Dragonriders of Pern

[tecnowraith]

Surprised this has not been posted yet!

Dragonriders of Pern to the Big Screen
Source: The Hollywood Reporter May 25, 2006


Anne McCaffrey's best-selling and long-running sci-fi/fantasy series The Dragonriders of Pern is getting the big-screen treatment via Canadian production company Copperheart Entertainment, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Copperheart, which was behind the 2005 Oscar-winning animated short Ryan, has optioned the 19-book series, which began with the "Dragonflight" in 1968. The books are best known for having humans ride dragons with which they telepathically bond.

With "Dragonflight," McCaffrey became the first woman ever to win a Hugo for fiction, and she is one of the 2006 inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Copperheart, run by Steve Hoban, also has produced the IMAX 3D movie Cyberworld as well as the popular "Ginger Snaps" horror series. Hoban is in post-production on the remake of the 1970s horror cult classic Black Christmas.

 

[Ilium]

Sweet! The first book would make a great movie. I wonder what kind of budget they'll have to work with.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

This is what, at least the third time its been optioned? I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Shalimar]

I actually think that Dragon's Dawn would make for the best first movie of Pern. It would have a bit of everything from the genre.

 

[sniffles]

This is what, at least the third time its been optioned? I'll believe it when I see it.

I'm with you. This thing has been in development hell for years.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

I'm with you. This thing has been in development hell for years.

Yeah, it'll probably come out about the same time as the Elfquest movie.

 

[Ranger REG]

Surprised this has not been posted yet!

Probably it's too early to celebrate. BSG's producer Ron D. Moore was supposed to produce a TV series based on them books.