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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:21 am

((Before I start I'd just like to apologise for not having been here for a while. Gaia's become rather stale lately and I haven't been logged in much. So, sorry. sweatdrop ))

But, yes, I have proof!

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SAM RAIMI SET TO DIRECT THE WEE FREE MEN

EMPIRE MAGAZINE ONLINE REPORTS THAT SAM RAIMI IS DUE TO START WORK
ADAPTING THE WEE FREE MEN ONCE HE HAS FINISHED SHOOTING SPIDERMAN 3.

TERRY SAYS THAT HE HADN'T TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THIS AS LAST MINUTE THINGS
CAN GO WRONG AND AN AUTHOR CAN LOOK RATHER STUPID IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES... HOWEVER, NOW THAT IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED HE TELLS ME
THAT HE HAS HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION WITH SAM ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE
MOVIE AND EVERYONE SEEMS VERY HAPPY. THEY ARE NOW JUST AWAITING
EVENTS. APPARENTLY, HAVING BEEN PUT ONTO THE WEE FREE MEN
BY A WRITER, SAM IS VERY KEEN TO SEE THE MOVIE MADE.

And more proof!

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Raimi's a Free Man
Spidey helmer signs for new flick.
by IGN FilmForce

January 10, 2006 - They're small and blue... but they're not the Smurfs, they're the central characters of Terry Pratchett's best-selling young adult novel The Wee Free Men, and they're coming to the big screen. Today's Variety reveals that Spider-Man franchise director Sam Raimi will helm an adaptation of the book for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The book tells the story of a young girl living on a farm who enters a parallel world to find her brother who has been kidnapped by an evil fairy queen. She battles the monsters of Fairyland with the help of the titular 6-inch-tall blue-faced rowdies who wear kilts, speak in thick Scottish brogues, steal sheep and drink heavily. Sounds like our kind of movie.

The novel is one installment in Terry Pratchett's internationally popular Disc World series. Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride, Monster House) has been hired to adapt it for the screen, says the trade.

Sam Raimi is expected to tackle The Wee Free Men after he's done with Spider-Man 3.

The film will be live-action and Variety adds that Sony Pictures intends to make it an "event movie."

So, what's everyone's opinion on this? Will it be just as awesome as the book or will Raimi screw it up?
I think it'll probably be quite good, 'cos he has a history of getting things right, I guess. 3nodding

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:33 am

I approve! xd
I guess it's possible that'll it just be ridiculous (now that I read the synopsis it already seems a bit sillier than usual) but hopefully they can turn that to an advantage. I'm excited. mrgreen

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NannyOgg

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:13 am

Oh, I've been all kinds of excited about that ever since reading the confirmation on Paul Kidby's website. It's been up for a few months. I guess I just thought everybody else knew...

Well, good on ya for posting about it! heart

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:24 pm

I FIND IT A SLAP IN THE FACE. IT'S JUST FAR TOO CONVIENT THAT OUT OF ALL 42 EXISTING NOVELS THE WEE FREE MEN WAS CHOSEN TO BE MADE INTO A MOVIE. THEY'RE MERELY TRYING TO NOT PUT DEATH AS A CHARACTER IN A MOVIE AND THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS AND NOT OVERLY ANGER THE DISCWORLD FANBASE OR TERRY PRACHETT IS BY DOING THE WEE FREE MEN, THE ONLY NOVEL LACKING EVEN A CAMEO OF DEATH.

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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:01 pm

eee!! I cant wait! Though I do hope they do more discworld films. xd

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:55 pm

My CGI-sensses are tingling.... rolleyes neutral

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:14 am

The `Reaper Man`

I FIND IT A SLAP IN THE FACE. IT'S JUST FAR TOO CONVIENT THAT OUT OF ALL 42 EXISTING NOVELS THE WEE FREE MEN WAS CHOSEN TO BE MADE INTO A MOVIE. THEY'RE MERELY TRYING TO NOT PUT DEATH AS A CHARACTER IN A MOVIE AND THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS AND NOT OVERLY ANGER THE DISCWORLD FANBASE OR TERRY PRACHETT IS BY DOING THE WEE FREE MEN, THE ONLY NOVEL LACKING EVEN A CAMEO OF DEATH.

You're dead right. I don't like the way they've started the young adult discworld books first because if they were to plan other discworld movies, Mort etc, I don't think they'd be appreciated as well.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:40 pm

I still say it's a good thing. This is the first interest in *any* Discworld movie that I've seen from Big Hollywood, and if this one gets a good reception others are sure to follow. And since there are only 3 Tiffany books, they'll have to look at his more adult subject matter after a maximum of three movies...especially if it proves to be an all-ages hit like "Pirates of the Caribbean", which shocked the crap out of pretty much all movie bigwigs everywhere. Also keep in mind that violence and Scottish accents have been proven hitmakers in America, land of the lowest common denominator.

Not to mention, I think the happy-violence angle was probably a big selling point with Mr. Raimi, who I am hoping to Io casts his brother Ted as Daft Wullie.

If it helps at all, I suspect the next character to get some Hollywood lovin' would be Rincewind. Who *wouldn't* want to see a Summer movie featuring Rincewind getting terrorized by everything and everyone?

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:06 pm

ehh, its a real roll-of-teh-dice. right after spider-man, we might have some (unwanted) kung-fu feegles. wink

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:24 pm

But if they do kung-fu Feegles then how will the Feegles convincingly headbut things many times their size without seeming out-of-character?

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NannyOgg

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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:19 pm

Come on guys, haven't *any* of you seen "Army of Darkness"? I swear upon a stack of Octavos that Sam Raimi is probably the only big name guy in Hollywood with a fond experience of nasty tiny people engaging in slapstick. I'd have even *more* faith in him if he happened to make Bruce Campbell sign on as Rob Anybody.

...Maybe I should start sending the man death threats so that he knows I'm counting on him to get this right...

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:36 pm

NannyOgg

Come on guys, haven't *any* of you seen "Army of Darkness"? I swear upon a stack of Octavos that Sam Raimi is probably the only big name guy in Hollywood with a fond experience of nasty tiny people engaging in slapstick. I'd have even *more* faith in him if he happened to make Bruce Campbell sign on as Rob Anybody.

...Maybe I should start sending the man death threats so that he knows I'm counting on him to get this right...

THAT SCENE WAS PRICELESS! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM ARMY OF DARKNESS.

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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:53 pm

I'll take your word for it.

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:10 pm

phonexdog

But if they do kung-fu Feegles then how will the Feegles convincingly headbut things many times their size without seeming out-of-character?

thats wh(at) I mean, they will be out of character....

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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:43 pm

Count Omega

THAT SCENE WAS PRICELESS! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM ARMY OF DARKNESS.

Dude, you should read If Chins Could Kill. It's Bruce's autobiography, in which he also details Sam's perverse joy in making him suffer. The blood on Ash in "Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead II"? All his, due to gleeful encouragement by the director to self-maim. I believe also gleeful encouragement to others not to worry about hurting Bruce either. That's where he got his scar. Good times, man, good times.

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