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An interesting development deal made earlier today will find the famous adventurer Allan Quartermain coming to television. The well-known literary character was created by H. Rider Haggard in the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" before being featured in several prequels and sequels which will certainly provide plenty of material for the proposed series to bring to the small screen. However, the vision for the new production is anything but small as the joint venture between Sonar Entertainment and Ecosse Films will create a 10 episodes budgeted for about 30 million dollars.
THR first reported the deal between the two production companies and their plan to shoot 10 one-hour episodes at $3 million a piece. The series has hired writers Richard Kurti and Bez Doyle to adapt the story of the English adventurer in colonized Africa where the project also plans to shoot. Stewart Till, CEO of Sonar Entertainment, told THR that shooting in such an exotic locale, plus the 'subject matter and rich story lines' made finding financing for the series relatively easy and I'm sure the fact that it's based on a well known, pre-existing series didn't hurt. ?It is in exotic settings with lost tribes and treasures and African superstitions and big adventures, so its got everything,? said Till. No on-screen talent has been secured yet but Till also said, ?there are many British male actors in their early 30's who could play this rugged adventurer.?
And to be fair, if they explore the character and context (colonization, racism, big game hunting), it could be a great role, especially since it sounds destined for a broadcaster like HBO or AMC. And since Quatermain also provided the blueprint for another iconic character, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones, there's no reason to think that the new 10 part, 30 million dollar series won't be worth a look, especially if they can land an exciting young actor to portray him. Who could you see as the famous literary figure? Keep in mind that Till is searching for a British actor in his 30's. How about Jim Sturgess? The last live-action incarnation of literary adventurer Allan Quatermain was in Stephen Norrington's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen where Sir Sean Connery portrayed an elder version of the character in the film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel. Let's hope for better with this straight adaptation of Haggard's protagonist.
from Hollywoodreporter.com
Sonar Entertainment and Ecosse Films team up for a $30 million action-adventure show based on the Allan Quatermain books.
A development deal unveiled today at MIPTV will see Allan Quatermain, the swash-buckling character from the 1880s who inspired Indiana Jones become the subject of a new 10-part, $30 million series.
The project is a joint venture between Sonar Entertainment and Ecosse Films (Camelot, Monarch of the Glen). Writers Richard Kurti and Bez Doyle (Going Postal) are already signed up.
?It?s an incredible character from a range of best selling books,? Stewart Till, CEO of Sonar Entertainment, told THR. ?I read all the books as a child and it is something that many Brits have grown up with. It?s also the kind of high-concept adventure that broadcasters are looking for.?
No talent is yet on board but Till says he has some in mind. ?There are many British male actors in their early 30s who could play this rugged adventurer.? He expects the script to be written in the next two to three months and the projected budget is around $3 million per one-hour episode.
With plans to shoot in Africa, Till believes the subject matter and rich story lines will make putting together the production financing easier than most.
?It is in exotic settings with lost tribes and treasures and African superstitions and big adventures, so its got everything,? said Till.
from avclub.com
The recently renamed Sonar Entertainment (formerly RHI)?like the revitalized MGM and Miramax before it?has decided that the best way to stake its claim on the future is to dig out the past, a metaphorical groping under the couch cushions that has already turned up a franchise dust bunny in a Hellraiser TV show and now, a perfectly good public domain property that no one was using: Allan Quatermain. The Hollywood Reporter says that Sonar has teamed with Ecosse Films?makers of the Starz drama Camelot?to create a new 10-part series starring the H. Rider Haggard-created adventurer who inspired Indiana Jones (as well as several generations of men who believe they can pull off fedoras) as he?s hired to find the missing brother of a German nobleman amid King Solomon?s lost diamond mines.
Writers Richard Kurzi and Bev Doyle (who previously adapted Terry Pratchett?s Going Postal) will draft the new incarnation of the swashbuckling character who?s been portrayed on film by actors as varied as Stewart Granger, Sean Connery, and Patrick Swayze, plus a pair of Richard Chamberlain/Sharon Stone movies that spurred the United Kingdom to stop talking to us for a few years. Promisingly, this new version is seeking an actual British person to play Quatermain, so should it be a success, you can probably soon expect a CBS copycat where he?s, say, a recovering alcoholic cop searching for a fabled lost neighborhood in Detroit.
I wasn't sure where to put this since it kinda has an Indy connection to it.
