Aaaand with a little more tweaking we have our finished product in full form! đÂ
Edit: Aaand I just noticed how weird the fire looks. Dang it.Â
DOUBLE EDIT: Omg this keeps getting notes as much as I appreciate it ( I really do you guys are awesome <3) I really felt like I needed to replace it with the edited version where the fire doesnât look so lame and stuff. I actually edited this forever ago and thenâŚforgot about it If anyone really wants the old version back up, Iâll do that in a separate post.Â
TRIPLE EDIT: I fixed the lighting once again and I feel like redrawing it but not right now. Thank you all so much for all the notes â¤
So interestingly as of 4th of November the official IMDB page for the new film has changed to The Vampire Chronicles. And now seems to be officially in pre-production.Â
I donât have any other news but Iâll share yours, good find, @claudias-ashes! ITâS REALLY HAPPENING!
However, I would suggest that this is still just a temporary title, bc Josh Boone intends to adapt TVL and include some of IWTV in it, do a trilogy and possibly a TV series for ALL the side characters, so for now, itâs probably safest to put it all under this blanket title. @phoenifia/@firelight-fadinglinked us to an article about that, hereâs the relevant snippet:Â
But the fact that the status was updated to âPre-productionâ so recently is promising!
Of course I canât find it now but @laurasking and I were rolling around the idea that it could be great to have this film begin in a darkened theatre, playing movie!IWTV, and then we pull back to see Lestat is watching it there by himself. He rented the theatre just to watch it on the big screen ALONE, …he stops the film, slings an arm over the back of the chair beside him, and he turns around in his chair to look at the viewer and break the 4th wall with:
âDo you believe this garbage? *gestures at the screen* Let me tell you what really happened.â
I know what you mean, Louis would probably agree w/ you for similar (or the same!) reasons why he wants Lestat to stop writing any more books or authorizing his ghostwriter to do so.
[I just donât want movies to cheapen it or represent the books in a bad lightâŚ]
^So I think Josh Boone is going to handle the material very respectfully, looking at the way he tagged up the Stand for that adaptation, he clearly is treating that book like itâs the Bible for that project *u* Weâll see how the Stand fandom (what do they call themselves? now Iâm curious) reacts when that adaptation comes out, as my Dad says, âThe proof is in the pudding.â
Anon definitely has some valid concerns, but I wouldnât worry too much for the reasons given above from Burnadette and myself. Also, on your concern with Boone representing the books in a bad light or cheapening it, evidence has been shown on his twitter that he has been taking careful account of the series and been communicating with Anne pretty well, enough for the both of them to show love and gratitude to each other. Take this recent conversation for example:
And there are other mentions all over the place with Boone mentioning his love of the series. I think weâre in good hands đ
Reblogging for @firelight-fading/@phoenifiaâs comments. We donât have a wide sample size to state it beyond doubt but weâve seen that when AR is involved (movie!IWTV, Claudiaâs Story), the VC adaptation tends to be hella better than when sheâs not.
I know what you mean, Louis would probably agree w/ you for similar (or the same!) reasons why he wants Lestat to stop writing any more books or authorizing his ghostwriter to do so.
[I just donât want movies to cheapen it or represent the books in a bad lightâŚ]
^So I think Josh Boone is going to handle the material very respectfully, looking at the way he tagged up the Stand for that adaptation, he clearly is treating that book like itâs the Bible for that project *u* Weâll see how the Stand fandom (what do they call themselves? now Iâm curious) reacts when that adaptation comes out, as my Dad says, âThe proof is in the pudding.â
Hit the jump for more response, cut for length.
[âŚor for it to get overly popular-]
^It might get overly popular! We might have overly fanatic fans! But we can handle that, we already deal with having the Facebook factions of the VC fandom, some of which are pretty zealous in their loyalty to AR, and from what they ask her (like âIs Lestat really bisexual/gay???â) I wonder how they read the same books as we did. Just bc thereâs more interest in it doesnât mean you have to participate w/ the influx.Â
We also had an influx when Prince Lestat came out, and they seem to be absorbing into our ranks alright.
[âŚor the worst scenario- for it to be associated with the vampires of today *shivers*]Â
^Comparisons will be made to other vampire media, reviewers will review, haters gonna hate. You can tune all that out. Boone knows it will be held to the standard of movie!IWTV, and the standard of all his fave vampire media, so Iâm sure he wonât invest the time and effort into smtg he knows canât handle that level of scrutiny.
I think everyone needs to keep in mind that everyone doesnât share a collective mind- everyone read these books individually so everyone is going to have a different opinion on how certain plot events happened and how certain characters look. Boone is one of those people and heâs the one in control of how this film will look and developâŚ
#Your headcanon may varyđ
On that note, just because a new film is coming out doesnât mean that the values of past productions, like the IWTV movie with Tom Cruise, decrease. You can still enjoy it. You can still view Tom Cruise as the âperfectâ Lestat. You can still choose to ignore the new film. What the new film does mean for the fandom is possible growth. Old loves for the books series will be rekindled and people will hopefully return. New fans will emerge who enjoy the film or are curious about the books. Considering Rice has lessened her hold on fanfiction restriction, that means more fanworks will possibly be generated. Lots of good things on the way even if the film is a flop.
So all in all, stay positive, go see the film to support Rice and the series if anything and if you donât like it then itâs a done deal and you can fall back on other VC-related works. Weâll get through this irregardless.
I
was briefly talking with @i-want-my-iwtv yesterday in regards to all
the âexcitementâ surrounding possible casting choices in the new TVL
film to which I brought up my personal choice for the Brat Prince
himself.
You may recognize Sam Claflin better as Finnick Odair from the Hunger Games
series. In fact, it was Claflinâs portrayal of Finnick which led to me
considering and then later choosing him as Lestat in my fancast, with
many similarities between the two characters.
*Note: my fancast only contains actual actors/actresses- not models or
any other sort of face claim. So, all picks essentially have acting experience
for me to base my choices on. If I were to choose a face claim, it would have to be Martin
Rowlinski, considering when Lestat visits me in my kinky dreams, he looks like
Martin Rowlinski (there was another dream where he was in a Pride parade
with a bright green fishnet top and rollerblades, but Iâll save that
for another time).
So why Sam Claflin? For starters,
Claflin facial and bodily characters match those of the bookâs not just
in detail, but in expression and movement of them as well.
Hereâs
Claflin himself rocking the shoulder length blonde hair as Prince William in Snow White and The Huntsman, not
necessarily curly but with some wave to it. Sam Claflin is 5â˛11âł and 30 years old according to IMDB, so the height is a close match. As for the age, heâs very youthful looking, and age hasnât stopped Anne in her own choices so, I think itâs fine. As for the well shaped but
large and animated mouthâŚwellâŚ
These were too great to not includeâŚ
Claflin
also has a lot of experience with one particular character type that
will be handy in portraying Lestat, and that is the romantic action
hero. He might not always be the central character when he takes on this
trope, but Claflinâs character will always be involved in a plot angle
focused on love, beauty, blind bravery, and heroics. A sassy, snarky
attitude may or may not be included alongside that heart of gold (but is
more than not). For good or evil intent, I feel this is a key part of
Lestatâs character, but not the only key part.
Hit the (Read More) for the full explanationâŚWell? Go on.
If anyone really wants the old version back up, Iâll do that in a separate post.Â
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