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Hope to God it doesn't get stuck in development hell. | |
HELL. YES. | |
out of all the spin off ideas for discworld this one sounds like it could actually work | |
I... If this does happen, I hope everyone is portrayed well. Heh, the Discworld books are my favourite series of book... | |
Looking them up Prime Focus seems to be involved in a ton of high profile productions, I'm surprised I didn't recognize the name, huh. Well I'm certainly looking forward to this :) | |
Could be great if they don't loose the particular combination of humor and wit of the stories; happened a bit with Hitchhiker's Guide. It was funny, just not as clever. | |
Animated or live-action? | |
Pinch me, I'm dreaming. This news has made my month. | |
Oh dear. Sadly, the specials that have been on the past few years have shown that Discworld really doesn't translate well to a visual medium and with the Watch books being among my favourites (Vimes is a DUDE!!), I can't imagine it working. | |
NCIS just got put on notice. | |
as long as done well, I wonder though will they be new scripts written by pratchett or based on the 8 books we know ( like turning each book into a serie or something) | |
Long story short; | |
I hope this doesnt suck. Too many book to tv/movie things have just been so badly done. | |
IDK. We're talking about UK TV effects. How long does it take them to do the average DrWho episode? As a long time fan of Pratchett, this could be really cool. Especially with Terry Jones writing for it. How could that get set up any better? | |
So much awesome in one thread, I might need another just to go cry a little. I can not wait for this, Guards Guards was my second favourite Discworld novel after Mort. I'm looking forward to this more than pretty much anything on TV for the past half a decade, excluding the other Discworld mini-series ^_^ | |
I'd love it, just dont let the Yanks intervene here in any way, keep it pure Sir Pratchett.
Exactly for that reason. | |
Way cool, | |
I'm actually looking forward to this. I was severely underwhelmed by the TV miniseries but having a show that pokes fun at either Cops or CSI could keep more with the satirical nature of the books (if that's the route they take). If they can some how pull off the visuals this will be the greatest thing ever. | |
if they do this right it may very well be th greatest tv series ever | |
which 1? theres been 3 | |
Awesome. I loved the Hogfather adaptation, and liked the Colour of Magic one too. (Haven't seen the Going Postal miniseries yet, but I'm looking forward to Netflix picking it up too.) Hopefully the new series will match that quality; at least with the writing staff, in any case, that looks to be true. Can't wait, and hope to see it here in Canada! -- Steve | |
To me this will come down the the cast and how well then can portray The Watch, still i´m hopefull :) | |
I'm not sure on this at all. Discworld talks of many great things, but it's rare that any are seen. How many times is an actual spell cast in the Discworld novels? Apart from a few "furrinners", what's gonna take the cost? Apart from C.M.O.T. Dibbler. However, I do hope that it's dealt with properly. Going Postal had its central message ripped out and replaced with something insidious. | |
Shit, really?... Now that I think about it might have been a straight to DVD movie with Tim Curry. | |
Do note that Prime Focus isn't the folks who did the various Sky 1 Discworld TV moviesL that was The Mob. | |
Huh, color me interested. I've read a few of the Discworld novels, though never any of the city watch ones, and I gotta say, Terry Jones is a perfect fit for this. | |
yeah they adapted Sounds like you watched the colour of magic. Which was ok not great. Going postal failed in my eyes. But hogfather was GREAT. highly worth checking out. | |
going postal was the worst of the 3 adaptions so far though. So i kind of just blank it from my memory. | |
This constant need to adapt anything even slightly popular into a different medium is kind of soul destroying. I love the Discworld, love Pratchett, love the watch, and have a great time reading them. The appeal and art of storytelling is vastly different between book and television, and I don't see how they can do justice to a bunch of characters that have such an intimately personal appeal to seasoned readers. The Sky adaptations have been an entertaining experiment at very best, and downright unnecessary in the grand scheme of things. A similar idea, but with other people writing the stories? No thanks. The games were good though. | |
Good to know, I'll probably find it online later since I seriously doubt any video stores that haven't closed down are still carrying it. | |
if they mess up Vimes and the freddy, nobbs relationship...words will not describe my fury. | |
As someone said before me, Prime Focus didn't make the other TV specials. Also, the books focusing on The Watch don't have that many things that would require special effects. Additionally, the show could focus more on the day-to-day cases that don't threaten to destroy the world. | |
Hell. Freaking. Yes If this goes through I'll have a new, non-cartoon reason to watch TV. | |
I really, really, really hope this is good. And that they leave David Jason to the side. | |
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Pratchett Gives Thumbs Up to Discworld Cop Show
One of the most unique fantasy worlds around is about to get a big infusion of new stories.
Sir Terry Pratchett has signed an agreement with TV production company, Prime Focus, to create a Discworld TV show, based on the adventures of Ankh-Morpork's City Watch. Pratchett's Discworld books have inspired a number of spinoffs, including miniseries and videogames, but this will be their first time as an ongoing TV show.
The city of Ankk-Morpork is a little like the real world Budapest, in that it is technically two cities very close together. On its cobbled streets walk humans, dwarves, trolls, golems, vampires, humans who think they're dwarves, werewolves, and a whole host of other fantasy races. The City Watch, under the able command of Samuel Vimes, has the difficult task of keeping some kind of order in the city,
Pratchett has referred to the characters of the City Watch as being the jewel in the Discworld crown, and they have starred in eight of the series 38 books, with appearances in plenty of others. This will be the first time that Pratchett has allowed anyone to create new Discworld stories for television, although the author will be overseeing the series. The show will be an episodic, crime-a-week, cop show, and according to Prime Focus, a number of international TV networks have expressed an interest in it.
Prime Focus' managing director, Rod Brown, said that adapting the world of the Discworld books was a huge responsibility, but he thought that the series would translate well to television. He also said that Prime Focus had assembled a strong writing team, including former Monty Python member, Terry Jones. Pratchett expressed his excitement over the project, and said that he was happy to be working with Brown again, after their previous collaboration on the Discworld TV miniseries.
There's no indication of when the series will air, but hopefully, it will be relatively soon. With all the special effects needed to bring the Discworld to life, however, that seems rather unlikely.
Source: Bleeding Cool
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