I have just read in the Sci fi board that Terrys book The Wee Free Men is going to be made into movie. for details go to

http://www.scifiweekly.com/issue456/news.html

Thanks for that link, pmsurrey.
(Although you may want to remove the full stop you've added onto it )

Sam Raimi is directing it, apparently. Can't say that means anything to me. Does anyone know if this guy would be able to do a good job of it?

I took off the dot and corrected the spelling in the title.

This news is still on the front page of this site by the way, been there over a week.

Still we may as well have a thread to discuss it if we want.

Sam Raimi?
Spiderman 1 and 2. But more importantly: The Army of Darkness.

He's done all sorts, some good some not so good:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000600/

The important thing about Sam Raimi directing, really, is that Bruce Campbell will surely have a cameo.

Your welcome. I wrote the adress just as it was on the e mail. I get the sci fi magazine on my e mail and thats how it came up. I have no idea what you are talking about. This is very new to me so if I make a mistake its because I not only dont know, I dont even suspect.

It's okay, there was just a full stop at the end of the address that made the link not work, I took it off now so it does work and everything is fine.

I am realy exeted about this film i wonder where they are going to film it and wether it is live action or anamated it would be realy good if it was live action mixed with computer grafics (sory for any spelling mistakes)

i have been thinking, if well when the film is filmed will there be a game with it like most of the other recent films that have been reased and if so the intrest in terry pratchett will increse and maybe when a new pratchett book is reled there will be scens like when the new harry potter books are releced. :?

Ohh!! Do you really think so?! That would be awesome!!

I think the films, if done right, will generate a lot of new interest in Terry and the DW series. What scares me is it becoming TOO commercialized. I mean, does anyone want to see Granny Weatherwax BurgerKing Toys? It would be nice to have something to share with my non-discworld friends, though. The only way I 'm able share DW with my hubby is thru the Acorn movies. (Since he isnt a big reader of anything other than car mags) So a feature film would be nice to help spread some DW love..

Or bedlinnen... *shudder*
I think there's already enough commercialism (?). But hold on, if there is a hype rolling on, just think of what the Clarecraft figurines might be worth in a few years!

True. Too bad it didnt come in time to save Clarecraft.. :cry:
Maybe they can make a comeback if the movie gets popular enough. Although, they didnt make Feegle Figures, did they? I thought only Paul Kidby was making them. :?
Nanny Ogg sheets with Hedgehogs on them might be fun. Suppose they could make them for a king sized bed?

Probably couldn't be buggered...