Pern movie!! Squeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

[Elgee]

*Too excited to utter words*:

 

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/384693-first-dragonriders-of-pern-feature-moving-forward-as-dragonflight-gets-a-writer

[Elaevia]

OMG really! wow!

[Elgee]

I know, right??

[Daruya]

I can't open the link at work, Elgee.    *mutters* Darn firewall!  

 

Which book(s)?

[dawnflower8]

That sounds awesome!

[Elgee]

 

It was announced this past summer that Anne McCaffrey’s beloved fantasy series, Dragonriders of Pern, is in development as a potential feature film franchise at Warner Bros. Pictures. Now, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that novelist and screenwriter Sarah Cornwell is set to adapt the first book, Dragonflight!

Launched in 1968 with Dragonflight, McCaffrey’s series consists of 22 books set in the fantasy world of Pern wherein an elite group of warriors take to the skies on the backs of giant, fire-breathing, telepathic dragons to save the wondrously exotic planet of Pern from a terrifying airborne menace. Dragonflight itself is officially described as follows:

To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright.

But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa’s world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world…

Cornwell is best known for her first novel, “What I Had Before I Had You,” which saw publication earlier this year. On the screenwriting front, she’s currently adapting Jennifer Percy’s novel Demon Camp and rewrote the supernatural thriller The Forest. Based on an idea by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), The Forest recently found a lead in “Game of Thrones” and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 star Natalie Dormer.

 

 

[Daruya]

Awesome! 

 

Now . . . who should play which character . . . hmmmmm . . .

 

Lessa - someone petite with dark hair.

 

F'lar - tall, dark hair (I think! Been a while since I read Dragonriders), strong features - IOW, not boyish charm

 

F'nor - similar to F'lar but with the boyish charm

 

Robinton - older, quite tall, thin, with white hair

 

Manora - I can't remember what Manora looked like but she should resemble whoever plays F'nor

[Elgee]

Hmmmmm ... how about Ashley Green for Lessa? It has to be someone petite, dark-haired, feisty and athletic. A little pocket dynamo who can kick ... backside. And we know Alice ... errr ... Ashley can kick backside with the best of them!

 

 

 

[Elgee]

And for all those who haven't recognised her, maybe this will jog your memories:

 

 

[Elgee]

Robinton ... he's older, commanding, worldly wise and strong but with a sense of humour. He's attractive (Melony has the hots for him, remember?). One would presume that he has a really good voice and is an excellent speaker with a flare for the dramatic. Now don't shoot me, but what about ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Daruya]

Oh, yes, definitely!  Good call for Robinton!

 

How about some of the Old Timers? 

 

D'ram, for instance (probably my favorite Old Timer)

[Ithillian Turambar]

I can't open the link at work, Elgee. *mutters* Darn firewall!

 

Which book(s)?

Tell your work it's a PERN movie, and they don't have to panic.

[Turin Turambar]

Bwahahahaha *insert spittake gif*

 

Has been a long time since I have read those.

[Elgee]

I'm still trying to think of who for F'nar and F'nor! lol

[Daruya]

How about Karl Urban for F'lar?

[Elgee]

Ooooooooohhhh yes! LOVE that man!