Kell Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I got my Discworld Monthly Extra delivered to my inbox last night and thought my fellow Pratchett fans might be interested in this. (From the man in the hat himself: There has been one hell of a lot of rumours regarding a Good Omens adaptation over the past few weeks, mostly started by me at the SFX Weekender. So, ladies and gentleman, I can hereby exclusively reveal that - YES - Neil and myself have shaken hands and received groats from Rod Brown sealing a TV deal. An official announcement from Prime Focus will follow in a couple of weeks time. However, I can reveal right now that Terry Jones (yes, the Python) and Gavin Scott (not a Python, but he gets it) are already on the job. It's been a long time coming, but it's looking good. There's also this hot off the press: Sir Terry Pratchett and Rod Brown, Managing Director of Prime Focus Productions, announce that they have come to an agreement for the unprecedented and exclusive worldwide television rights to create brand new storylines for the iconic characters of Pratchett's phenomenally successful Discworld series. Terry's universal success has seen him create one of the leading fantasy fiction franchises of all time, with 70 million worldwide sales of his 38 book Discworld titles (with a 39th being published in October 2011). Whilst there have been three successful mini series adaptations of his Discworld books made for television in the UK, this is the first time that Pratchett has granted a production company the international rights to his character's and world, for the creation of new stories exclusively for a television audience. The main focus of the series will be set in the bustling, highly mercantile, largely untrustworthy and always vibrant city of Ankh Morpork and will follow the day-to-day activities of the men, women, trolls, dwarves, vampires and several other species who daily pound its ancient cobbles (and, of course, Igor in the forensics department). Terry commonly refers to the City Watch police force series "the jewels in his Discworld Crown". These richly developed and highly compelling characters will feature in a 'crime of the week' episodic storyline. As each weekly adventure unfolds, viewers will be taken on a ride through Pratchett's genius imagination, with the author overseeing the creation of the series, where wild and exciting encounters with werewolves, dragons, dwarfs, trolls and golems and the classic heroes and villains, are an everyday occurrence... many of whom even make outstanding crime fighters! Rod Brown, Managing Director of Prime Focus Productions said, "I believe that the globally successful Discworld franchise will readily translate to the small screen in the form of a high-end, mass appeal weekly drama series. It will give the audience the anticipation and excitement of brand new Discworld stories every week through the medium of television, rather than books. It's a huge responsibility to get this right for Terry, his legions of Discworld fans and the new followers to his work that we will attract along the way, but I believe they will be in for a treat with a high calibre writing team already attached, including 'Monty Python's' Terry Jones and Gavin Scott (Small Soldiers, The Borrowers). We have already spoken to a number of international broadcasters who have shown early interest and we hope to move forward very quickly to bring this exciting project to fruition". Sir Terry Pratchett said, "I'm very excited! I really am incredibly happy about this because Rod was part head of the team that produced the very successful Sky One adaptations and my message of encouragement to him now is; don't b*gger it up!" I am SOOOOOOOOOO excited about both of these projects!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Whoooooooooooooooooooooooo~hoooooooooooooooooooooooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 That's great news! Very exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 There's nothing on IMDb about either of them yet (at least, not on the regular version - I don't have IMDb Pro), but since the news came direct from official sources, I'm taking it as gospel that they're going ahead. *squaeeeeeeeeeee!* I can hardly wait to see the cast lists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Please excuse my whoo~hoo :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I HAZ A BIG HAPPEE :mrgreen: !! Thank you for the fantastic news Kell, I'm officially psyched!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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