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Ridley Scott Loves Hugh Howey's Wool
Sasayaki writes "Hugh Howey's Wool, the self-published sci-fi story that's made him the best selling Indie sci-fi author of 2012 and currently the best selling sci-fi author on Amazon.com, has found its way into the hands of Ridley Scott (director of Alien, Prometheus and others)... who loved it. Rumor is the Hollywood movie will be coming to cinemas in 2013 or 2014. With Fifty Shades of Grey and now Wool getting the attention of Hollywood, it's clear the self-publishing revolution is here to stay."
Will I be able to watch and pay for the movie one reel at a time, or will traditional models of viewing/payment be used?
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
Why? Alien was good, Prometheus is excellent (I've seen a preview screening) - why do you not want Scott?
Maybe he's a big Top Gun fan?
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
OP here. Although the scoop goes to Deadline, Hugh himself made the formal announcement on the Kindleboards (in this thread http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,113999.0.html ). Note that Hugh is a really awesome guy and was taking the time to respond to each and every comment, but the forums have a "no bumping" rule which meant he's now only posting occasionally to avoid keeping the thread at the top of the Writer's Cafe section which it's dominated since the announcement.
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As an writer interested in Self-publishing, who did he use for design/ print?
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Wool IS an excellent story. It should be thought of as a series of books : honestly, the first 5 wool books would fit into one movie. (normally it's the other way around)
They won't be millionaires Paramount said so.
Alien was good, Prometheus is excellent (I've seen a preview screening) - why do you not want Scott?
Because a good director does not necessarily a good movie make.
Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut
George Lucas: Phantom Menace
Steven Spielberg: 1941
Ridley Scott: G.I. Jane
As for Prometheus being excellent, forgive me for not taking your word for it.
Personally, I find 3D effects designed to wow the audience by attacking the fourth wall to be tacky and tasteless to the point of ruining a movie even if watched in 2D. Until the directors and movie studios can forget the wow factor, it's just going to make movies worse. And unless the preview footage is all wrong, fourth wall effects is exactly what they've done with the Alien prequel.
They're showing the "Prophets of Science Fiction" series here in Oz at the moment, which has some appearances by Ridley Scott and is under his name. I was disappointed to realise that, at least in this showing, he didn't come across as especially insightful, intellectual or even particularly smart. Perhaps he was having an off day when they filmed it, or perhaps he's just good at film directing and not philosophy. Maybe we expect too much of people when they get a name for something in one field.
...Ridley Scott also loved Thomas Harris' "Hannibal" .
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"Wool is about a dystopian future where the last inhabitants on earth band together in safe bunkers called silos."
Vaults. THEY'RE CALLED VAULTS!
What would be a real change would be if a self-published movie of a book hit gained a top 10 audience one week, or overall for a year. Internet publishing to TV should run circles around traditional movie distribution the way small presses are starting to do so around traditional books. The way websites have killed magazines and newspapers for years. Then if we can get self-published TV to dominate that industry we might have a chance at the free press that's necessary to a free society.
The power of the press belongs to those who own (or rather control) the presses.
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could not finish. I read Sci Fi by the bucketload. Did not like this series. no interest. I must be the only one.
Maybe but Tony's "Hovis" ad was better :P
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Eyes Wide Shut is brilliant.
I'm trying to think of movies since then that's had the kind of intellectual heft and technical brilliance of Eyes Wide Shut and there really isn't much.
The other movies you mention blow of course, but the worst movie Stanley Kubrick every made is better than the best movie of any of the other directors.
Some things are a matter of opinion. The greatness of every moment that Stanley Kubrick brought to the screen is not one of them. If there's a Stanley Kubrick film that you did not like, it can only be because you have not yet attained the requisite level of intellectual and spiritual insight.
OK, I think that about covers it.
You are welcome on my lawn.
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teddy Hunter: the underground; 99 cent kindle in lending library (the above link)
runaway teddy-bear robots get hunted down and returned to families.
HA! mine went out a couple weeks ago. not much traffic on it yet
I think there's a rough, last chapter here in my journal.
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If there's a Stanley Kubrick film that you did not like, it can only be because you have not yet attained the requisite level of intellectual and spiritual insight.
I freely admit that I don't have the requisite level of intellectual and spiritual insight required to erase the image of Nicole Kidman urinating and wiping.
I hope Tony gets to direct it instead of Ridley
I would prefer neither. They're both WAY past their primes. With a few rare exceptions, most directors get about 10 years of their best work. After that, it's mediocrity. I would much prefer a newer director still doing his best work.
What political party do you join when you don't like Bible-thumpers *or* hippies?
Why would you want to erase it?
You are welcome on my lawn.
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I believe that was the title of a proposed sequel to Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes.
Looks like only Amazon is selling the ebook.
They don't have to pay as much for it. Then they ship it to some schlock screenwriter who changes it 99%. Anyway everything is comic book heroes, 3D and chick movies.
He tried selling the book elsewhere, but due to Amazon only offering certain marketing supports to Amazon-exclusives ("lending", "free Prime Days", etc.) he had to go back to Amazon-exclusive after his sales dropped like a rock.
I would prefer neither. They're both WAY past their primes. With a few rare exceptions, most directors get about 10 years of their best work. After that, it's mediocrity. I would much prefer a newer director still doing his best work.
On second thought, you're absolutely right.
Set your phasers on "funky"!
Looking at the reviews to get an idea of what it's about.... The impression I get from even the five-star reviews is of a story about a relentlessly grim-dark dystopian horror, life sucks, then you die in horrible agony, and things only get worse for the survivors. Sounds like it's very well written, but not something I'm interested in reading. Or watching.
(Cue absolutely predictable and completely off-base "You're a moron who only wants Disney endings" diatribes, to which I say "PHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBTTTT!!!!")
I smell a sequel to "Total Recall" coming on. Hopefully they'll get Verhoeven for it.
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Didn't know Iceman was gay? Sorry dude.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
Lucas was a good director? THX-1138 was probably a fluke, American Graffiti is arguably the result of brilliant editing, and Star Wars the result of limited resources forcing ingenuity.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon