Post by Big Brother on Feb 9, 2005 14:59:36 GMT -5
OoohFrak said:
There's two great characters just waiting to have series launched for them.Honor Harrington (author David Weber)
www.sfbookcase.com/author.asp?forename=David&surname=Weber
There was a halfway-serious effort to make such a series a couple of years ago. They got as far as writing a pilot and deciding to pick Australia as a filming location, but that's the last concrete info I heard about it. My guess is that they ran afoul of problems with clashes between the author and the studio execs over casting and other concerns. Weber had gotten some clauses in the contract giving him serious veto authority, at least in the early stages of production, then a clause that once production began, any concerns of his would have to be answered in writing. Last update I heard was that they were talking about who to cast for Honor herself, and Weber was having a hard time finding someone who could pull off Honor's "style of command" who the studios would agree was hot enough to play the lead.
Personally, I'd rather see a yearly miniseries rather than a weekly series for Honor.
Nah, miles needs movies or at least a series of tv miniseries to be told properly. I can't see him sustaining a good weekly series. Writing stories worthy of Miles that fit into an hour would be well-nigh impossible.
