I can't resist your subject line. "Treat it gently -- it's in a strange place." "Gametech" <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> writes: > _What_ is the reason Jhereg hasn't made it's way into becoming a > movie thus far? I have no idea. It does seem to me that it's only recently that the technology to do it well has been around. > I've got theories but if it's just funding couldn't that be *fixed* Do you really *want* it to happen? Movies made from good books are essentially always pale reflections of the original *at best* -- often they're abominations. Original movies, or movies from shorter originals, are much more interesting. > Do you think it could be done for 10 million? No, not even close. This is a fantasy book involving non-human creatures on screen a LOT of the time. This can't be done well as a no-budget job (which is about where 10 million falls). > That's only 10,000 investors at a $1,000 price point, I'd buy a > share into the production and I'm by no means rich. It's a lot > easier to attract many smaller investors than 1 big one, after all. > > Box office block busters make 400 mil + I'd bet Jhereg (or others in > the series) could gross 100 mil, even 50 would be a huge return for > both Steve and investors. And I doubt it'd lose money with a budget > like 10 mil, sure you couldn't buy big names but I don't think that > would really matter, all you really need for anything to be > successful is moderate talent and high dedication. Blockbusters don't happen for a 10 million production budget, among other things. > What say you Steve? > > What say you all, is it possible? No. > And yes, of course I'm not quite sane (this is a surprise?) -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info