*shivers with excitement* A movie !! Yes this is so awesome. Necroscope is the first actual series of books Ive read.(actually read them 8 times each) Im starting again here soon,I abosolutely love these books and cant get enough !! :)But I will definitely be waiting patiently to see what comes about with this movie, Someone mentioned a mini series type that would be great, I too dont think they can wrap it all up into 2 hours

That is the best news. I've been hoping for years now that these books would become movies and even if they can't do it with real people imagine what they could do with animation particularly the kind of animation used in Shrek 2 which is the most incredible I've ever seen.

 

However, real people would be my first choice and with the right cast, writers, director and effects this could be a HUGE franchise.

 

Please let us know every detail.

 

Bobby

Portland, TN

Don't worry folks. When we have information you'll find it here.

I have read all of the NECROSCOPE series & LOVED!! every one!! I have said from the first book that it should have been made into a movie!! It's been a number of years since I started the series, so I guess I'm going to just have to read the whole thing over again to catch up on things before the movie comes out!!

I am trying to read every book by Brian Lumley I can get my hands on, and so far have read more than 25 of them. I just can't get enough of him! He ranks as my favoriot author, just above Edgar Allen Poe!!!

The only other thing I want to know is if there are any more books comming out on the Necroscope or Titus Crow???

Necroscope 'The Touch' will be out sometime in 2005 Tambalini, probably near the back end of the year, and according to Brian this will be the last Necroscope book

...but of course he said the same thing about Avengers!

 

:cool:

i think he's hoping to have one by the next KeoghCon, Sept.

well if they make the movie ,i hope they do the very best they can with it. be tragic if they didnt make it as best they can .

really hope lumley can be a big part of the project ,and hollywood dont make it to glitzy

Chances are that, if the project actually stays off the ground, it will be filmed in eastern Europe somewhere, like the Czech Republic. Lovely gothic look, and it is extremely cheap to make films over there. On top of those factors, it would be close to Russia, in case they have to go there for location shots. Imagine if they actually filmed it in Romania... *wistful sigh*

 

Still, if it gets a slightly larger budget, it may end up being shot over here in Australia. Plenty of British-looking locations around here in Melbourne, and we have a great new studio for interiors.

 

Oh well, I can dream...

If it ends up being filmed in Melbourne, fancy putting a few of us up, LOL!

 

I'm still hoping it gets filmed in the original setting of 'Harden' as it's very close to my family in the North East (the next town!)

All we can hope is that they don't be-little the book(s) like they have with so many Stephen King, Dean Koontz etc. Still i'll go and watch it regardless!!

Just been looking on the web for news of the film and the only thing i can find is on www.thezreview.co.uk/comingsoon/n/necroscope.htm the following is all the have on the film: "Necroscope Premise/Synopsis:

Premise is about college kids that find a telescope-like device that steals human souls. "

 

Please tell me that this is not how they are going to work it??? :eek:

You can ignore that website.

 

CLICK HERE to read more about it and others.

 

And CLICK HERE for the real website.

 

GG, if it ends up being film in Harden,fancy putting a few of us up, and i'm not LOL.

Ignore thezreview. He's been advised the info is wrong but he doesn't want to know. So just ignore this and stick with

 

http://www.necroscopethemovie.com

 

this is the site for real information.

At the risk of being staked, beheaded and burned...

 

Movie-wise, I think the story would work better with Necroscope and Wamphyri being compressed into one film, with Bodescu removed from the story and most of his key story events being given to Dragonsani.

 

There are two reasons why I think this should be done. First, the hero of the books spends the majority of Wamphyri as an incorporeal being. This is fine in a novel, but in the visual medium if film it just cannot work. A relatively brief period with a body would work okay, I think, but not a whole film. Second, the whole vampirisation process is pretty similar between the two characters, and if the duplicated sequence of events of a human being becoming a vampire is compressed into one, there should be a good amount of other plot threads to make one (somewhat busy) vampire.

