Speilberg looking to do Tripods

[Sherlock]

I saw this over at the Ain't it Cool website.

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16855

I remember reading the Tripod Trilogy by John Christopher in junior high. I really loved the books and I am excited to see that it might be coming to the big screen. Has anyone else read the books?

 

[CCamfield]

I read a lot of John Christopher back in intermediate school (grade 7-8). Could be cool. Did you see the TV miniseries that was made back in the 80s(?)?

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

There was a miniseries? Darn, I missed that.

I got addicted to the trilogy after reading the serialized graphic version in Boy's Life. Great books.

 

[Kai Lord]

Awesome. I loved those books as a kid.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Cool! I was hoping somebody would do a rather nifty period War of the Worlds, but I guess this'll work.

 

[CCamfield]

There was a miniseries? Darn, I missed that.

It was a BBC production so it might not have shown where you are? Turns out it was a full 20 years ago.

http://www.circus.edendev.co.uk/otherarticles/tripods.htm

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

That BBC miniseries scared the life out of me when I was little. And I loved the books. Wonder if he's going to do all three books in one film, or split them up or what?

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

A trilogy would be neat -- kind of hard to do it as one movie, unless it's really long. But if they did it that way, I'd have a hard time seeing it being successful. It's been a long time, but as I remember there isn't that much that really happens in The White Mountains; I seem to remember much more action in The City of Gold and Lead and Pool of Fire.

But then, it's been 20+ years, so my memory is pretty fuzzy (I'm shocked I still remember the titles!).

 

[Null Boundry]

It was a BBC production so it might not have shown where you are? Turns out it was a full 20 years ago.

http://www.circus.edendev.co.uk/otherarticles/tripods.htm

Ok that makes me feel old.

I was so gutted when they didn't make the final series.

 

[Tom Cashel]

I loved the books and the miniseries. (Hmm, gotta get over to that "TV on DVD" thread...)

This would be cool. Beanpole!

EDIT: Ugh. Disney.