And 9, 9, 9 for a lost god

[venta]

One of the things most guaranteed to throw any sensible person into a flat spin is the discovery that a favourite book is being made into a film.

Sometime this year, a film version of The Eagle of the Ninth will be released.

Will it suck? Will it be great? Will it trample all over one of the best-loved books of my childhood[*]?

I'm waiting anxiously.

Oh, and yes I do know that the book is based on an entirely false premise - what was a reasonably valid historical theory in 1954 is now known to be untrue. Don't care.

_{[*] and adulthood, if we're strictly honest}

Comments

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

That was a good book. I do hope the film is good.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmm... early still pictures here:

http://unwrappedphotos.com/collections/movies/eagle-of-the-ninth/

Don't think they're great for historical accuracy (the horses look a bit dodgy for a start), but I'll settle for "good story" if necessary ;)

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. Looks like they're interested in looking like Gladiator as a first step. Very much the same palette.