Fox and Ridley Scott Warm Up to Vampire Trilogy
Filed under: Horror, Deals, 20th Century Fox, Newsstand
Fox 2000 and Ridley Scott's production company have snagged the (pricey) rights to Jordan Ainsley's as-yet-unpublished vampire trilogy -- but the concept sounds pretty dang cool. Described by Variety as a cross between 28 Weeks Later and The Stand, Ainsley's The Passage won't hit book stores until next year -- but that hasn't stopped the studios from mounting a hefty bidding war for the three-part property.Seems that Mr. Ainsley (who is actually the award-winning author Justin Cronin) received about $3.5 million for film rights on his three books. And get this: That paycheck was based only on a partial manuscript and an outline! Here's how the trade paper describes the story: "When terminally ill cancer patients get healthy after being bitten by bats in South America, the government conducts secret tests with human subjects to see if a virus can cure illness. Instead, it unleashes a swarm of bloodthirsty vampires out of the test subjects, which include death row inmates."
Awww yeahhh. Now that sounds like a book I'll want to read before seeing the movie. (Usually I wait till after. I know. I'm weird that way.) Although the project will be guided to the screen by Fox 2K and Scott Free Productions, it's not yet clear if Ridley (or Tony) will direct the first film. Although as a huge Ridley Scott fan, I really hope he does. That way it'll be a hardcore horror epic that's made for grown-ups. Plus it'll look real neat. Sir Ridley's good that way. As mentioned earlier, The Passage won't hit book stores until next summer ... but I'll be waiting.
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7-20-2007 @ 3:46PM
Ancora Quintus said...
You aren't weird. I do the same thing.
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7-20-2007 @ 4:27PM
TRUTH4U said...
HOW THE COMIC BOOK "BLADE" BECAMED A MOTION PICTURE!
1973-Marv Wolfman & Gene Colan created the comic book "Blade".
1976-African American, Cartoonist & Producer, Ken Willis, created the idea to make the "Blade" comic book a motion picture with karate champion, Jim Kelly or Actor, & Professional Football Player, Jim Brown, in the leading role as "Blade."
1984-Cartoonist & Producer, Ken Willis, arrive in Hollywood to bring his childhood comic book superhero "Blade" to the big movie screen.
1994-Marvel Comic book Writer, Stan Lee, wanted Actor,Wesley Snipes, to star in his movie "Black Panther." Sorry, but it didn't happen!
1994-Director & Writer, John Singleton, wanted Actor, Wesley Snipes, to star in his remake movie verison of "Shaft." Sorry, it didn't happen!
1994- Unknown Cartoonist & Producer, Ken Willis, cast, pitched, personally hand-picked and sold Actor, Wesley Snipes, on not doing Writer, Stan Lee & Director, John Singleton movies in order to star, and produce his movie idea of "Blade," and his vision of bringing his childhood superhero to the big screen.
1998-Actor, Wesley Snipes, circumvented Cartoonist, Ken Willis out of his own "Blade" movie project and brings "Blade" to th big screen through New Line Cinema.
1998-2004-"Blade" triology makes history and is the best vampire movie and greatest Marvel comic book made into a motion picture.
2007-Cartoonist & Producer, Ken Willis, brings you the movie "MASK MEN". So whenever, you are watching a "Blade" movie remember the name Ken Willis, because he was the one who created the idea to make "Blade" a motion picture first.
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