Hollywood Speculation

[Bookstore Guy]

Good call Ookla - I got a bit ahead of myself.  We'll let Brandon reveal all the "cool" details on Centrifugal when he gets on here.

[Tink]

Well, considering Brandon said, "No, it probably isn't for the series you're thinking about," (emphasis added) I'm guessing it's one of his series and not a standalone. More than likely, it is one that has been published (I would guess), which leaves prominently Mistborn or Alcatraz. My first inclination was to guess Alcatraz. I think that it would be great on screen and if it did well, there are more books coming out that could also be made into a film. I think it would be hard to fit Mistborn into one movie, and I don't think it would reach as wide of an audience as Alcatraz would. But that's just speculation.

[Andrew the Great]

I disagree with it being a series. I think Brandon thought everyone would think of mistborn, so said that it wasn't that series. Besides, we do already have confirmation that it's centrifugal.

[Hero of Ages]

You say that it is confirmed to be Centrifugal, care to say where??  I looked at EUOL's post when he was talking about it and didn't see anything of the sort.

[firstRainbowRose]

I think he's talking about someone's post on here that started the whole comment about it being Centrifugal.

[Reaves]

Well iirc ookla and fellfrosch are some of Sanderson's alpha readers; i believe they know him in person. This would explain why they know what they do.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

This has probably gone too far. I was talking to my sister (Pink Bunkadoo) on the phone yesterday, and even she had taken the comment at face value.

No, it's not Centrifugal, but I enjoyed Steve's joke quite a bit and played along. When I mentioned it to Brandon on Saturday, he thought it was pretty funny too and said something like, "Steve, Steve, Steve..." (He's been reading the forum less recently, because he's too tempted to respond to so many threads, and once the author has given a definitive answer, where's the fun in that?) Anyway he says he'll be able to reveal the Hollywood details later this week, so speculate away.

[Bookstore Guy]

<wicked laughter> I had far too much fun with this for it to be healthy.  Ookla, you were brilliant with your comments!  But yes, it's time to not be so delightfully wicked.  The comments about Centrifugal by Ookla and myself were just a joke - but a good one at that! </wicked laughter>

[Andrew the Great]

And really, you guys, you ought to notice when I post first that I'm confused, then a few hours later my post is mysteriously edited to say that it's been confirmed. I know some of you did read it when it was unedited too...But I fell for it completely, I'll admit, until Ookla pmed me. Then I laughed for a few minutes and edited my post.

For speculative purposes, I think that Elantris or Alcatraz is the most likely, and for some reason I tend to lean toward Elantris.

[bhthomas]

i was wondering why Hollywood would pick up a short story written ten years ago back when the author was still in high school and (to my knowledge) only released to the public like 2 monthes ago.

And if he says its not the series we would expect dont we all expect that its not going to be mistborn so it might actually be the one we hope for but dont  expect. . . that made more sense in my head.(translation=it might be mistborn)

Anyways whatever book it is i hope he gets to help the movie and have some control over it so it doesnt turn into another Eragon.

[VegasDev]

I still maintain that Scribbler translates best to the big screen, although I kind of hope that isn't the one they've selected. Hollywood has a habit of destroying books, but in this case maybe that's not a bad thing since it hasn't been published yet.

[Reaves]

 

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Ookla, you were brilliant with your comments!

It didn't take too much thought to just write the truth and replace the actual title with Centrifugal. The best lies are mostly true.

[Phaz]

If this is something that has been in the works for that long, then I think I know which series it is.  Brandon mentioned something similar briefly at a signing in Denver.

If that's the case, I hope it does go through, as I think it will translate great to the world of cinema.

[Natalie Perkins]

Anyways whatever book it is i hope he gets to help the movie and have some control over it so it doesnt turn into another Eragon.

I would flip out if it turned into another Eragon. They totally destroyed that book. (and that series is somewhere in my Top 20)
And I like most of Brandon's books more than Eragon, so if it's not done well... then, someone will be missing a few of their vital organs, to name the least graphic of the various punishments I've thought up