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Title: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Patriotic Kaz on January 11, 2010, 11:14:41 PM
Yeach go read the blog @ brandonsanderson.com if you haven't when your finished post your thoughts here.



P.S. some moron on Facebook asked if it was a joke.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Eerongal on January 11, 2010, 11:30:13 PM
Nifty.

Now let's start theorizing who's gonna play in it!! :D

I nominate vin diesel to play Vin, on the grounds that his name fits, and it's funny (note that vin will remain female).

Edit: also, i vaguely remember this being talked about somewheres before. Wasn't this mentioned somewhere before, or was it all just theoryland around here?
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Miyabi on January 11, 2010, 11:32:02 PM

I freaking <3 Vin Diesel. =D

Well there's the fact that Vin was originally a boy, so that could work.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on January 11, 2010, 11:36:29 PM
The movie option has been mentioned before, but not with any specifics.

P.S. some moron on Facebook asked if it was a joke.
Self-deprecation!
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Patriotic Kaz on January 11, 2010, 11:38:43 PM
Nope I'm Daniel McGary and said "thank you for the post Peter"
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on January 11, 2010, 11:54:42 PM
Yeah, sorry, I figured that out just now...
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Silk on January 12, 2010, 12:09:04 AM
So are they still at the option stage or are they actually making plans to go ahead with the movie?
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Post by: deathgate on January 12, 2010, 12:52:39 AM
I agree with BS that is more important to have a group that understands the book than a typical Hollywood deal. What I've never understood is why they would pay a lot of money for the movie rights to a book then change the whole thing up until it is virtually indistinguishable from the book.  Really hope this is more in the Lord of the Rings vein where basically an unknown did great things.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Pygmalion on January 12, 2010, 12:57:18 AM
*keeping fingers crossed*
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Creative_Vortx on January 12, 2010, 12:59:13 AM
I hope whoever does it, does not get a HUGE budget. Don't wanna turn this into a CG fest. Mistborn could be kept down to earth when being made. Look at what they can do with Wire-Fu which could be used quite well.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: ryos on January 12, 2010, 02:17:59 AM
Vin Diesel would make a great Lord Ruler. As for the rest of the cast...well, I'm bad at these games, so I'll leave it to others.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: guessingo on January 12, 2010, 03:42:23 AM
This is an option. It is not guaranteed to be made into a movie. Wheel of Time has been optioned before and the books were not made into a movie. Stephen Kings Dark Tower was optioned with a big name director who just quit the project. Dianna Gabaldon said in one of her podcasts that she has been paid $250,000 for options and no movie got made.

I tried to google this Pallopa pictures. They don't even have a website. It sounds like some new company. I really have no idea how development companies work. Do they write the script and then try to sell it to a studio? Does anyone know? My understanding is that this process typically takes several years even if a movie gets made. It can be 2 years just for script revisions. Brad Pitts company has the option on World War Z and if you look at the film for it on wikipedia it has been in revision for something like 2 years with no end in site.

Does anyone know more about how the movie business works and what this development company does. Do they just do the script and then sell it to a studio?
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Randomness on January 12, 2010, 05:48:30 AM


I tried to google this Pallopa pictures. They don't even have a website. It sounds like some new company. I really have no idea how development companies work. Do they write the script and then try to sell it to a studio? Does anyone know? My understanding is that this process typically takes several years even if a movie gets made. It can be 2 years just for script revisions.

That does strike me as odd. i did an extensive search on Pallopa, and i came up with nothing. although i doubt anything will go wrong, i do worry that this is some lame, fake deal with Brandon. that would just make more heatbreak for us all... anyway i think the movie would be great.

If we are doing suggestions for vin, i think Summer Glau from Firefly and Serenity would make an amazing vin, but thats just my opinion
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Miyabi on January 12, 2010, 07:02:44 AM

Vin Diesel would be an AMAZING Marsh!
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Mellington the loony Gold Misting on January 12, 2010, 10:01:53 AM


I tried to google this Pallopa pictures. They don't even have a website. It sounds like some new company. I really have no idea how development companies work. Do they write the script and then try to sell it to a studio? Does anyone know? My understanding is that this process typically takes several years even if a movie gets made. It can be 2 years just for script revisions.

