Exodus into a movie?

[woolleywrld]

Ok, I looked up the Online Petition Website, www.PetitionOnline.com - Free Online Petition Hosting and it seems almost too easy to be true. The only thing to be decided is to whom do we address it? Hollywood? Robert Redford? A specific director? Thoughts anyone?

[writergirl12]

I would suggest a production company, preferably one that has done work with movies similar to Exodus...New Line Cinema did the Golden Compass, which I haven't seen, but it won the Oscar for Best Special Effects. Walden Media has made quite a few books into movies, with special effects, such as the 2 Chronicles of Narnia movies, Bridge To Terabithia, Nim's Island, the upcoming City of Ember and Journey to the Earth 3-D.
Of course these are only musings, but who knows what could happen if we did begin an online petition? The prospect makes me very excited!

[woolleywrld]

Maybe Walden Media. I was more impressed with The Chronicles of Narnia movie than with The Golden Compass movie; it was truer to the book. I couldn't bear it if Exodus was changed too much on the big screen!!

[writergirl12]

Walden Media has teamed up with Disney and New Line Cinema for most of it's pictures. So, if we would like to write the petition to Walden, we would also have to consider who they would collaborate with for the picture. I would prefer New Line, personally, because Disney doesn't really seem to fit for Exodus's story, you know? As for staying true to Exodus, I absolutely agree with you! I dislike when they change the book a lot for the movie. But I think that depends more on who writes the screenplay than the production company.

[Namorvia]

New Line did Lord of the Rings, they get many points for that. Fox did Day After Tomorrow, I think there would be an irony in getting Exodus made by a company that had Fox in the name.
I'm going go out on a British limb and say we should picket Film4. To quote them "Film4 is the film arm of Channel 4 Television, dedicated to the production of smart, distinctive and contemporary feature films." And you could probably stick the word "British" in there somewhere. They've done some pretty classic films, though admittedly no Sci-Fi (that I know of), but I reckon that'd just make them up for a challenge.

[writergirl12]

I'll have to look into Film4; I don't know the British film companies. But if they are very good then we should definitely consider them!
Here is the current list of our 'brainstorm' of possible companies:
Film4
New Line
Fox
Walden Media

Any more suggestions?

[ducky5]

What about Dan Raddcliffe for Rowan, or is JK to attached to him?

[ducky5]

Probably too famous,

[Julie Bertagna]

He's already Prince Caspian, but he could be Fox...

Click here to see the film poster of Ben Barnes.

[woolleywrld]

He could indeed be quite a Fox!! I like that idea, especially if we decide to write to Walden Media Because he will have worked with them before! Connections!!!

I agree though, Daniel Radcliffe (however wonderful he may be) is always going to be Harry Potter in many peoples eyes, he is too famous!

[Namorvia]

Anyone a fan of BBC film adaptations? I don't know why but I was just thinking it. If you think of all the dramas adaptations they've done in the past, they're pretty much all good. It wouldn't be a blockbuster film, probably a two part one off thing on a bank holiday, but it'd be good.
It makes it sound like I'm aiming really low but not really, they did Phillip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke, the legendary version of Pride and Prejudice, and lets not forget that this is the company who bring us Dr. Who, imagine that team bringing New Mungo to life.

[Julie Bertagna]

Namorvia, that's exactly what I was thinking while watching the latest episodes of Dr Who!