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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.4.231.121
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 05:26 pm: | |
... because it's based on a "short story" - which is rare to the point of being unheard of, especially in horror, unless maybe you're Stephen King. I'm so out of it - who is China? Where did this story appear?...
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DETAILS
Horror
Father will stop at nothing to find his daughter when she disappears after having uncovered a demonic force only she can see. (11/24/2008) [Script], [Short Story]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Executives: Amy Israel, Chad Hamilton, Rachel Eggebeen
Production Company: Blumhouse Productions
Producers: Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Ian Levy
Seller(s):
Writer: China Mieville , Dan Kay , Pascal Laugier
Comments: Dan Kay wrote the script based on a short story by China Mieville.
Update: 11/14/2008: French filmmaker Pascal Laugier will rewrite and direct. |
John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert)
Username: John_l_probert
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.253.174.81
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 05:33 pm: | |
"Update: 11/14/2008: French filmmaker Pascal Laugier will rewrite and direct."
I thought his next one was the HELLRAISER remake |
Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 218.168.192.174
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 06:49 pm: | |
China Mieville is a well-known writer - not just horror, but also fantasy and science fiction. He's very talented. What's the name of the film, Craig? |
Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.70.11.219
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 06:56 pm: | |
I'm intrigued too Huw. Was it taken from a short story already published I wonder or something new? |
Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.4.233.164
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 07:40 pm: | |
The name is up there - DETAILS. |
Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.70.11.219
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 07:47 pm: | |
'Dan Kay wrote the script based on a short story by China Mieville.'
Title of short story might be interesting. |
Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 218.168.192.174
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 08:21 pm: | |
Sorry, Craig - I assumed 'details' referred to the information that followed. That'll teach me to post so late... |
Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.96.242.126
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 09:24 pm: | |
That's a pretty god story, if I remember correctly. |
Karim Ghahwagi (Karim)
Username: Karim
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 80.167.124.223
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 09:25 pm: | |
DETAILS appeared in Miéville's short story collection 'Looking for Jake' I believe |
Karim Ghahwagi (Karim)
Username: Karim
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 80.167.124.223
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 09:27 pm: | |
I also heard that Laugier was doing Hellraiser. |
Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.70.11.219
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:24 pm: | |
'God story' I'm all ears :>) |
Karim Ghahwagi (Karim)
Username: Karim
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 80.167.124.223
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:41 pm: | |
I honestly can't remember the details of the story... Flipping through the book I remember being impressed with stories like 'Reports of Certain Events in London', 'Familiar', 'The Ball Room' and the really great novella at the end 'The Tain' Be interesting to read Details again, keeping in mind it was optioned for film. |
Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 91.110.219.132
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:23 pm: | |
'Details' was written for an anthology of Lovecraftian short stories. It's very good, a bit like Karl Edward Wagner's 'Sticks'. |
Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 91.110.219.132
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:24 pm: | |
Mind you, if 'Sticks' had caught your eye you'd know about it. |
Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig
Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 67.116.103.241
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 04:27 am: | |
I really liked "Sticks"! All this bodes well for "Details," to me, for what may be the film to come (these sales are just that, and I'd say only half of them ever make it to the screen).
Hey Ramsey, you should try to get him to come on to this message board....  (Yeah, him and Stephen King while you're at it  ) |