That does strike me as odd. i did an extensive search on Pallopa, and i came up with nothing. although i doubt anything will go wrong, i do worry that this is some lame, fake deal with Brandon. that would just make more heatbreak for us all... anyway i think the movie would be great.

If we are doing suggestions for vin, i think Summer Glau from Firefly and Serenity would make an amazing vin, but thats just my opinion

I too would love to see Summer Glau (the ultimate cute waif of butt-kickery) as Vin.  I can't imagine anyone else as Vin.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Miyabi on January 12, 2010, 10:25:44 AM

Best information I can find about the company is here. (http://www.corporationwiki.com/Florida/Orlando/paloppa-pictures-llc/28142283.aspx)
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: sporkify on January 12, 2010, 11:09:13 AM
Under no circumstances should Keanu Reeves be let near this.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: guessingo on January 12, 2010, 02:47:26 PM
I don't know if it is odd that Palloppa pictures does not have a website. Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio have production companies and I don't think they have websites.

I think Pallopa is a startup formed by a couple of friends from the press release. I am willing to bet what they do is develop a script and try to sell it to a production company or a studio. I have read that it can 2-3 years of re-writes on a script before a studio buys it or the option can pass and it goes no where.

Most options are not made into movies. I think an option is the write to develop your copywright into a movie for a certain number of years. Then it can lapse. They either pay you more money or you can option it to someone else.

Then if it gets made into a movie/TV, etc... the author gets a new contract worth more money. Most authors appear to not be involved at all in the script writing. Terry Goodkind has stated publicly he is not being consulted. This is probably in large part because novel writing is very different than script writing. Scripts are much shorter and faster paced and alot of mechanisms you use in novels don't exist. Plus studios/directors probably want experienced script writers since script writing appears to be far more collaboritive than novel writing.
That being said. I think George RR Martin wrote the script for HBO. However, he has a long background in TV writing. so that is different.

Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: guessingo on January 12, 2010, 02:48:28 PM
Does Brandon post on these forums anymore? I think he wrote that he writes 14 hours/day. That is alot with a 2 year old. Then again it appears that he has wanted to be a writer for a long time so it is his dream.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Eerongal on January 12, 2010, 03:02:11 PM
Does Brandon post on these forums anymore? I think he wrote that he writes 14 hours/day. That is alot with a 2 year old. Then again it appears that he has wanted to be a writer for a long time so it is his dream.

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He certainly seems to lurk the forums if not post in them. I haven't seen a post from him in some time.

Honestly, since I've been around about a year and a half, I've seen very few posts from him in all.

Though, ook posts quite often, and I'm sure he knows exactly as much as brandon on any given subject (being his assistant and all) so we may as well be getting it "straight from the horses mouth" so to speak when he says anything.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Link von Kelsier Harvey XXIV on January 12, 2010, 05:42:39 PM
Though, ook posts quite often, and I'm sure he knows exactly as much as brandon on any given subject (being his assistant and all) so we may as well be getting it "straight from the horses mouth" so to speak when he says anything.

Guessingo, Peter Ahlstrom used to post under the name Ookla the Mok, just so you don't wander the boards for hours looking for Ook.  Like Eerongal said, Peter knows all.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Eerongal on January 12, 2010, 05:57:34 PM
Though, ook posts quite often, and I'm sure he knows exactly as much as brandon on any given subject (being his assistant and all) so we may as well be getting it "straight from the horses mouth" so to speak when he says anything.

Guessingo, Peter Ahlstrom used to post under the name Ookla the Mok, just so you don't wander the boards for hours looking for Ook.  Like Eerongal said, Peter knows all.

Yeah, i should probably really get out of the habit of calling him "ook", probably generates confusion.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Pygmalion on January 12, 2010, 06:39:17 PM
Under no circumstances should Keanu Reeves be let near this.

bahaha... I totally agree. And neither should Vin Diesel. *shudder*
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Patriotic Kaz on January 12, 2010, 09:43:06 PM
Chaos knows all!!!! Though getting him to talk will be difficult... and Eerongal why wouldn't you generate confusion?
I sincerely hope that if we ever do see a finished product that the special effects are ground breaking! I mean I can't see Mistborn on a 2 million dollar budget, it just wouldn't be right. That being said, i don't care who the actors are so long as they can act, they don't need to waste money on popular dolts like Meagan Fox.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Eerongal on January 12, 2010, 09:48:10 PM
... and Eerongal why wouldn't you generate confusion?

