad scheduling.
But the dreamworks project was in the “serious folding money” stage. He toured Dreamworks studio, got a private showing of Shrek in their screening room, which was almost perfect, but did not allow popcorn. He was very impressed with the enthusasm and talent at Dreamworks and seemed happy.
He didn’t say a word about Good Omens, but I heard that was stalled because of money.
And he was very happy with the various stage productions of his books. Went on and on about the excitement of live theater.
With all due respect, I find movies to be an inherently eye-candy medium, completely unsuited to any text longer than a short story. With that in mind, I think seeing Pratchett butchered by any film maker, whether he be from America or New Zeland, would make me cry. And I haven’t cried since I broke my femur in 3rd grade…
I think if any movie was made, casting should be (as in Harry Potter) 110% British, and use the plays as the strongest of starting points. The thing about the Theatrical versions is that the shows strengths lie in the characterisation and the dialogue/situation/reactionary humour, and not on stars or effects, and also can bypass the literary jokes that wouldn’t translate well to movies.
It is therefore possible, and I’d love to make a fanfilm of a scene or three, but I have not the time nor resources. Darn it all.
I don’t know… nothing really much HAPPENS in his books… often thats very funny… alot of the humor isn’t even in the dialog… his genius is more in the commenting on the action and dialog.
[A THOUSAND ELEPHANTS!!!]
splat
“what was that?”
“Some guy saying nothing happens around here…”
[/A THOUSAND ELEPHANTS!!!]
Okay, admittadely, I’ve only read about ten of his books, but you can’t be serious. Every story with Rincewind is nothing BUT stuff happening…that’s the whole point of his character, is that all he wants is a boring life, yet he keeps getting thrown into wild, crazy adventures. I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing The Color of Magic performed. And although they do sometimes start off slow, the four nightwatch books I’ve read were great crime stories with a good amount of action towards the end, especially Feet of Clay. Admitadely, the stories with the Witches tend to move rather slowly, but stuff still happens in them.
If someone were to be dedicated enough to doing a Pratchett story, and kept as true to the form like those doing The Lord of the Rings, I would love to see Small Gods acted out. This is another fairly slow one, but it’s a great, great story.