ecstaticAhem. From today's announcement at Publishers Weekly:
"Film rights: Mira Grant's trilogy, Feed, Deadline, and Blackout, optioned to Rachel Olschan, producer at Electric Entertainment, by Pouya Shahbazian of FinePrint, on behlf of Diana Fox at Fox Literary."
WE OPTIONED THE FILM RIGHTS TO FEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now, this doesn't mean this will necessarily be a movie (although I hope there will), but it takes us a huge, huge step closer to that becoming a reality. Everyone I've dealt with has been amazing, supportive, and enthusiastic, and now there's a beautiful chance that maybe, we can see Shaun and Georgia Mason on the big screen.
How's that for a book-day present?
ETA: Belated comment amnesty, because you guys are awesomely enthusiastic, and wow will I never get to all these comments!
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May 22 2012, 18:18:25 UTC 5 years ago
This is shaping up to be the best day ever.
May 22 2012, 18:20:22 UTC 5 years ago
Yay!!
I hope they give it the best treatment possible and may it be the best damn movie of awesome it can be!!
*doing a happy dance for you!!*
May 22 2012, 18:23:06 UTC 5 years ago
YAY!
May 22 2012, 18:27:02 UTC 5 years ago
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May 22 2012, 18:37:47 UTC 5 years ago Edited: May 22 2012, 18:44:22 UTC
When I read Feed (for the first time) I said to Judith, among others, what a great movie it would make.
May 22 2012, 18:39:00 UTC 5 years ago
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May 22 2012, 18:54:18 UTC 5 years ago
That is very, very exciting news! :)
May 22 2012, 19:01:08 UTC 5 years ago
I've always thought that Newsflesh would make the perfect movie trilogy (you know, from what I've read so far). Now if someone would only option Toby for a TV show, I would be happy as a clam.
May 22 2012, 19:04:52 UTC 5 years ago
May 22 2012, 19:24:37 UTC 5 years ago
crossing all of your toes makes it very hard to walk to the bookstore. :(
May 22 2012, 19:28:33 UTC 5 years ago
"YAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!"
It can definitely be a long process from option to movie screen, if it ever happens at all. I recall reading sometime in 1996 that Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" was going to be made into a movie, with Tom Hanks in the lead role. Still waiting. Mike Resnick's "Santiago" has been on option since 1990, and he says that he and his wife have sold the movie script they wrote for it 4 times.
On the other hand, you never know. Books covering the full gamut from utterly fantastic to absolute dreck have been made into movies lately. I won't give examples in the hopes of avoiding irrelevant arguments.
I fervently hope that chance, luck, and the power of best wishes result in a Summer 2014 release of a reasonably faithful adaptation. (I was monumentally annoyed that a "Space:1999" movie wasn't released 13 years ago, even though Hollywood was already well into the phase of moviefying old TV shows.)
Congratulations!
May 22 2012, 19:30:45 UTC 5 years ago
May 22 2012, 20:03:25 UTC 5 years ago
It's enough to make me wish I still worked for a theater, so I could show up on opening day wearing a Ryman/Tate button.
May 22 2012, 20:05:16 UTC 5 years ago
I'm home from work today with no voice. How happy am I that you taught us the sign for scqueeee at CONvergence!?!??!!!!!!!
Shared the news with my friend-who-has-FB-who-let-me-read-Fed, who replied "Couldn't happen to a more deserving author!". :-D
Happy book-day, indeed!!!
May 22 2012, 21:05:43 UTC 5 years ago
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Happy Book Day to YOU!
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DINO DANCE PARTY^100000000!!!
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