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Howdy all…
Well…we’re back in Dreamland again!
Let’s see how things go with Felicity.
I think you’ll enjoy it.
In other news…
I set up advertising specific for those of you in the UK, Canada, and Australia.
If you guys in those regions can do me a favor…
If you see ads…check them out and see if they’re specific to your country. Just so I know they’re working.
Thanks
And also..
I got to speak to two of the actors who are interested in the Dreamland Chronicles movie.
Great news…they’ve actually READ the comic and love it!
They love that you guys are so passionate…and that you’re so involved.
I had such a wonderful time speaking to them both and really do hope we can work together.
IS It’s one thing to have a movie done based on your book (awesome)…but it’s something completely on a whole other level to have a movie with actors and actresses who actually LIKE the book.
I can’t say more. But I promise I will announce it here as soon as everything’s final.
And for the record…I DID ask them to come by here and say “Hi” if/when they sign on to do the movie.
🙂
That’s it for now.
Thanks all…and see you tomorrow.
Scott
Just a report on the ads, I got a project wonderful ad for Biff, Blue Dream Studio (which looks to be something of yours actually so maybe it wasn’t an ad) and some google ads.
Hooray for returning to dreamland! Now to get Felicity back in the show, it’s been a while since we actually heard from her.
back to Dreamland! can’t wait to find out what was written, and the reaction to it!
That’s awesome that the actors have actually read the comic. I know with Hollywood having made some of my childhood literary treasures into movies in recent years I’ve been sorely disappointed to learn that many of the actors and even the production team didn’t even bother to read the book(s). :_(
Also as a Canadian I can attest that I am being presented with Canadian ads.
I’m looking forward to learning more about the process and getting a first hand account of transforming your creation into a movie. It’ll also be interesting to see how the adaptation works given that you still haven’t even finished the series. I wish you better luck and success than the other authors had with transforming their properties into movies. I’m certain your movie background will serve you very well and give you an edge they did not have.
Cant wait till felicitys reaction 😡
I do wonder about the movie though. Is.ot going to be an.animated movie, using the same characters u use now? That would seem logical to me. But then again your talking about actors, which implies that theorie actually going to act, and not just.voiceover.. is there any chance you can tellen us about that?
Checking in from Australia, and I do indeed get a local ad.
How exciting that the actors most likely to play in the movie adaptation like your work and sounds like they’re eager to be a part of it.
I’m curious if the movie will be a full CG, mixed live-action and CG or traditional animation.
If the ads are the ones in the box marked “Project Wonderful” then I’m getting American or Canadian adverts. There’s an advert for a comic called Biff and it refers to “cell phones” (over here we call them “mobile phones”).
If you need extras for the film, you should let us know! 😀
Awesome to hear about the actors, and hope they know we appreciate them as well. Dreamland has become a treasure for many of us, and we are happy to hear they share that joy and love for it too!
I would be wary of an actor who DIDN’T like Dreamland… just in general. 😛 That’s like kids who like torturing small animals… Bad juju! (Of course I’m being completely biased here, but that doesn’t really matter right? I mean it’s Dreamland we’re talking about! ^.^)
Look forward to hearing more about the movie aspect (when you are able of course). 😀
~Prince Demitri
It seems falling asleep on cue is a lot harder than waking up on cue.
Or… is it? We know Alex was only asleep for an hour before he woke up, but we also know that time passes differently in the two worlds (It does seem like he often gets more than 8 hours of adventure a night), and so we don’t know exactly how long it took Alex to learn to wake up on cue.
Although, I wish I could fall asleep and wake up on cue. then maybe I wouldn’t be missing so many classes.
Hey, I’ve been reading the comic for a while now and I have to say: I absolutely adore it!! ^^
I love to hear that the actors like the series!
I can’t wait to see how the movie project turns out ^^
Checking in from the uk and getting .co.uk ads, so that seems to be working!
Nice that we didn’t have to wait for Alex to fall asleep again this time – that was painstaking! (but cool…) 😛
It’s specific to my town! I’m in north west london and it specified Amersham. I’d say it’s working. I’m looking forwards to the next bit of story!