Good point. I hadn't considered that angle, but it's a perfectly valid counter argument. You win this debate, good sir!
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Comfortable Madness on January 12, 2010, 09:56:23 PM
Very cool. I definitely hope this actually gets made.

I have one request. Milla Jovovich. She's the queen of ass-kickery. She's played Alice(Resident Evil) AND Leeloo(The Fifth Element) and she's gorgeous. It's win win.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: ryos on January 13, 2010, 01:23:27 AM
Ugh. I said I wouldn't do this. Here goes anyway.

+ Adam Baldwin as Kelsier (or Christian Bale, if they could get him)
+ Neil Patrick Harris as Dockson
+ John Travolta as Breeze (they'd never get him for that role, but he's perfect for it)
+ Brendan Gleeson (Mad-eye Moody) as Clubs
+ Summer Glau would indeed make a great Vin...at least for the first book. I've never seen her play a "normal" character, so I'm not sure she could pull off the better-adjusted Vin of book 3.
+ I still think Vin Diesel would make a great Lord Ruler. He'd also do for Marsh, though I don't think you could sell him as Adam Baldwin's brother. :P
+ Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would do for Ham.
+ I like the idea of Hayden Christensen as Spook (I know, I know...but I thought he actually did as well as anyone could speaking Lucas' craptastic dialog).
+ I'd cast Topher Grace as Elend Venture.

Who am I forgetting? Can you see why I say I stink at these games? ;D
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: neiana on January 13, 2010, 04:07:51 AM
Ugh. I said I wouldn't do this. Here goes anyway.

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+ Adam Baldwin as Kelsier (or Christian Bale, if they could get him)

If Christian Bale is part of this movie I won't watch it.  I've never seen him in any fashion other than the "wow he makes me want to puke".  On the other hand, Adam Baldwin would be hella cool but I don't think he fits the role too well.  My initial instinct, quite likely to never occur, was Zachary Quinto.  He can certainly pull off the martyred-god type.  Also you could add Nathon Fillion to this list as a great Kelsier, I think.

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+ Neil Patrick Harris as Dockson
+ John Travolta as Breeze (they'd never get him for that role, but he's perfect for it)
+ Brendan Gleeson (Mad-eye Moody) as Clubs

heh why not?

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+ Summer Glau would indeed make a great Vin...at least for the first book. I've never seen her play a "normal" character, so I'm not sure she could pull off the better-adjusted Vin of book 3.

I honestly wish nobody had mentioned Summer Glau.  I love her to death and I'd love to see her as Vin but now that someone has mentioned it, I can't fathom it being anybody but her.  Problem?  I'm going to be disappointed, now, no matter who it is unless it's her.

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+ I still think Vin Diesel would make a great Lord Ruler. He'd also do for Marsh, though I don't think you could sell him as Adam Baldwin's brother. :P

I think he'd do better as Marsh, personally...  Why couldn't we get someone like Christopher Walken to be TLR?  Actually he seems the type of actor who would relish that kind of role ;)

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+ Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would do for Ham.
+ I like the idea of Hayden Christensen as Spook (I know, I know...but I thought he actually did as well as anyone could speaking Lucas' craptastic dialog).

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+ I'd cast Topher Grace as Elend Venture.

Dunno who this is so I can't really comment on the match.

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Who am I forgetting? Can you see why I say I stink at these games? ;D

One big name sticks out...  Sazed... who, by description, may be best fit by Dwayne Johnson, TBH.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Mellington the loony Gold Misting on January 13, 2010, 04:36:05 AM
I like the inclusion of Firefly vets - Summer Glau is absolutely the only one I can picture as Vin.  Adam Baldwin...you realize that Firefly fans will buy tickets just to see them on screen together and pretend that it's a new (very strange) season of Firefly?

Also, isn't Hayden just a bit too old?  Spook pretty much undergoes puberty in the books.

