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Re: Good Omens, the movie!
Posted By: Spider-Boy, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at 16:21:21
In Reply To: Re: Good Omens, the movie! posted by Liface on Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at 16:09:34:

> > All I can say about the following is YAHOOO!
> >
> >
> > Gilliam Helming 'Omens'
> > Neil Gaiman is confirming recent rumors that Terry Gilliam
> > (Brazil) will be helming the big screen version of his book
> > Good Omens co-authored with Terry Pratchett. While
> > talking to the Sci Fi cable channel's website, Gaiman also
> > revealed that Gilliam will write the film's script with Tony
> > Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Peter and
> > Marc Samuelson (Arlington Road) with Chuck Roven will
> > produce.
> >
> > When asked how involved he would be with the film, Gaiman
> > told the site, "Terry Pratchett and I have elected not to get
> > involved--we both got our fingers burned some years ago
> > trying to write a Good Omens movie for Sovereign Pictures,
> > for producers who bought Good Omens and then
> > immediately began trying to turn it into something else. We
> > decided that this time around we would give the book to
> > people who seemed to understand it and let them make the
> > film."
> >
> > To say the least, Gaiman sounds happy about the deal,
> > saying, "We turned down a lot of producers before the
> > Samuelsons came along, and they impressed us by
> > understanding what the book was about (and not just
> > understanding what happened in it and the meaning of
> > several of the longer words)... I think Terry Gilliam is the
> > perfect director for Good Omens in every way, and I've been
> > an enormous fan of his since Jabberwocky."
> >
> > Spider-Iknowitispopculture,butthisisreallycool-Boy
>
> What's good Omens? I've never read the book. What is it about?

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