Wow… about these actors: that’s great news! I’m bursting with curiosity now. I wonder when we get to know who the actors are and if we know them.
I’m also excited to see that we’re back in Dreamland. Now Alex just has to hurry and see Felicity!
I’m glad to hear that there are actors interested in the project! I think I know who one of them may be…
Orion: “Hurry, there isn’t much time. ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is on in five minutes.”
So excited about the movie! I think the comic will make an excellent movie.
As for the ads, I’m not getting Canada-specific ads. I’m getting American-specific ones. I don’t live close to the border or anything, so I’m not sure what’s up with that. Just thought I’d let you know. 🙂
a cool movie to a great comic sweet !!!!!!!!!!!!! yay back to dreamland! we miss you felicity come back please!
I get non-UK ads. The big give away is the prices in dollar signs. Great comic mind you 🙂
Oh, we all know Felic’ can’t die…
Thank you all.
I’m very excited as well.
Will keep you all informed, for sure.
The ads I’m referring to are the one on the TOP and the right. Above the PW ads.
Thanks
Ad’s are good, lol links work fine.
Sweet news about the movie and cannot wait to hear more!! Glad to hear the possible actors/esses for the movie actually know & love Dreamland as much as we do. That definitely bodes well. 😀
Ooooo! I can’t wait to see what happens with Felicity tomorrow!
Boy am I impatient today. lol!!
actors! Movie! that’s really great!!!
i just have one question… who are those acters!!!! Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, it would be coul if M. Night Shyamalan would do this movie! I like his films!
Right now it’s totally live action.
That would be so fun! I definitely will ask.
Thank you so much, Zippy!
It should be the top and top right ads.
Ah. Ok. Let me know if that changes.
thanks.
Ha.
No. It’s going to be actors who are closer to high school/college age.
Like Alex. Who’s only 20.
Hey Scott, I’m in Australia and I did get an australian ad at the top-right, “BidRivals AU”. I’m not sure about the ad at the top (if you mean the one above the city in the dreamland chronicles title), it looks like a general ad with no specific location… “AVS Audio Editor”
I’m in Illinois, U.S.A. I see “Escape to Toronto” and “AT&T U-verse TV” The former would make sense for someone trying to encourage Americans to visit Canada – especially people in the northern part of the U.S.A. such as myself. The ad for AT&T U-verse would make sense for an American as well.
BTW – just discovered your comic yesterday and spent rather more time than I should have reviewing the ENTIRE archive….
Just amazing. Wonderful stuff. Two things struck me as particularly outstanding: 1) making the rock giant not some stolid character but a dance instructor, and 2) the way that the Princess has shown Alex that she loves him but that he’s got to straighten up and make something of himself.
I also have a theory on where her parents are. I think they’re still alive.
now that I reloaded the page it’s gone back to the weight loss adds, nothing specific to australia. I am using firefox. I tried opening the page in IE8 and it did not come up with an australian ad either… good luck…
If those actors are reading the comments today, all I have to say is YOU HAD BETTER do a good job with our beloved characters or you are in it deep, buckos!
Buttcheek Islands will have some new inhabitants, if you get me….. 😀
I was confused for a bit why Alex should appear outside on the walk when we last saw him near Felicity’s bed, but then I remembered that Orion taught him about waking and sleeping at will. So, Scott, I apologize for thinking you committed a continuity gaff.
for ads, I’m in Canada:
@ top, i have google ad.
@ top right, I have random ads that are not obviously Canadian specific. Right now it’s M3Radio
@ bottom right, usual project wonderful
@ bottom of page, I think these ads are more location specific. I had a Rogers ad at some point (any other country use Rogers as an cable/phone provider?) Now it’s a teeth whitening ad that even has my city name in the ad, although it looks like they made the ad with no particular city, and then just paste my city name into the ad once they find out where I’m from >.>
Life action for dreamland?! interesting… very interesting… =)
I will forgive your errant thoughts!
So let it be done!
This movie thing is so exciting. Congratulations, Scott! I will go see this movie on its opening night. Aaaah, this is so cool!
a movie!? A MOVIE FOR THE DREAMLAND CHRONICLES!?!?! YEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!! OH YEAH! WOO HOO! (does happy dance)
I’m doing a happy dance too.
