Tim Minear and The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by gwynethh

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Tim Minear and The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

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UPDATED: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 03:52
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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:50 AM

snip for those wondering what "Wonderfalls" strongman (and Mutant Enemy superstar) Tim Minear is up to, he's adapting a bigscreen version of Robert A. Heinlein's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" for producers Mike Medavoy ("Holes") and David Heyman (the "Harry Potter" series). unsnip

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Are You Asking me to Dance?

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:03 AM

MERCEDESTROY

Well, bein' one of my favorite books of all time - that promises to be interesting! Something to look forward to.

Debs

If Justice is the dish, then I am your waitress

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:19 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Heinlein is my favorite author, and Moon is his best book. With Minear adapting, I think we have a potent combination.

Is it just me, or do others think Alan Tudyk would be ideal to play Manny? And how about Nathan as "Adam Selene"?

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:19 AM

KARENKAY99

Shiny news!! I just read the book a few months ago.
Lovin' the Loonies!! TANSTAAFL

"They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger."

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:54 AM

GWYNETHH

Cool Idea. What a casting coup!

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:06 AM

CAPTAINHARBATKIN

Oh, God, PLEASE don't let them screw THIS one up.

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...they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing - and if we're
very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:31 AM

RAVENMYTH

great news, with Tim it is bound to be good!

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:05 AM

SERGEANTX

I wonder who is directing? Sure wish they'd let Tim direct as well. Maybe this won't start filming until Serenity has won several Oscars and Joss will take the helm. nice thought anyway.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:45 AM

BISHAMON

Definitely my favorite RAH novel.

Long overdue for a movie adaptation, IMO.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:14 AM

SOUTHERNMERC

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I wonder who is directing? Sure wish they'd let Tim direct as well. Maybe this won't start filming until Serenity has won several Oscars and Joss will take the helm. nice thought anyway.

SergeantX

Dare to dream! Wouldn't it be grand?

That said, MiaHM is excellent reading. Not sure how it will compress all the complexities of the novel into one 2-hour movie tho. Maybe Tim and his Joe's can make it a 3-hour? That'd be cool.

Jayne: "See, Vera? You get dressed up, you get taken someplace fun!"

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:43 AM

MAKEROFPATHS

Tim has commented on another board that the producers read his outline and passed it without changes. So first step out of way. Aside from the challenge of Tim having to create a film out of what he sees in his head and in the book, the project will need a sensitive director and non-meddling distributor. Tough sledding ahead, IMHO.

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"When one man chases a hare, he finds a hare. But when many men chase a hare, they find a dragon."

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:09 AM

TIGER

(Can those who've read articles concerning this news post the links? I tried Googling, but couldn't find anything related myself.)

If this is true, and it comes off without too much interference from people who don't share the vision of the book, I'll be as excited about this as I am about "Serenity".

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Heinlein is my favorite author, and Moon is his best book. With Minear adapting, I think we have a potent combination.

Is it just me, or do others think Alan Tudyk would be ideal to play Manny? And how about Nathan as "Adam Selene"?

He's my favorite as well, and I have high hopes about Tim's involvment. If he can bring the brains and grace to TMIAHM that he brought to "Out of Gas", I'll be one happy camper.

And actually I was thinking of Nathan as Manny, and Alan as Adam Selene/Mike. I'd love to hear other people's ideas about casting for this flick...
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...In pleasant peace and security
How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die.
He shall look up above the stalled oxen
Envying the cruel falcon,
And dig under the straw for a stone
To bruise himself on.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:00 AM

MOHRSTOUTBEARD

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Is it just me, or do others think Alan Tudyk would be ideal to play Manny? And how about Nathan as "Adam Selene"?

Correct me if I'm wrong, Dad, but I thought I was the one to suggest plundering the treasure trove of "Firefly" for our favorite characters.

Still not sure I agree with switching Nathan and Alan, but I think both could work in either role. Anyway, these are my choices:

Manny: Nathan Fillion
Mike: Alan Tudyk
Wyoh: Gina Torres
Prof: Ben Kingsley (or maybe Ron Glass)

Now, the Professor was the only one I cast inside my head since the very first time I read the book. I always pictured him as Ben Kingsley. I've gone on to read it again about five times since, but "dream casting" has always been difficult. . .until "Firefly"! Then things just fell into place. Nathan, Alan, Gina. . .they would be great in those roles.

Oh well, probably just wishful thinking.

"You've just gotta go ahead and change the captain of your brainship, because he's drunk at the wheel."

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:14 AM

SERGEANTX

I was thinking that the experience of working on Firefly, with its strange hybrid dialect, should give Tim a fighting chance to capture the Loonie speak, another strange hybrid dialect. I always considered 'Moon' something no one in Hollywood would touch specifically for that reason. If anyone can pull it off, Tim can.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

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Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:18 AM

ANNIK

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Originally posted by MohrStoutbeard:
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Now, the Professor was the only one I cast inside my head since the very first time I read the book. I always pictured him as Ben Kingsley. I've gone on to read it again about five times since, but "dream casting" has always been difficult.

Hmmm ... I've never thought of 'dream casting' for a book. Is this common these days? Am I just hopelessly old and don't think in a TV frame-of-reference quickly enough?

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

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Sunday, July 18, 2004 9:16 PM

KMINFINITY

TMIAHM is my favorite heinlein as well. I sure hope this is a success. Any links related to this topic would be appreciated.

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Monday, July 19, 2004 11:18 PM

HAUFEL

Well, there's this link from scifi.com (Jan 20) which seems to be the source:
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-01/20/13.00.film

Yeah, and if wishes were horses we'd all be eatin' steak.

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Monday, July 19, 2004 11:33 PM

QUICKSAND

I've got lots to say on this, but I'm only going to ACTUALLY say this one thing:

If the film is made and released with the same title as the book, then we will absolutely know that the movie will be awesome.

If not, then... hey, studio meddling is studio meddling.

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Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:06 AM

SGTGUMP

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Heinlein is my favorite author, and Moon is his best book. With Minear adapting, I think we have a potent combination.

Is it just me, or do others think Alan Tudyk would be ideal to play Manny? And how about Nathan as "Adam Selene"?

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

I think Iv'e read a thread in this site that discussed this a bit, and someone brought up Benicio Del Toro for Manny. I think he would do a great job, as in all of his roles. I hope that this movie is done right, I wouldn't want another Starship Troopers.

TANSTAAFL

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Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:52 AM

JUSTANOTHERMUDDER

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Originally posted by sgtgump:

...I hope that this movie is done right, I wouldn't want another Starship Troopers.

Ditto.

I read this book a few years ago and thought it was great... didn't exactly picture it as a movie. Always figured Hollywood would just screw it up... but, I have hope. :D

"Always be yourself. Unless you suck." Joss Whedon
"Where else are you going to get a love story that begins:
Boy meets girl. Girl kicks boy's ass." NYPinTA @WatchFarscape.com

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