Hallo,
bisher habe ich hier nur gelesen *unlurking* aber da ich heute früh eine Mail von Jim Butcher erhalten habe, hoffe ich auf Eure Unterstützung! Es geht um die Dresden Files, für deren Hörbücher James gelesen hat. In 2 Wochen wird über eine TV-Serie verhandelt und Fans können und sollen dazu beitragen, dass das was wird und auch mit welcher Cast!!!
Hoffe, ich bin bei Euch da an der richtigen Stelle,
Tanja
Hey guys!
Let's cut straight to the chase: the Dresden Files are on the home stretch
in Hollywood.
In two weeks, Morgan Gendel, together with Nick Cage's production company,
Saturn Films, will be meeting with some heavyweight network types about the
Dresden Files. Morgan is aiming at an hour-long weekly series, and if the
suits like the idea and think it could be a winner, they'll buy it, and it
will be the real deal.
It's more than I ever dreamed or really hoped might happen to my career, or
to the stories I wrote.
But let's give credit where credit is due: you guys, the fans, are the
ones who really made the Dresden Files fly. I know that there are more
than a few people out there who have proselytized the books with fanatic
intensity, rearranged bookstores, casually loaned copies out to hook a new
reader, or otherwise gone out of their way to spread good words about my
work. I do not doubt that there are some people out there who have spent
more time selling other people on my work than I have writing it. Thank you.
Others have come to the books more recently, through the dulcet readings of
the good Mister Marsters, and James' fans are more than simply
welcome. They've been an enormous boost in terms of sales and a worried
young writer's morale. So also to the more recent Marsters fans who have
helped me out, again, thank you.
That said, I need everyone's help.
One of the critical factors in the negotiations over the series will be the
presence (or lack thereof) of a grassroots fanbase for the series. IE, the
suits want to know that SOMEONE is going to want to watch this show. So I
got together with Morgan, and here's the deal. He's setting up an email
address for the sole purpose of receiving mail from fans in support of the
books as a series.
Let me say that in a slightly different way: FANS are going to have some
say over whether or not this show is going to go into production, as WELL
as over who might be approached to be cast in the series.
How many SciFi fan groups have rallied together in an effort to save their
favorite cancelled show? It worked once, with original Star Trek. Other
efforts were made with equal intensity but lacked success, and the corpses
of shows like B5: Crusade, Farscape, Beauty and the Beast, Jules Verne, and
many, MANY others now lay in the Hallowed Halls of Syndication or are lost
in the Catacombs of Obscurity.
But I don't think ANY of them had a fan base helping them get STARTED.
This is pretty much a historical first, guys. For people who have longed
to have a voice of any kind in the future of SF television, here is a place
to begin. If you want to see the Dresden Files launched as a television
series, you need to send email to the address below and SAY SO. If you
want a particular actor playing a particular role
(*kaffkaff*MarstersasDresden*kaffkaff*), you also need to send email to the
below address and SAY SO.
A strong fan presence behind the Dresden Files is going to make a huge
difference when everyone bellies up to the negotiating table. I mean come
on, how many producers could show film execs a few thousand fan emails for
a show that hasn't even been CREATED yet. What's more, if that same
fan presence has a strong desire to see a particular actor playing the
part, it is going to send a big old message to the producers, who will
treat that desire seriously.
At the end of this email, I'm including a template email that you can use
to send to the fan-support mailbox for the Dresden Files going to TV. Feel
free to write your own should you wish, but I want to provide the template
so that all you will need to do is cut and paste the template below,
filling in your own answers.
I cannot stress enough how perfectly serious I am about this. If Dresden
is to hit the screen, I will need as much support (and as many emails) as
we can possibly get. So don't feel you have to be a member of a fan club
or mailing list to send in your opinion. You don't. Your opinion counts
just as much as everyone else's, and I urge everyone who loves SF&F
television to lend their voice to Dresden's cause, and to asks other fans
of the genre to do the same.
This is beyond exciting, and of course I will keep the list posted as I get
new information. Email template follows.
Jim
TEMPLATE
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To: "Dresden Files E-mail" <
dresdenfiles@linkline.com>
Subject: Dresden Files Television Series
Dear Morgan,
I am in favor of the production of the Dresden Files to television and/or
movies!
On a scale of one to ten, I would watch the series with the following
frequency. _______ ("1--Eh, whenever" to "10--Each and every week,
possibly in costume.")
Given a choice of actors to play the part of Harry Dresden, I think that
________________________________ would be an excellent choice.
Sincerely,
(Your name here)
denkt doch mal daran wie er reagiert hat als man im 14 below seine popo geknipst hat. Aber außerdem hat er doch bestimmt abzüge zur Kontrolle bekommen und wennn es ihm nicht aufgefallen ist gut. Aber wenn 
dann hat er nichts dagegen getan 
schön für unsere Fantasie 
oops es geht mit mir durch 
euch alle und bis in 10 Tagen Dann kann ich mir endlich mal in Ruhe Storm Front reinziehen bei dieser Stimme kommen mir immer so komische Gedanken 