🙂
Interesting play you have going on with the focus in the foreground and background on this page. Definitely adds depth to the shot. I don’t think my blender program has that option. Cool!
It’s all done in post.
USing this Photoshop plugin.
http://www.frischluft.com/lenscare/index.php
I think I would like the movie idea better if it was animated in the same fashion as the comic. Just a personal opinion. However………being an extra would be SWEET!!!!!!
I am also re-reading the comic from the beginning and……….it is just as cool as the first time!
Hmn, i didn’t see anything UK specific here,
Scott,
If the production team is the same one that produced Eragon, or proposes your contract to be a percentage of pretty much anything (see wikipedia article for “Hollywood Accounting”), RUN AWAY!
Aw. thanks.
Check again tomorrow. It will only show ads 4 times per user.
And refreshes every 24 hours.
Thanks for checking
I have good lawyer and agent.
So hopefully they know.
But thanks!
Hmm. Live action movie? Does that mean there are people scouting locations for filming?
I’m not that far from Albany, NY and the area is starting to get a certain amount of movie action. Scenes for the remake of the Time Machine were filmed here back in 2000; Taking Woodstock last year, and right now they’re shooting scenes for a new Will Ferrell movie, the Other Guys. Other movies have been filmed around here too.
I don’t know how feasible it would be, but if you’re looking for interiors to pass for Nastajia’s palace, Bognok’s domain, or other palatial locales, the New York State Capitol building is a pile of incredible stone carving, grand staircases, and other elaborate rooms. The great Western Staircase alone is incredible. The lowest level has what look like dragons, a housecat, squirrels, and other animals carved into the stonework; it only gets more elaborate the higher you go. Lots of big brass chandeliers too.
The Senate and the Assembly both have massive stone stair cases too – and all three of the staircases are in completely different styles. (The building was under construction for decades and went through several architects.) It’d make it easier to film 3 different locales if they’re all in one building.
There’s even a hidden ceiling over the assembly chamber and a ‘lost’ gallery that had to be sealed off for fears that the structure was in danger of collapse.
I don’t know if you’d be able to arrange to film in the building, but it is definitely worth looking over for ideas if nothing else. Stone carvers were still at work elaborating details until Teddy Roosevelt finally declared the building finished and cleared them all out.
For that matter, Albany City Hall has some neat architectural features. There’s some pretty varied natural landscape nearby as well.
Just a thought. Good luck with the movie project!
Cool. I’d love to see pictures of these if you can find them on the web.
Okay Scott, here’s some quick links to photo tours and info about the NYS Capitol
http://assembly.state.ny.us/Tour/?sec=intro
http://63.118.56.3/sws/aboutsenate/f1_gwstaircase.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mountainvisions/494534241/
http://assembly.state.ny.us/Renovation/?sec=intro
This last one is nifty – goes up floor by floor, and clicking on the stars shows some of the distinctive features on each:
http://63.118.56.3/sws/aboutsenate/f1_index.html
Here’s some views of Albany’s City Hall
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/albanyrich/albanyrich2.html
At the foot of the hill, east of the Capitol is the former office building of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad – now the headquarters of the Sate University system. It’s an incredible fantasy of a building – the towers alone are amazing.
http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/statestreet/dhbuild.html
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/unitssubjgeog/ss/delawareprint_8.htm
http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=130740
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNY_System_Administration_Building
That should give you some idea of what we’ve got around here; there’s more to be found. We’re celebrating 400 years since Henry Hudson sailed up the river that bears his name.
http://www.halfmoon.mus.ny.us/index.html
http://bathonhudson.blogspot.com/2009/09/dutch-ships-in-town.html
Enjoy!
‘Hurry, there isn’t much time.”
Is there ever?
YAY!!! MOVIE UPDATE! If it’s live action, I hope its good. I really wanted an animation. oh well…
Thanks for the update Scott!!!
Whoops. Well in that case, currently I am seeing an “inventnow.org” ad, and one for “KELattorneys.com”
I still wonder what determines the time lapse between worlds… but oh well don’t mind me :p just the researcher in me talking. I must have proof-read one academic paper too many. At least conference due date season’s over… for now.