Dude...I don't think I could imagine Topher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topher_Grace) at a table of his buddies without there being illegal substances involved.  Somehow I think that this would HURT Vin's interpretation of his bookclub.
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Post by: ryos on January 13, 2010, 05:02:52 AM
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My initial instinct, quite likely to never occur, was Zachary Quinto.

I don't know about Kelsier, but he'd make a good Zane.

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Why couldn't we get someone like Christopher Walken to be TLR?

Too old. The Lord Ruler is described as a young man. Actually, Vin Diesel is also too old, but he looks younger than he is and I think he could pull it off.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Pygmalion on January 13, 2010, 05:45:57 AM
Did I really just see someone posit DWAYNE JOHNSON for the role of SAZED?!

I couldn't have read that right. Please tell me I didn't read that correctly.  :o
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Patriotic Kaz on January 13, 2010, 05:46:20 AM
Jude Law would make a good Lord Ruler...i liked him alot in Road to Perdition, and now that I mentioned that movie i think Tom Hanks would be an awesome Dockson or Kel (they are both middle aged aren't they?) Though like I said big names aren't whats going to make this movie... good acting and special effects are a must but no names work with me.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: ryos on January 13, 2010, 05:55:10 AM
Did I really just see someone posit DWAYNE JOHNSON for the role of SAZED?!

I couldn't have read that right. Please tell me I didn't read that correctly.  :o

Yeah, I'm not too sure about that one. He's got the good natured thing down, but Sazed is also humble, precise, and a bit stuffy. Those aren't attributes I'd put to The Rock. Lastly, he's too buff. Sazed's feruchemy can bulk him way up, but ordinarily, he's a steward and scholar.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Terrisman243 on January 13, 2010, 06:07:26 AM
Maybe we have a tall, skinny guy play Sazed, then when he burns pewter KAZAM! The Rock Johnson!
 ;)
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Troubadour on January 13, 2010, 07:22:21 AM
As long as there's talk of who'd be good as whom, I'll put my picks up.

Vin - I honestly have no idea. I have half a dozen names that might work, but none of them seem to really fit. Good luck with this one.

Kelsier - Johnny Depp. Nobody else I can think of quite has that same unique charisma or unintentional ability for offhand humor.

Dox - Daniel Craig.

Ham - Dwayne Johnson. He's big, he's cheerful, and he's got that straightforwardness every good Thug should have.

Breeze - Robert Downey Jr, for similar reasons to Johnny Depp. He just seems to fit the role better than anyone else who comes to mind.

Clubs - Clint Eastwood. It's exactly the kind of role he'd excel in.

Spook - Dante Basco. I'm not so sure about this one, but his work as a voice actor would lend itself well to doing the Eastern street slang fluidly.

More to come later.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Miyabi on January 13, 2010, 10:00:53 AM

Vin - (provided we could age her down)Sandra Bullock.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Moggle on January 13, 2010, 10:59:18 AM
I really like the books although I'm not really a huge fan of the second book a part of me was still excited to hear about this then I sigh and think how badly they're probably going to end up botching this.  It's really inevitable.  No question.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Miyabi on January 13, 2010, 11:07:29 AM

Brandon said he liked the script so, that's what's keeping me hopeful.
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Post by: Morderkaine on January 13, 2010, 12:10:00 PM
I think a Mistborn movie would be an excellent candidate to be made completely with motion capture and CGI. Could probably do some pretty awesome stuff with 3D effects in it as well. Of course, no matter what happens, if it gets made I will be going to see it the very first chance I get.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Mantikorr on January 13, 2010, 03:23:31 PM
I had pictured Christopher Heyerdahl as Sazed when i saw this promo pic of him from Sanctuary:

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1585157120/nm0382216

Fantastic actor, looks great with a shaved head, and has the height (6'4") and slim build I'd picked Sazed as having.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: neiana on January 13, 2010, 03:28:54 PM

Vin - (provided we could age her down)Sandra Bullock.


uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?  Maybe ten years ago she could have played Vin in the movie adaption of the third book...but she was -never- a very kickass type of actress.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Comfortable Madness on January 13, 2010, 04:04:50 PM

Vin - (provided we could age her down)Sandra Bullock.


uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?  Maybe ten years ago she could have played Vin in the movie adaption of the third book...but she was -never- a very kickass type of actress.

