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Any updates?
« on: February 22, 2013, 08:38:36 PM »
Hello!
First post here and was wondering if there was any update on whether or not they were moving forward with the movies.

Any info is welcome.
Thank you.

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Re: Any updates?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2013, 03:21:19 AM »
Uglies is one of those series that is a total bucket of fab clart to moviefy. If they don't do it right, we'll end up with (shudder) a repeat of the Percy Jackson film or the Golden Compass.
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2013, 03:32:47 AM »
Fair point. Still, its not an easy change, for sure.
And of course there's the problem of how small our fandom is. I mean, everyone knows what Twilight or (now) the Hunger Games is, but you mention Uglies or Leviathan and you draw blank looks.
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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2013, 03:39:07 AM »
Fair points. More than anything I don't really BELIEVE that we'll have the movie...I dunno. Just doesn't seem likely.
(Then again they made DIARY OF A WIMPY KID into several films so I should probably shut my mouth.)
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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2013, 03:44:12 AM »
Yeah, I do. Like Lord of the Rings (Well maybe no THAT far into the future)

It sucked, yeah. And funny you should mention people forgetting where it came from...do you know where Diary of a Wimpy Kid came from originally?
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« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2013, 03:58:13 AM »
I knew about the Iron Giant, thats why I was so excited for the movie. It was one of my favorites, though I only found it once and read it once at the libarary. The movie did the book good justice.

Fair.

I remember reading it back in middle school...wow. Fun times.
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2013, 04:08:21 AM »
You know what would be cool? Turing Uglies into a movie, and Shay's Story into a TV series.
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2013, 09:02:40 AM »
I never liked Wimpy Kid. :P :-\
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2013, 09:29:34 AM »
Meh, I just didn't get it :P :-\
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Re: Any updates?
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2013, 01:02:31 PM »
Well, Scott said on his twitter that he emailed Hollywood about it so news should come soon (HOPEFULLY!).

Quote from: Straif on February 23, 2013, 03:21:19 AM
Uglies is one of those series that is a total bucket of fab clart to moviefy. If they don't do it right, we'll end up with (shudder) a repeat of the Percy Jackson film or the Golden Compass.
I totally agree with this.

Quote from: Fanna-wa on February 23, 2013, 03:36:54 AM
I don't think the fandom size matters.  The movie would make it more popular.  HG wasn't that popular until the whole movie thing got started a couple years ago.  And it's not like us fans actually have any influence...

And they're making this Beautiful Creatures business into a movie, now THAT is a book that I've never even seen anyone carrying, or displayed in a store or library, in my life, I don't even know what it's about...Uglies is more popular, or at least it was back in the day.
Same here. I never saw or at least noticed any of the books until the trailer came out on TV and suddenly they were everywhere in book stores, right at the front with their own display.
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2013, 02:40:53 PM »
Just wait fir the teaser to cone out like the rest of us and FLIP THE FUCK OUT THEN! But till then.... patents young one.
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2013, 02:43:31 PM »
Fuck.... I've had a long day
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Re: Any updates?
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2013, 02:43:36 PM »
This I have to see.
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2013, 02:46:08 PM »
I flipped the fucknout when I saw the MIS becominf and.movie. you don't wanna be there when this comes out.

Mom promised ne id get to go to Iron Man 3 midnight viewing, Avengers2 and Uglies....
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Re: Any updates?
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2013, 11:02:58 AM »
I would love to see him make a movie! Even though when i read it its already a movie in my head. :)
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