IIRC, “Mort” was on the list of potential full-length animated feature movies for Disney at one time. The project was nixxed when Pratchett’s estate wouldn’t release licensing. Clements and Musker (directors of “Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin”) switched gears and produced “Moana” instead.
Good, Disney shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near anything Pratchett wrote.
They probably couldn’t fuck up the Long Earth though, the first half of the series was pretty cool, and I love the concept, but the last 2-3 books were kind of a slog.
But I think Stephen Baxter had more influence on those as he co-wrote the series with Pratchett, and they came out when Pratchett was at the end of his life and really struggling with his Alzheimer’s
It wasn’t just releasing licensing for that film, it was permanently releasing licensing similarto Winnie teh Pooh. They would have lost control completely.
Discworld is one of those series that shows that a good book doesn’t necessarily make good tv. You would definitely want writers who can stick to the spirit, while diverging where necessary.
There’s also the possibility of telling whole new stories in the Discworld. It has a LOT of milage as a backdrop for other stories.
MummVimes: A Discworld Story. As a series planned with a fixed amount of seasons and as close to the books as possible.A „The forever war“ movie would also be very interesting. Or a „Hyperion“ series.
IIRC, “Mort” was on the list of potential full-length animated feature movies for Disney at one time. The project was nixxed when Pratchett’s estate wouldn’t release licensing. Clements and Musker (directors of “Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin”) switched gears and produced “Moana” instead.
Good, Disney shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near anything Pratchett wrote.
They probably couldn’t fuck up the Long Earth though, the first half of the series was pretty cool, and I love the concept, but the last 2-3 books were kind of a slog.
But I think Stephen Baxter had more influence on those as he co-wrote the series with Pratchett, and they came out when Pratchett was at the end of his life and really struggling with his Alzheimer’s
It wasn’t just releasing licensing for that film, it was permanently releasing licensing similarto Winnie teh Pooh. They would have lost control completely.
Found the German!
p.s. He is called Vimes outside of Germany. They, uh, “we” renamed him for German reasons.
Damm, you’re right. I read most of them in german. 🤷♂️
When you do the Discworld series. Please no funny faces or silly voices. I think Going Postal was the only somewhat faithful adaptation.
I actually hated that one because it really didn’t mesh with my mental image.
Hogfather on the other hand, was awesome
Discworld is one of those series that shows that a good book doesn’t necessarily make good tv. You would definitely want writers who can stick to the spirit, while diverging where necessary.
There’s also the possibility of telling whole new stories in the Discworld. It has a LOT of milage as a backdrop for other stories.