Screenplay + major Hollywood production entity...

[nita2011]

Going back to no one being evil enough to play the lp, well, there is one, but he is not an actor. President Goerge Bush president of the US (I m aloud 2 say this as I m an American...a human ofany sort, actually)

[Hogosha]

As much as Bush gets on my nerves, I'd hardly say he's evil, especially compared to some figures in history . . .
Anyway, I'm imagining who would play characters in later books (like, in a million years, right). Particularly interested in who would do well as Ronan and Roshaun . . .

I think I'm qualified to comment on Bush, since I'm in Canada (AKA, next door).

He is a phony leader. He cant talk. Plus, he's a mass murderer. It's kind of funny when people talk about getting rapist and killers behind bars...how about him. He's like Hussain instructing people to sacrifice themselves in order to kill others. In a sense, Bush is sending a bunch of young soldiers out there...just to put themselves under unnecessary danger...but that's my opinion.

On another note...Screenplay! yeah!

[Dragon Writer]

I don't like bush, but even i can't use evil to describe him...
evil involves an enjoyment of giving others pain, and i hesitate too apply that to anyone unless i know for certain.

[Birdhead]

Somebody modlike wanna move the bush-bashing to chatter? Not that I'm necessarily opposed to it (although I do think putting him on a level with the LP is a bit melodramatic), it just might be considered inappropriate here.

Re: who would play Roshaun. He's not blonde, although I'm sure a lot of peroxide would fix that, but I've been watching a few ridiculous japanese teenage dramas (I have a friend who really digs them, and I like this friend so I'm tolerant) and I have to submit Kazuya Kamenashi (or Kamenashi Kayuza. I'm pretty sure Kayuza is his family name, anyway.) obviously, he's... Japanese. But Roshaun is supposed to look like an anime prince! As an added bonus, he has the bored look down absolutely pat. He would be hilarious. :P

[Kathy Li]

Tui, you volunteering for mod duty? No, I'm not moving it, because that would require creating an entire thread for it, and as it's pretty much dead already in here, I don't see the need to encourage more of same/rebuttal/etc. And it's about as on-topic as, well, British actors as bad guy casting.

BTW, while a lot of good guy parts in Star Wars were Brits, so were a lot of bad guys. Star Wars, having begun the entire trend of filming in the UK and at Elstree, peopled the entire background with Brits. It's why every Imperial officer not in stormtrooper gear speaks with a Brit accent. Nearly every one of the X-wing and Y-wing pilots in the final attack on the Death Star is someone you could also find on Masterpiece Theatre (one of them, notably, in Brideshead Revisited).

It's like Casablanca--you've got bit parts being filled by star-level actors.

And (to move back topicwards), anybody else listen to the Bibliofile podcasts with DD in them? I loved the bits where she and Peter Beagle are sharing their knowledge of screenwriting for Star Trek and how-Hollywood-works at each other.

[Birdhead]

And it's about as on-topic as, well, British actors as bad guy casting.

Yeah, but it's meaner!!!

I'm not volunteering for ANYTHING, being sane. I was just remembering what happened the last time I saw people bush-bashing, and it wasn't all that nice, and sometimes invoking mods is handy even if they don't do anything. It's nice to know y'all are paying attention to us, you know?

I haven't listened to the podcasts yet, but I will. Maybe they will be the first podcasts ever on my new toy! *pets it*

ETA: I totally sound like a mad censorship freak, I realise, re-reading my last two posts. I'm really not. Honest! I just find bush-bashing a bit wearying so I like to put people off it but, you know, most people ignore me. and I'm really not helping by keeping. bringing. it. up. I'm just, you know, not a bossy nut.

[Space Cadet]

Birdhead: Kazuya is a given name, Kamenashi is a surname. I'm trying to think of a nice simple way for people not familiar with Japanese names to identify which is which, but I can't think of one. A lot of boys names end with the syllables -ya, -ki, -ta, -hei, -suke, -hiro, -mitsu, or -kazu. Girl's names tend to end with -ko, -ka, -mi, -ri, -tsuki or -ku. Not all given names end in these syllables, but most. Not all names that end in these syllables are given names. But most. I hope that helps.

Wow, that was really off topic . . .

Yeah, movie . . . um, excellent! I've always thought that the YW books would lend themselves very well to the screen. Probably because DD is also a screenwriter, her works have wonderfully balanced timing, both within and between individual scenes. I hope that makes sense to someone other than myself.

[Kathy Li]

What the Japanese origami community's begun doing to help out us poor ignorant Westerners is whenever they're romanizing names, to all-caps the family name, since some of them like to switch to Western-style names, while others like original Japanese ordering. So, you can open up a Tanteidan annual and find KAMIYA Satoshi, HOJYO Takashi, and Hideo KOMATSU.

BTW, for those that don't know about the podcasts I was speaking of, here's the link to Bibliofile. DD calls in twice in the Peter Beagle podcast, and I think it's around halfway through, but not sure which part it starts with. I'm interested in Peter Beagle, so I downloaded and listened to the whole thing.

The other interesting note was that I believe DD mentioned that she might end up reviving the Wizcast to talk about the development of the SYWTBAW film if it happens. Or maybe that was a blog entry or something. I'm getting old. My memory's all fuzzy 'round the edges.

[Peter Murray]

Just an amendment to Wilf's post - he linked to the latest post on DD's blog, which will change. And an edit to my post for the new excerpt.

Links to the specific posts: SYWTBAW screenplay excerpt, SYWTBAW background and FAQ, second excerpt.

The Livejournal versions have a lot more comments (over 140 combined so far):
excerpt, background/FAQ, second excerpt.

[Kathy Li]

Is it just me, or is DD having entirely too much fun working in modern technology into SYWTBAW's screenplay? I almost feel that while that scene is obviously there to do the exposition on why you need odd objects to do spells, that it's also there to work in the talking-to-yourself gag with the cellphone.

I do love Kit's line about hogging Fred.

[maxxrox]

Where can I get a copy of the screenplay? I can't find it anywhere!

[Slash]

O.o thers a screen play *jumps for da big fudge in the sky* omg thets super! ^^ I hope I get a chance too see it! *dance* ^^ YAY!

[Peter Murray]

Originally posted by maxxrox:
Where can I get a copy of the screenplay? I can't find it anywhere!

You shouldn't be able to, DD's still writing/editing it. And, if the contract(s) get signed, she won't be able to show us more excerpts. You won't find the whole screenplay, only the excerpts she releases.

Kathy: Oh, let her have her fun .

[Kathy Li]

Well, of course, we want DD to have her fun!

I do hope, however, that the deal gets wrapped up. I'm also wondering, since the Hollywood-LA folks are coming to see her this weekend, whether or not she'll be around for the chat. I doubt she'd have a meeting that went past 8pm, but I could also see her being a bit tired from hostessing or whatever to want to talk to us for an hour.