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Elric of Melnibone Film Rights Optioned
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:45 pm
Elric is one of my favorite characters from Fantasy/Sci Fi.
If you read a few posts down in the thread Michael Moorcock, the author, chimes in:
An HBO level series would be of Game of Thrones proportions of awesomeness.
[ETA] I started thinking of who could play Elric. My vote is Tom Hiddleston (Loki from the Thor and Avengers movies).
If you read a few posts down in the thread Michael Moorcock, the author, chimes in:
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The contract is basically for TV, as I understand it. I've mentioned that I have ideas for a cable adaptation, which would make for a more gradual introduction of chsracters and a better overall plot more suitable for TV. i've always wanted to have an Elric TV series for precisely that chance. Not that I'm an expert and dont propose to do more than suggest a couple of broad ideas, though I'd love to try a script at some stage. My basic intention is to leave development to people with a good track record. It's a medium I grestly admire and don't know if I could emulate the best. I would be happy if at some point a decision were made to incorporate the ideas in MAKING OF A SORCERER, which I believe could be improved (for story-telling) in another medium. But this is looking a long, long way ahead. These things take a long time between optioning rights and a successful pilot, let alone a successful series.
An HBO level series would be of Game of Thrones proportions of awesomeness.
[ETA] I started thinking of who could play Elric. My vote is Tom Hiddleston (Loki from the Thor and Avengers movies).
This post was edited on 5/21/17 at 4:36 pm
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Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:47 pm to TygerTyger
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TD-Book Board: Elric of Melnibone Film Rights Optioned
That's pretty cool. Being optioned is a far cry from even being developed as I understand it, which is a far cry from production, but still pretty cool.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:50 pm to TygerTyger
Never read that series. I'd like to see a Legion of the Damned miniseries, specifically the Andromeda McKee saga.
Would be awesome to see the Steel Bitch on screen.
Would be awesome to see the Steel Bitch on screen.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:15 pm to Scruffy
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Never read that series.
You should give it a try.
Elric is the perfect tortured anti-hero. He is an empathetic character born in to a race and culture of cruelty, malevolence, and omnipotent demeanor. The Melnibonean race are gods among men, and see "man" as chattel. Elric, an albino who is weak and invalid without the help of magic potions and spells, is unique in his pity for the younger races. This makes him an outcast among his kind. But being a Melnibonean, and even more so, an albino, makes him an outcast among the younger races. He is the last emperor of a dying race, a troubled and tortured soul who longs for peace. Yet he worships the god of chaos and wields the eldritch sword Stormbringer, a cursed and possessed blade that gives him superhuman strength and stamina, and devours the souls of his enemies in return. Elric needs Stormbringer to survive, and loaths the evil that it forces him to do to quench its desires.
Moorcock wrote these stories in the 1970's long before the genre had taken over the world like it has now. He was a pioneer in creativity and story telling.
After you read all of those, read the Fafrd and the Gray Mouser stuff!
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:39 pm to TygerTyger
I might look into it. I'm more of a military scifi fan. I occasionally get into fantasy (Mistborn), but not very often.
Current reads:
Andromeda's War (Legion of the Damned)
An Officer's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why)
Daughter of the Sword (Fated Blades) - Finishing this one up now. Great read.
Current reads:
Andromeda's War (Legion of the Damned)
An Officer's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why)
Daughter of the Sword (Fated Blades) - Finishing this one up now. Great read.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 3:08 pm to TygerTyger
I read Elric tales and Fafrd back in the 1980's. Wonder how they would hold up.
Might pick them up again.
Might pick them up again.
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