An interesting development deal made earlier today will find the famous adventurer Allan Quartermain coming to television. The well-known literary character was created by H. Rider Haggard in the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" before being featured in several prequels and sequels which will certainly provide plenty of material for the proposed series to bring to the small screen. However, the vision for the new production is anything but small as the joint venture between Sonar Entertainment and Ecosse Films will create a 10 episodes budgeted for about 30 million dollars.
THR first reported the deal between the two production companies and their plan to shoot 10 one-hour episodes at $3 million a piece. The series has hired writers Richard Kurti and Bez Doyle to adapt the story of the English adventurer in colonized Africa where the project also plans to shoot. Stewart Till, CEO of Sonar Entertainment, told THR that shooting in such an exotic locale, plus the 'subject matter and rich story lines' made finding financing for the series relatively easy and I'm sure the fact that it's based on a well known, pre-existing series didn't hurt. ?It is in exotic settings with lost tribes and treasures and African superstitions and big adventures, so its got everything,? said Till. No on-screen talent has been secured yet but Till also said, ?there are many British male actors in their early 30's who could play this rugged adventurer.?
And to be fair, if they explore the character and context (colonization, racism, big game hunting), it could be a great role, especially since it sounds destined for a broadcaster like HBO or AMC. And since Quatermain also provided the blueprint for another iconic character, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones, there's no reason to think that the new 10 part, 30 million dollar series won't be worth a look, especially if they can land an exciting young actor to portray him. Who could you see as the famous literary figure? Keep in mind that Till is searching for a British actor in his 30's. How about Jim Sturgess? The last live-action incarnation of literary adventurer Allan Quatermain was in Stephen Norrington's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen where Sir Sean Connery portrayed an elder version of the character in the film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel. Let's hope for better with this straight adaptation of Haggard's protagonist.
from Hollywoodreporter.com
Sonar Entertainment and Ecosse Films team up for a $30 million action-adventure show based on the Allan Quatermain books.
A development deal unveiled today at MIPTV will see Allan Quatermain, the swash-buckling character from the 1880s who inspired Indiana Jones become the subject of a new 10-part, $30 million series.
The project is a joint venture between Sonar Entertainment and Ecosse Films (Camelot, Monarch of the Glen). Writers Richard Kurti and Bez Doyle (Going Postal) are already signed up.
?It?s an incredible character from a range of best selling books,? Stewart Till, CEO of Sonar Entertainment, told THR. ?I read all the books as a child and it is something that many Brits have grown up with. It?s also the kind of high-concept adventure that broadcasters are looking for.?
No talent is yet on board but Till says he has some in mind. ?There are many British male actors in their early 30s who could play this rugged adventurer.? He expects the script to be written in the next two to three months and the projected budget is around $3 million per one-hour episode.
With plans to shoot in Africa, Till believes the subject matter and rich story lines will make putting together the production financing easier than most.
?It is in exotic settings with lost tribes and treasures and African superstitions and big adventures, so its got everything,? said Till.
from avclub.com
The recently renamed Sonar Entertainment (formerly RHI)?like the revitalized MGM and Miramax before it?has decided that the best way to stake its claim on the future is to dig out the past, a metaphorical groping under the couch cushions that has already turned up a franchise dust bunny in a Hellraiser TV show and now, a perfectly good public domain property that no one was using: Allan Quatermain. The Hollywood Reporter says that Sonar has teamed with Ecosse Films?makers of the Starz drama Camelot?to create a new 10-part series starring the H. Rider Haggard-created adventurer who inspired Indiana Jones (as well as several generations of men who believe they can pull off fedoras) as he?s hired to find the missing brother of a German nobleman amid King Solomon?s lost diamond mines.
Writers Richard Kurzi and Bev Doyle (who previously adapted Terry Pratchett?s Going Postal) will draft the new incarnation of the swashbuckling character who?s been portrayed on film by actors as varied as Stewart Granger, Sean Connery, and Patrick Swayze, plus a pair of Richard Chamberlain/Sharon Stone movies that spurred the United Kingdom to stop talking to us for a few years. Promisingly, this new version is seeking an actual British person to play Quatermain, so should it be a success, you can probably soon expect a CBS copycat where he?s, say, a recovering alcoholic cop searching for a fabled lost neighborhood in Detroit.
I wasn't sure where to put this since it kinda has an Indy connection to it.
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