aecurtis  | 13 Sep 2009 3:48 p.m. PST |
Oh, be ye *not* joyful. Looks like Disney bought Tim Powers: link The story is good. Inserting Captain Jack Sparrow into it is madness. Allen |
 John the OFM  | 13 Sep 2009 3:55 p.m. PST |
I hope Powers got a LOT of money for it, and was not ripped off in the time honored traditional way. |
| John the OFM | 13 Sep 2009 3:56 p.m. PST |
How would Hollywood rape "The Drawing of the Dark"? |
| kyoteblue | 13 Sep 2009 3:57 p.m. PST |
Oh Crap !!!!!!!! I love Tim Powers work !!!!!!! I have gotten to meet him twice and he is a really nice guy. I just hope he got a ton of money from Disney !!!!!!!!!! |
| kyoteblue | 13 Sep 2009 3:58 p.m. PST |
John the OFM I know Disney would rape The Drawing of the Dark!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Red3584 | 14 Sep 2009 1:42 a.m. PST |
I've always thought Tim Powers books could make great films [The Anubis Gates anyone??] but…shudder…. |
 Parzival | 14 Sep 2009 4:14 a.m. PST |
One of the comments below the article claims that Powers is working with Disney on the film, rather than having just sold them the rights. Might smooth things out a bit. Having read On Stranger Tides, I don't think the book is filmable (straight, at least)— the ending is particularly bizarre. So in this case, mixing it with the PotC franchise to produce a more audience-palatable production might actually work out okay. Or it could stink worse than At World's End. . . though that would be hard to do. |
| richarDISNEY | 14 Sep 2009 8:04 a.m. PST |
I just happened to be there at the D23 talk and it was BEYOND RAD! The crowd went nuts. But the funny thing was it was announced at the very end of that session, and more than 2/3rds of the people left early, so they missed it. After it was announced (and word got out) people FLOODED back into the auditorium. But it was the few folks who stayed the entire time who got to do a meet and greet with Depp afterwords. I got a few pics of him and my wife. I am really excited about this for sure! BTW… they also had more info on Tron 2 and The Lone Ranger (Depp has officially signed on as Tonto), as well as a few new others ( Toy Story 3, Old Dogs, and some other cartoon stuff…) Oh, and Pixar's John Carter of Mars in 2012. 
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| richarDISNEY | 14 Sep 2009 8:28 a.m. PST |
After a quick hunt around… link It looks like it will be based on the book, as the author mentioned it at a different convention…
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| John the OFM | 14 Sep 2009 8:35 a.m. PST |
. A fan on the Lucasarts messageboards says that he met Powers earlier in the year at a convention, and that the author told him he'd signed the book over to Disney on the proviso that he got to be an extra in the movie (that and a fat wad of cash, we'd assume). Dude, you didn't think to mention this earlier?! Hey, if Powers is OK with it, so am I. It IS his property after all.
I am reminded of the TV version of Treasure Island with Charlton Heston as Long John Silver. His son was the director and producer. "Uh, Dad? I have a part I would like you to read for…" Who could turn it down? It seems that Powers is not quite as protective of his baby as we are. As regards my posts above, a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.  |
| Space Monkey | 14 Sep 2009 11:19 a.m. PST |
I've only seen the first POTC movie… so maybe, if this one forgets to suck, I can skip over the middle two and never feel the pain. |
| Daffy Doug | 14 Sep 2009 1:04 p.m. PST |
Drawing of the Dark is one of the few fantasy novels I have read twice. It would make a great movie without changing a thing: characters, plot, dialogue, action, the works…. |