Agreed. Not enough ass-kickery. I really like the suggestions of Glau and, of course, Jovovich.

As for the Rock he'd probably be to busy making another horrible movie.

Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Ari54 on January 14, 2010, 03:29:00 AM
Under no circumstances should Keanu Reeves be let near this.

I dunno, he could do pretty well as an Inquistitor. XD
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: neiana on January 14, 2010, 05:02:48 AM
Under no circumstances should Keanu Reeves be let near this.

I dunno, he could do pretty well as an Inquistitor. XD

Or voice a Kandra? hehe
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Moggle on January 14, 2010, 05:07:10 AM

Vin - (provided we could age her down)Sandra Bullock.


uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?  Maybe ten years ago she could have played Vin in the movie adaption of the third book...but she was -never- a very kickass type of actress.

Agreed. Not enough ass-kickery. I really like the suggestions of Glau and, of course, Jovovich.

As for the Rock he'd probably be to busy making another horrible movie.



Jovovich??   This isn't resident evil.  Plus I'm not interested in 40 year old chicks playing Vin.   But then again what does it matter anyway.  They're not exactly going to make this into a proper 3 hour film.  It'll probably 85 minutes and just god awful.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Link von Kelsier Harvey XXIV on January 14, 2010, 05:54:55 AM
Hey man, don't judge it before you see it.  At least wait to see if it actually gets off the ground.  When everyone here has seen a trailer, if you still don't like it, then you can complain.  Also, (while I'm being bossy) let's avoid saying that the movie somehow has the power to ruin the books forever.  The quality of the books is independent of the movie.  Plus I don't like it when people say, "Ruined Forever!" >:(

Okay, I'm good now. :)
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Moggle on January 14, 2010, 07:47:19 AM
But I've already made my proclaimation already.  I can't take it back even if I wanted to.   In any case you'll be changing your tune soon enough once you see Brendan Fraser playing one of the lead characters in the film.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Link von Kelsier Harvey XXIV on January 14, 2010, 08:00:27 AM
Can we get the Department of Redundancy Department, please?  Thanks.  Sorry, the opportunity was too perfect.  I'm done now.  Oh, and it's entirely possible to edit previous posts.  So, technically, you CAN take it back.  ... I don't see anything wrong with Fraser.  He doesn't seem to fit any of the characters really well, but his involvement doesn't automatically make something bad.  In any case, Brandon trusts these people to make a good movie.  Have a little faith Moggle! ;D
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Post by: Chaos on January 14, 2010, 09:11:30 AM
But I've already made my proclaimation already. I can't take it back even if I wanted to. In any case you'll be changing your tune soon enough once you see Brendan Fraser playing one of the lead characters in the film.

There's always that edit button!

Jude Law would make a good Lord Ruler...i liked him alot in Road to Perdition, and now that I mentioned that movie i think Tom Hanks would be an awesome Dockson or Kel (they are both middle aged aren't they?) Though like I said big names aren't whats going to make this movie... good acting and special effects are a must but no names work with me.

Oddly, I can kinda see Jude Law pulling that one off.

But if I had to choose (which I think is sort of pointless, because there would probably be lesser known actors), Nathan Fillion for Kelsier, Summer Glau for Vin.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Miyabi on January 14, 2010, 09:16:57 AM
I had pictured Christopher Heyerdahl as Sazed when i saw this promo pic of him from Sanctuary:

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1585157120/nm0382216

Fantastic actor, looks great with a shaved head, and has the height (6'4") and slim build I'd picked Sazed as having.


That's like exactly how I pictured him!

And Sandra Bullock is WAY kick ass.  Like she already played a similar role as The Final Empire would be when she played in Miss Congeniality.  Gang - FBI, Beauty Pageant - Becoming Lady Renoux, Keeping going after the whole group leaves her behind - Kel dies.

xD

I kind of always imagined a young Sandra Bullock as Vin.

Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: ryos on January 14, 2010, 11:32:04 AM
But I've already made my proclaimation already.  I can't take it back even if I wanted to.   In any case you'll be changing your tune soon enough once you see Brendan Fraser playing one of the lead characters in the film.

