Brandon Sanderson's Literary Fantasy Universe 'Cosmere' Picked Up by Apple TV (hollywoodreporter.com)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/01/29/0544212/brandon-sandersons-literary-fantasy-universe-cosmere-picked-up-by-apple-tv
- Source link: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brandon-sandersons-mistborn-stormlight-archive-movie-tv-1236487271/
> The deal is rare one, coming after a competitive situation which saw Sanderson meet with most of the studio heads in town. It gives the author rarefied control over the screen translations, according to sources. Sanderson will be the architect of the universe; will write, produce and consult; and will have approvals. That's a level of involvement that not even J.K. Rowling or George R.R. Martin enjoys.
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> Sanderson's literary success and fan following helped pave the way for such a deal. One of the most prolific and beloved fantasy authors working today, he has sold over 50 million copies of his books worldwide, collectively across his series. [...] While the Cosmere books are set in various worlds and eras, the underlying premise concerns a being named Adolnasium who is killed by a group of conspirators. The being's power is broken into 16 shards, which are then spread out throughout many worlds by the conspirators, spreading many kinds of magic across the universe.
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Be careful what you ask for. (Score:3)
> Sanderson will be the architect of the universe; will write, produce and consult; and will have approvals. That's a level of involvement that not even J.K. Rowling or George R.R. Martin enjoys.
Uh, that kind of assumes J.K. Rowling or George R.R. Martin ever wanted that duty.
I wish him all the best luck with success here, but this move just might expose the real reasons writers don’t often become screen writers, producers, or directors. It’s certainly not a mix of hats easily worn by anyone, and hopefully won’t taint a literary style a lot currently favor. Unlike the writers desk, the movie set will never enjoy the creative solitude of only the creator involved. You're suddenly dealing with 99 opinions on how to deliver the story instead of one.
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It's a big risk. Look at what happened with Rowling, turned out to be a horrible person and damaged the HP brand.
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On the other hand you can see what happened when they got the Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (who write under the name James SA Corey) to supervise the writers room for The Expanse. They ended up with one of the greatest TV Space-Operas of all time. The Expanse was phenomenal.
However the duo already had TV writing experience beforehand so they knew how to adapt. But the end result was a series that was faithful enough to the books but excellent for the screen. There where changes, characters merged, parts mis
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> It's a big risk. Look at what happened with Rowling, turned out to be a horrible person and damaged the HP brand.
Was/Is she a horrible person, or was/is she merely a writer/creator caught in the misinterpreted crossfire of woke bullshit?
Try and remember a sane educated woman wrote that story. Back when society wasn’t actively debating what a “woman” is. It’s not easy dealing with delusion. As a society demanding we bring back the asylums can well attest.
Re: Be careful what you ask for. (Score:2)
You sound like a certain orange man: People you disagree with are horrible persons.
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I've listened to some of Sanderson's podcasts and I think he's been pretty open about how he does not see himself as a screen writer. My impression is that he wants creative control to prevent poor decisions, like e.g. an exec turning allomancy from a system with built-in constraints, to "whatever we think would be a cool thing in this scene." Or, considering Foundation, using the novels as nothing more than vague inspiration.
But, time will tell.
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Well, having written that I then came across Bradon stating he'll be writing the screenplay for Mistborn himself. So let's hope he's up to the task after all.
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Given the rapid decline in quality once he grew his dragonsteel org, I wouldn't hold out much hope.
He produced and influenced the screenplay for the wheel of time series, so you'd probably get around the same quality or less.
Mediocrity at its best (Score:1)
Hamilton's work outshines Sanderson significantly but they pick that noise? Is it because reading is hard and we prefer short words and easy concepts over anything engaging?
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I presume that's Duncan M. Hamilton? I don't read read much fantasy. Surprised he doesn't seem to merit a wikipedia page.
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I'm also surprised the musical group Iron Tom doesn't have one as well.
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You know what they say about "in matters of taste.."
Sanderson is huge. People know about him and buy his books in droves. I can't even figure out which Hamilton you are referring to.
I get a few search results for that name and fantasy, but no one that seems to stand out. The top search result I got was a fantasy football news site. Compare that to a search for Sanderson and fantasy, where every hit on the first page was the Sanderson in question. If I add the word author, the top result is an urban fantasy
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Sanderson up to about 5 years ago was probably one of the best fantasy writers - good pacing, complex storylines interwoven well, and good planned arcs within each setting.
Then he started to take on help, started to collaborate, and got caught up with the whole merch and IP money spinning.
The end of the wax and wayne series? It was an ending, but was more busy with building the cosmere.
The last reckoners book? You can tell that this was a collaboration, as it had way less complexity and dragged on.
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