 

Without doing this, the second movie wouldn't be much different from the first, in the eyes of the casual cinema-goer. With Necroscope and Wamphyri filmed as one movie, we would then get The Source as the sequel. This is the most cinematic and action-packed of the series, in my opinion, and would make one hell of a movie.

 

I know, purists will hate this idea, but you have to remember that things that work well in books will very often fail badly on the big screen. Books and films are very different media, and they require a very different style of storytelling.

 

So... let the flames begin...

Originally posted by Nathan:

Sorry it's taken so long to reply, thanks for the correct link

 

 

[ February 04, 2005, 04:51 AM: Message edited by: Bozlem Stu ]

I don't know why that idea would cause flames to break out. I, for one, can't really disagree. The one thing I don't agree with is the brief period showing Harry as a corporeal being.

 

If Dragosani and Bodescu were somehow combined and Yulian and his family left completely from the story, taking some of Yulian's deeds and working them into Dragosani's character, I'd be fine with that. But I don't think you can shorten Harry's childhood and coming of age (i.e. his revenge on his step-father) very much without losing the spirit (if you will) of the story.

Originally posted by DexX:

At the risk of being staked, beheaded and burned...

 

I know, purists will hate this idea, but you have to remember that things that work well in books will very often fail badly on the big screen. Books and films are very different media, and they require a very different style of storytelling.

 

So... let the flames begin...

Ah ... no, I don't think so. Flaming isn't tolerated here and all our long time members know that.

 

So, if you flame you risk being staked, beheaded and burned ... maybe even at the suggestion of it...

 

[ February 06, 2005, 06:48 AM: Message edited by: Silky ]

to be honest my heart says ,yeah make a necroscope film ,but my head is saying i just hope it dont turn out like so many book to films that have gone wrong in the past and cant really see any director script music score that will do the fantastic story brian has created any justice at all....i fear the worse

 

ill put this reply to all the of the necro film threads ,sorry i sound so negative ,jus my thoughts and i feel that its taking away the sincerity from brians work i dont know why i feel this way jus do .

Whoa there, skinters!

 

While I understand your desire to make known your opinion to anyone who comes around, no matter the thread they choose to peruse, I gotta ask that you refrain from multiple identical posts in the future...

 

From the "DO NOT DO" section of the MB rules:

Use The Brian Lumley.com MessageBoards' features in a manner that adversely affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g., excessive shouting [use of all caps] or flooding [continuous posting of repetitive text or topics]).

This topic we're in is nailed to the top and won't go anywhere no matter how long it goes without a reply, so most everyone should see your remarks here.

 

Thanks.

Yes, please don't do that skinters. That could lead to being staked, beheaded and burned...

no worries there N8 jus seemed economical to me lazy ways and saw straight away how ridiculous it looked although i was gonna say pretty much the same thing in each thread ,so i jus pasted it in

 

hmmmm staked beheaded and burned uh ? im a quick mover mind

What's all the negative about? Having been a fan for almost 2 decades now, I have a storyline and images in my head that will be there regardless. The written word is almost always better because it gives the reader the opportunity to use their imagination where as video gives you the images. Any fan or avid reader will know this. In my opinion, if 2 people walk out of every theater and seek the written version or asks "What else did that guy do?" it will be a huge sucess. The written form is a classic and why not use whatever tool available to get people this knowledge. "If you Make it, They will Come!"

fred

 

as i used the word negetive in my post i presume your post is directed at me ,i agree with every1 that doing a necroscope film is a good idea jus posted my concerns on the fact that so many film adaptions are ruined by the money men in hollywood ,and that brians work deserves so much care and attention .the effort he has put into his work has to be reflected in the movie ,otherwise for me personaly it would be such a waste if they were to rush it through and like i say make a quick buck.

 

be great if we could all air our real thoughts on the subject like you jus have there fred , its good to see others concerns and not jud nod our heads to the idea .who knows maybe our concerns will reach the ears of whoever gets to make the final film

 

 

p.s isnt the quote "if you make it, they will come! " from that film with kevin costner ?

 

[ February 22, 2005, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]