Brendan Fraser makes me laugh. Um. There's not actually a lot of comedy in Mistborn, so he'd probably ruin everything, but I'd still laugh while I cried.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Batchman on January 14, 2010, 07:21:15 PM
I'm hopeful that, unlike Terry Goodkind, Brandon would not allow a project to go forward without making sure it seemed to be a good fit with the story. But (not to be a spoil sport) there is a good chance we won't have to worrry about this for a while.

Books get optioned all the time, and almost never does anything come of it.

I maintain the website of an author friend of mine who has been publishing books for around 30 years ... in that time he has had dozens of options on dozens of books. So far only one has ever come to anything. (Though we're currently hopeful for a project MTV has optioned.)

The same thing that makes Brandon happy with the production company probably makes it a little harder for that production company to sell the picture to a studio.

On the other hand, maybe this will hit a lucky streak, everything will work out, and we'll get to see a good treatment of Mistborn in the theaters! Would be nice ... here's hoping.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Inkthinker on January 15, 2010, 12:15:31 PM
You're all nuts. You need Jeeja Yanin (or someone like her), the recent star of Chocolate and Raging Phoenix. She's got the right build, the right hair, and she can totally move in a way that can't be faked without the best CG (and even then, not so well).

Chocolate trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_vQNRJ-718")

Raging Phoenix trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejM7ZCEzs5A")

Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: guessingo on January 15, 2010, 04:08:47 PM
@Batchman: once you license your story to someone you lose all control. They pay for the rights to do what they want. There is nothing Terry Goodkind can do about what was produced. If he opens his mouth and tells people not to watch then he loses his licensing money. He also may open himself up to a lawsuit, but I am not sure about that.

I am not an Ursula K Leguin fan, but SciFi did a mini-series on one of her books and she said she hated it. She had NO control. You can't even force people to move forward once they option it. They can just sit on the option. I was on Joe Haldeman's forum recent(he is a GREAT Sci-fi writer) and he posted that he hopes Ridley Scott(he made gladiator and the first alien movie) will move forward with making The Forever War after seeing how great avatar was. He said he wants the money while he is still young. I believe the Wheel of Time was optioned in the 1990s and just got sat on. 


btw, the Forever War is a GREAT Sci-Fi novel. Joe has a very short and concise writing style that is fun to read. Te book is great and has some very ironic and funny parts.



What I think movie industry people want to do is to buy up an option, which is a small investment to them, then make another small investment to turn it into a script and then look at the script, the market, who they can get to direct and decide to move forward. They seem to option far more books than ever get made into movies or TV shows.

It is stilnot guaranteed that George RR Martins HBO series will go beyond the pilot. A decision will be madein march.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Comfortable Madness on January 15, 2010, 04:20:44 PM


It is stilnot guaranteed that George RR Martins HBO series will go beyond the pilot. A decision will be madein march.


Speaking of that...Whomever did the casting for that should do the casting for the Mistborn movie:

Eddard Stark - Sean Bean
Tyrion Lannister- Peter Dinklage
Cersei Lannister- Leana Headey

To name a few. I say job well done.

Damn. Now I have to get HBO.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Vatdoro on January 15, 2010, 05:46:25 PM
You're all nuts. You need Jeeja Yanin (or someone like her), the recent star of Chocolate and Raging Phoenix. She's got the right build, the right hair, and she can totally move in a way that can't be faked without the best CG (and even then, not so well).

Chocolate trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axf_EXzF_qM)

Raging Phoenix trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejM7ZCEzs5A)

She has some sweet moves, and I can totally see her as Vin. Her hair, face, figure, size ... all remind me of Vin. But, can she speak english?

Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Creative_Vortx on January 15, 2010, 06:51:49 PM
"Ruined Forever!" >:(

I think if anything, the quality of the BOOKS dictates how crappy the movie will be. Of course that's not the case for every book turned movie franchise, but it's probably a good rule of thumb for most.

But if I had to choose (which I think is sort of pointless, because there would probably be lesser known actors), Nathan Fillion for Kelsier, Summer Glau for Vin.

I could DEFINITELY see Summer as Vin, she has the right stature and looks young enough to play Vin without being a horrible (which most of the time comes with younger actors).

I can see Nathan playing Kelsier, he has the right personality.. lighthearted and fun but serious when it calls for it.

