Thomas Covenant Film (merged)

[Umbran]

Making a Covenant

Pardon me if I missed someone else reproting this...

Sci Fi Wire reports The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant are headed for the movies

Revelstone Entertainment and the Mark Gordon Co. are teaming up to produce a feature-film version of Stephen Donaldson's fantasy book series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Revelstone has optioned the rights to the first six books in the series, which Band of Brothers writer John Orloff will adapt, the trade paper reported. Mark Gordon is producing, with Revelstone's Peter Winther and Randy Simon. Lawrence Inglee will oversee the project on behalf of the Mark Gordon Co., the trade paper reported.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Heh. And people thought 'Lord of the Rings' was unfilmable.

 

[devilish]

Bolding in quotes is mine...

The books revolve around a shunned author (Covenant) who is magically transported to the Land, a mystical world where he discovers he is the incarnation of a great hero. Covenant thinks it's all a dream. But he's the bearer of a magical talisman and is enlisted to help save the Land from Saturn and his representatives, the trade paper reported.

Who?!?!?!?!? What???

Revelstone also has optioned the film rights to Clifford D. Simak's SF novel Way Station. Winther, who helmed the recent TNT movie The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, will direct the film from an adaptation by screenwriter Simon Barry.

OH GOD, NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew the apocalypse was coming ... I didn't know it was this soon...

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Oh.
You missed it? The Apocalypse already happened.

Anyway, whaddya want bet that TPTB will cut out the scene where

Spoiler

Covenenat rapes Lena

?

How do they intend to film this with any degree of truth, when Covenant is such an unlikeable bastard for most of the series?

Of course, I could just be bitter because I've been reading about the "His Dark Materials" movie...

 

[Krieg]

I think Nick Nolte has descended far enough into madness that he could handle the part of the Unbeliever...

PS - Notice his hand.

 

[shilsen]

Heh. And people thought 'Lord of the Rings' was unfilmable.

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread.

 

[nikolai]

Thomas Covenant Film

The Hollywood Reporter reports that a film version of Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever books is in the works.

http://scifidaily.blogspot.com/2004/12/i-dont-unbelieve-it.html

Add this to the list with Narnia, His Dark Materials, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Elric, etc...

 

[Jakar]

Oh no!

The first book was ok, but the rest were so boring. It took him 9 pages to walk down a ship!

Please don't do this Hollywood. There must be better stuff out there to do.

 

[Krug]

Compared to The Wheel of Time, it's a page-turner!

 

[Umbran]

see also this thread on the subject