Pern Novels Picked Up by Copperheart
Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern novels have been optioned by Steve Hoban of the Oscar winning Canadian film production company Copperheart Entertainment
“I decided that Pern had to be done right and I wouldn’t let it go to someone unless I was certain that they were committed to excellence,” says Anne McCaffrey. “Steve brings not only his proven talent but his very great enthusiasm to the endeavor. I’m thrilled to be working with an Academy Award® winning Producer. Pern is in excellent hands!”
“Bringing the Dragonriders of Pern saga to the big screen has been a dream of mine ever since I first read the books and, like millions of other people around the world, fell in love with them,” says Copperheart’s Steve Hoban. “‘Lord of the Rings’, ‘Harry Potter’ and the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ have all been adapted with enormous success and the Pern series is in the same league. Anne is a master storyteller who has created a captivating mix of action, adventure, mystery, romance, and intrigue – not to mention intelligent, telepathic dragons linked to their human riders in a mystical bond – that will appeal to the movie-going public around the globe.”
Anne McCaffrey is the award-winning author of the Dragonriders of Pern series. She is the recipient of the SFWA Grandmaster Nebula, the American Library Association’s Lifetime Literary Achievement, and is one of the 2006 inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. She has been writing for over fifty years, her Dragonriders of Pern series has won the hearts of millions, becoming an established classic in the field. You can visit her on the web at: http://www.annemccaffrey.net.
Copperheart Entertainment is a Toronto-based production company established by Steve Hoban to produce live-action, large format and animation films. Hoban is one of Canada’s most successful independent producers having produced a diverse body of work including the 2005 Oscar® winning animated short, ‘Ryan’; the Imax®3D film, ‘Cyberworld’; and the popular ‘Ginger Snaps’ feature films. He is currently in post-production on the remake of the 70s horror classic ‘Black Christmas’. You can visit Copperheart on the web at: http://www.copperheart.ca.
oh this is great news! always been a great fan of the series, glad to see someone has finally decided to put it on film. I wish them all the best with it, and hope they do it justice.
Tim
Alright I’m a big fan of the Pern novels and I’m glad that they are coming to the big screen. Now just let us hope that they get translated well to the big screen.
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Okay its been two years since this has happened, and a year since its been picked up by Copper Heart Entertainment. I hear that they have settled on a script, but now I hope that they have been able to sellect actors for the mains. For my suggestions if you’ll listen/read:
F’lar- Vigo Mortainson
F’nor- Hugh Jackman
Robinton- Jhon Reese Davies [gimly, Salla in Indiana Jones]
John Reese Davies as Robinton? no way, great voice, but not the right face…maybe Patrick Stewart?
But who for Lessa? Rachel Weis? (too sweet of face?) Anne Hathaway? (too annoying of voice.-still she did well in “Becoming Jane” I thought) hmmm
Weis is too cute of face, How about Kate Beckinsale from Underworld. Since Lessa was still young in the first 3 novels the movie is going off of. And Vigo is too old for the role of F’lar. Plus the actors for F’lar and F’nor need to look somewhat alike since they are brothers. Let’s hope in actually goes through this time though, because this isn’t the first attempt at a Pern movie…it’s like the 3rd.
I think it’d be best if they used a bunch of…
1) Skilled foreign actors/actresses none of us has ever really heard of
2) Skilled American actors that only some of us may have heard of
3) Skilled nobodies who can actually act
If they use very well-established actors/actresses, I’d think we’d just be seeing those people on screen rather than the characters they’re trying to portray…
Maybe I just hate Hollywood, but…I dunno.
I agree with Olivia. I think they should hire actors who aren’t well known. Though I absolutely adore Patrick Stewart I would see him as Prof. X or Capt. Picard instead of Robinton.
I just really hope that this doesn’t turn out to be a bust like the tv series was. If they can do ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Narnia’ there’s no reason they couldn’t make a decent Pern movie.
Is there newer “news” somewhere? This is now 2 years old. No updates on Copperheart website. Anything?
Sadly, nothing new from Copperheart Entertainment as of this date (June 15, 2008).
I’m getting extremely frustrated by the lack of news. I wasn’t pleased by the choice of Copperheart to produce the movie (I mean, who the hell are they?). I feel that if the movie ever does make it to theaters it will suck so badly that we will forever be sorry we asked for a Pern movie. I don’t think we will ever see a Pern movie in Anne McCaffery’s (or Todd’s) lifetime.
Finally a liitle news about what’s happening can’t wait till I can see the movie
i was thinking mabye ian mckellan as robinton since he getting on in years now and both can talk quite well.
Howzabout Summer Glau for Lessa? I know that she’s a hottie but a bit of makeup does wonders. Otherwise she fits the discription perfictly and is one heck of an actress to boot.