Good picks Chaos, and might I add.. I do believe you are a little bit of a fellow Firefly geek.  :D
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on January 15, 2010, 07:58:15 PM
You're all nuts. You need Jeeja Yanin (or someone like her), the recent star of Chocolate and Raging Phoenix. She's got the right build, the right hair, and she can totally move in a way that can't be faked without the best CG (and even then, not so well).
Chocolate trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_vQNRJ-718")
Raging Phoenix trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejM7ZCEzs5A")
It's hilarious that the production company is called >Baa-Ram-Ewe<.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Creative_Vortx on January 15, 2010, 08:04:15 PM
You're all nuts. You need Jeeja Yanin (or someone like her), the recent star of Chocolate and Raging Phoenix. She's got the right build, the right hair, and she can totally move in a way that can't be faked without the best CG (and even then, not so well).
Chocolate trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_vQNRJ-718")
Raging Phoenix trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejM7ZCEzs5A")
It's hilarious that the production company is called >Baa-Ram-Ewe<.

Something tells me they are fans of BABE. Ha.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Link von Kelsier Harvey XXIV on January 15, 2010, 08:49:30 PM

I think if anything, the quality of the BOOKS dictates how crappy the movie will be. Of course that's not the case for every book turned movie franchise, but it's probably a good rule of thumb for most.


So, wait.  The better the book, the worse the movie?   ??? Maybe it's possible to make a good movie from a bad book by changing things around so that it is unrecognizable, and to make a bad movie from a good book by doing the same thing, but if the major themes are intact, and the details are good, there's no reason an excellent book can't be made into an excellent movie.  Or maybe I'm completely misunderstanding you.   ???  So much confusion!  ... Really, after typing all that, now I'm starting to think you were agreeing with me.  Aghh!  These forums are Ruined Forever! :P
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: ryos on January 15, 2010, 10:26:24 PM
I'd say the better a book is, the harder it is to match fans' expectations with a movie. A great book is far longer, more detailed, and more complex than any movie can be, so trying to adapt one into a movie results in an abbreviated and altered pale reflection of the source material. It may be a great movie in its own right…but a lot of fans of the book don't see that. They just see how the script writers had to butcher the book to get there.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Batchman on January 15, 2010, 11:43:15 PM
Yes, what if they make Mistborn into a 30 night mini-series?

Then they could do justice to it.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Creative_Vortx on January 15, 2010, 11:49:14 PM
I would prefer a 5 (1hr each) part series on sci-fi (production value of that of Tin Man or Alice not OMG THE BEASTZ ARE AFTER MEZ movies) for each book. Make it long and correctly done. 2 hours is not enough. :)
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Chaos on January 15, 2010, 11:50:17 PM
But if I had to choose (which I think is sort of pointless, because there would probably be lesser known actors), Nathan Fillion for Kelsier, Summer Glau for Vin.

I could DEFINITELY see Summer as Vin, she has the right stature and looks young enough to play Vin without being a horrible (which most of the time comes with younger actors).

I can see Nathan playing Kelsier, he has the right personality.. lighthearted and fun but serious when it calls for it.

Good picks Chaos, and might I add.. I do believe you are a little bit of a fellow Firefly geek.  :D

It may be that this week, for the first time, I am watching Firefly and enjoying the heck out of it. Others on the original Mistborn movie topic, where they talked about casting, there was some Nathan Fillion talk, and both here in this topic and on that one, Summer Glau was talked about too. Now I can see the logic there. :)
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Wolfstar on January 16, 2010, 04:41:05 PM
I was on Joe Haldeman's forum recent(he is a GREAT Sci-fi writer) and he posted that he hopes Ridley Scott(he made gladiator and the first alien movie) will move forward with making The Forever War after seeing how great avatar was.

You forgot Blade Runner!  Dude, that's like... his best!
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Pygmalion on January 17, 2010, 07:03:12 AM
I'd say the better a book is, the harder it is to match fans' expectations with a movie. A great book is far longer, more detailed, and more complex than any movie can be, so trying to adapt one into a movie results in an abbreviated and altered pale reflection of the source material. It may be a great movie in its own right…but a lot of fans of the book don't see that. They just see how the script writers had to butcher the book to get there.

