Discussion about this potential take on the material started to break out in the TRUE DETECTIVE (SEASON 3) thread, so I figured something like this was ripe for it's own thread. With HBO officially discussing a few tidbits yesterday at TCA, here's everything we know so far (and if I've left anything out, please feel free to add/correct)...
- HBO has ordered a number of episode scripts and has committed to shooting the pilot in 2018. The assumption is that this would be a mini-series and not last multiple seasons, but that has not yet been confirmed either way. If I had to guess I'd say eight-part mini-series, or, if they want to remain truly faithful to the source material, a twelve-part mini-series.
- Once HBO sees the pilot, they'll either commit to filming the rest of the episodes or not, as is their standard operating procedure. So if the show is greenlit, and I can't imagine it won't be, expect it to likely air at some point in the second half of 2019 or later.
- Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) is showrunning / writing (along with a team of writers). We know that at least the pilot script is complete, and it sounds like the writing team is much further along than that.
- It is unknown whether it will again take place in the '80s, same as the comic/movie, or if this will be an updated, modernized take to help separate it from the movie.
- With the pilot shooting this year, casting will likely begin soon.
So... who do you want to see in these roles? Does the 2009 movie dampen your interest/enthusiasm at all? Considering it might be tough to achieve a more faithful adoption than Snyder's version, would you like to see a modernized take? Or did Snyder leave out just enough - and are there certain threads that can be expanded enough - that you'd like to see another faithful '80s adaptation, one with more time to breathe?
I love so much of Snyder's version - in particular the (in my opinion) much better ending they came up with - but some of the casting / characters are a bit off in places. Namely, Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre and Matthew Goode as Ozymandias. I think Lindelof can potentially knock this out of the park, but I would definitely like to see something fairly different from Snyder's version, just for the sake of freshness. So I'm leaning toward a modernized take (something Warner Bros. considered for the movie and even commissioned a script for), but it's hard to deny the appeal of the grungy, '80s setting of the original. Will definitely be interested to see what they come up with either way...
- HBO has ordered a number of episode scripts and has committed to shooting the pilot in 2018. The assumption is that this would be a mini-series and not last multiple seasons, but that has not yet been confirmed either way. If I had to guess I'd say eight-part mini-series, or, if they want to remain truly faithful to the source material, a twelve-part mini-series.
- Once HBO sees the pilot, they'll either commit to filming the rest of the episodes or not, as is their standard operating procedure. So if the show is greenlit, and I can't imagine it won't be, expect it to likely air at some point in the second half of 2019 or later.
- Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) is showrunning / writing (along with a team of writers). We know that at least the pilot script is complete, and it sounds like the writing team is much further along than that.
- It is unknown whether it will again take place in the '80s, same as the comic/movie, or if this will be an updated, modernized take to help separate it from the movie.
- With the pilot shooting this year, casting will likely begin soon.
So... who do you want to see in these roles? Does the 2009 movie dampen your interest/enthusiasm at all? Considering it might be tough to achieve a more faithful adoption than Snyder's version, would you like to see a modernized take? Or did Snyder leave out just enough - and are there certain threads that can be expanded enough - that you'd like to see another faithful '80s adaptation, one with more time to breathe?
I love so much of Snyder's version - in particular the (in my opinion) much better ending they came up with - but some of the casting / characters are a bit off in places. Namely, Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre and Matthew Goode as Ozymandias. I think Lindelof can potentially knock this out of the park, but I would definitely like to see something fairly different from Snyder's version, just for the sake of freshness. So I'm leaning toward a modernized take (something Warner Bros. considered for the movie and even commissioned a script for), but it's hard to deny the appeal of the grungy, '80s setting of the original. Will definitely be interested to see what they come up with either way...