So true. If this ever gets made, and even if it really is an amazing movie, some part of me will inevitably be let down. I'm too emotionally attached to the book and the characters the way they are to be completely satisfied.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: happyman on January 17, 2010, 10:04:06 PM
I'd say the better a book is, the harder it is to match fans' expectations with a movie. A great book is far longer, more detailed, and more complex than any movie can be, so trying to adapt one into a movie results in an abbreviated and altered pale reflection of the source material. It may be a great movie in its own right…but a lot of fans of the book don't see that. They just see how the script writers had to butcher the book to get there.

This.

I don't know how many times I've seen fans complain about the movie of the book.  Sometimes I think they've got a point, but often they have a list of things that were left out which ruin it completely---and every fan has a different list, all of which I personally disagree with.

My opinion is that when you make a movie out of a book, make it a movie.  That is, use the visual medium to the best possible extent and allow that extra richness to reflect (but not copy) the story in the book in the way only a movie can.  Movies can have strengths books only dream about.  This upsets the more devoted fans, but generally has much broader appeal.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Chaos on January 17, 2010, 10:49:41 PM
If the option gets made into a movie, you know what I'll do? I simply won't read the book anytime near its launch date, so I could have the freshest opinion as possible.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: happyman on January 17, 2010, 11:12:11 PM
If the option gets made into a movie, you know what I'll do? I simply won't read the book anytime near its launch date, so I could have the freshest opinion as possible.

Good idea.

I know that this has worked for me and the Harry Potter movies!
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Chaos on January 17, 2010, 11:47:20 PM
Yup, that was the example I would have used.

Of course, I know Mistborn far, far better than Harry Potter, so this may not work as effectively.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: gambler on January 20, 2010, 09:49:32 PM
A couple of random thoughts about any attempt to make this series into a movie:

What about Amy Acker as Vin?  Same 'pedigree' as Summer but I think she has more range, at least that she's demonstrated on screen...  I agree with some folks that Summer would probably work great for Vin in Book 1, but Acker feels like she could pull off the more serious stuff in Books 2 and 3 a bit better.  If we go outside the Joss Whedon group for Vin, I'd be tempted to suggest Mia Kirshner.

It's all fun to speculate but I think if Mistborn ever got made into movies, there would have to be some fairly serious deviations from the books in two parts:

1. The parallel 'stories' at the start of each chapter.  I have a hard time seeing how these could be included in any fashion.  This takes a great deal of the uniqueness out of the books if they can't be included.  Additionally, they're almost necessary to make "The Well of Ascension" work because of Ruin's ability to change the text.  And of course, the log of Rashek is key in the first book.  There will have to be a way to get the same information across without a long period of a character just reading the log/prohpecies in one chunk.

2. A LOT goes on in the minds of the characters.  How do you include the 'visitations' by Kelsier, Reen, 'God' to the appropriate characters correctly?  How do you portray Sazed's struggle with religions that's so fundamental to the third book?  How do you portray Vin and Elend's struggles to define themselves?  These are all things that are at least as important, if not more so, than the dialogue and action that would be much more easily translated.


Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Fireborn on January 21, 2010, 09:41:51 AM
Summer Glau would rock, but I think Amy Acker might be too old to play late-teens to early-twenties Vin.

I think Alan Tudyk could make a good Kelsier or maybe Ham.  (you may not realize it but that guy is RIPPED) Or maybe Ben Browder as Ham.

One thing I'd like to see is how they portray Vin's memories of Reen.
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Creative_Vortx on January 21, 2010, 06:32:06 PM

One thing I'd like to see is how they portray Vin's memories of Reen.

I vote for a faded ghost like figure of Reen walking through the scene communicating whatever he communicates while Vin is trying to focus on the task at hand. Kinda like Obi-Wan's voice overs with a little more tangible reality (if you can call a ghost like figure tangible or reality)
Title: Re: So There is Going to be a Mistborn Flick....
Post by: Fireborn on January 22, 2010, 05:25:39 AM
Well, what I had in mind was that when the memories popped up we might have kind of a flash of a shot of Reen standing over Vin or something like that to imply the traumatic experiences she's obviously had.  But yeah, the voiceover thing would actually say the line, that's kind of a no-brainer.  I was kind of thinking of how it would be presented.