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Post by Eversist on Jan 28, 2020 21:17:43 GMT
Tom has just tweeted about this: "Big news! I've been talking to Magnesium Film about a possible animated series based on Gunnerkrigg Court and I'm happy to be able to announce it publicly! It's still very early along, but you can read about it here:"magnesiumfilm.com/blog/f/meet-magnesiumAnd a response to someone's question: "They bought the rights to option a show, not the comic itself, so business will be as usual over at gunnerkrigg.com no matter what happens!"
Pretty crazy! I'm crossing my fingers that it happens. Congrats to Tom! Wanna talk about voice actors again, anyone?  |
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Post by madjack on Jan 28, 2020 23:41:39 GMT
The only thing that exists from them is that blog post.
I want this to be a thing but this is literally a group that buys the rights to stuff and flips/pitches it.
Who are these people?
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Post by faiiry on Jan 28, 2020 23:54:10 GMT
I'm pretty psyched at the idea that this might happen, but I'm also skeptical. Not getting my hopes too high just yet.
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Post by bedinsis on Jan 28, 2020 23:55:22 GMT
I am genuinely intrigued by this development.
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Jan 29, 2020 2:26:19 GMT
Hmm, let's see:
They're a totally green production house, seem to have only minor production experience, zero showrunning experience, very limited industry connections, and they're wildly pitching random projects including Gunnerkrigg. With those odds, I give it a 90% chance of being picked up by Netflix.
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Jan 29, 2020 2:43:34 GMT
Oh God, not the English dub! Anything but the English dub!
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Post by Eversist on Jan 29, 2020 3:19:51 GMT
The only thing that exists from them is that blog post. I want this to be a thing but this is literally a group that buys the rights to stuff and flips/pitches it. Who are these people? They mention that it’s a brand new company and some of the people behind it in the blog post, and that Gunnerkrigg Court is their first project. “Based on a lifelong passion for these books and invaluable experiences working at Pixar & Blue Sky, I started Magnesium with friend and producer Matt Cushing to develop film & TV projects based on award winning sci-fi and fantasy literature. We are also very lucky to have advisors in our corner like producer Uri Singer, and RottenTomatoes founder Patrick Lee.” Of course it’s far from a done deal, but it’s still hella exciting in my opinion. I considered putting “potential” or something similar in the title, but that felt awfully pessimistic.  |
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Post by Polyhymnia on Jan 29, 2020 3:46:49 GMT
I looooved the concept art...but giggled at the description. It all sounded much faster paced and less episodic than the story, more action than mystery. Still, high hopes all around!
ETA: the description of the ether is accurate, if imho an unnecessary spoiler. If I were writing the description, I think I would have focused more on uncovering dark secrets and ancient lies, avoiding ensnarement in age-old rivalries, and her loyalties torn as war looms between the sinister machinations of the Court and the savage inhabitants of the forest. Something in that direction. Put war if you must, but it seems a lot more of a secrets and lies kind of story.
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Post by Polyhymnia on Jan 29, 2020 5:54:20 GMT
Also, SHE’S NOT ORPHANED. That’s kind of a big deal.
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Post by bedinsis on Jan 29, 2020 6:16:08 GMT
Also, SHE’S NOT ORPHANED. That’s kind of a big deal. It is, but I think the return of her father was such an upset to the whole trajectory of the comic that describing her as such leaves the viewer in a better mindset for that plot twist. That, or they didn't want a run-on-sentence. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jan 29, 2020 7:35:50 GMT
Adell does have a bio on imdb. Assuming no funny business and everyone did their due diligence I think I will be cautiously optimistic. btw even if the option does get picked up that is not a guarantee that anything will happen. |
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Post by avurai on Jan 29, 2020 8:18:48 GMT
If this does get off the ground, I’m psyched for Tom. But I do hope he has an ending in near enough sights, because, George R. R. Martin will tell you, these things catch up with you fast. It’s taken 15 years to get this far into the comic; I’m wondering if it’ll be 10 more before he nears a conclusion or if it’s so close (<5) that he feels safe making this option an actual consideration.
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Post by noone3 on Jan 29, 2020 8:34:29 GMT
With those odds, I give it a 90% chance of being picked up by Netflix. Netflix does a good job sometimes with such material. "Hilda" is one example. |
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Post by Igniz on Jan 29, 2020 8:59:58 GMT
I looooved the concept art...but giggled at the description. It all sounded much faster paced and less episodic than the story, more action than mystery. Still, high hopes all around! ETA: the description of the ether is accurate, if imho an unnecessary spoiler. If I were writing the description, I think I would have focused more on uncovering dark secrets and ancient lies, avoiding ensnarement in age-old rivalries, and her loyalties torn as war looms between the sinister machinations of the Court and the savage inhabitants of the forest. Something in that direction. Put war if you must, but it seems a lot more of a secrets and lies kind of story. A pitch tells the basic premise and purpose of an idea for a TV show (or film) in order to attract producers to fund or develop a project. Loglines for the sake of pitching a project are similar to a TV guide description aimed at viewers, but more specific in describing the concept of the program, as it should be attractive enough for a person to know more (that is, to read the script) and informative enough to make it clear.  |
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Post by Zox Tomana on Jan 29, 2020 9:09:40 GMT
If this were to be a thing, I'd have 2 hopes: one is that Tom gets to maintain firm control over the story so that we don't end up in a situation where the adapted series departs hugely from the base material. I think GKC could do very well as an animated series... but I'd hope that they essentially use the existing comic as a story-board and don't screw with the plot and lore a bunch =/ The other thing is that they aren't lazy with the animation style.
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Jan 29, 2020 9:37:38 GMT
Oh God, not the English dub! Anything but the English dub!
:-P You 'avin' a giggle, mate? I'm also excited about this, but I wonder what kind of animation/art style would be used. For some reason I can't see the first few chapters translate to screen very well. But that's probably just me and my imagination that's lacking. |
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Post by saardvark on Jan 29, 2020 10:40:10 GMT
I'm pretty psyched at the idea that this might happen, but I'm also skeptical. Not getting my hopes too high just yet. cool new avatar! |
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Post by Gulby on Jan 29, 2020 11:24:11 GMT
I'M SO FREAKING HYPED RIGHT NOW AND OH MY GOSH AND GOLLY AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH IF THEY SUCCEED TO MAKE IT TO NETFLIX, AND WE END UP HAVING THE SAME QUALITY OR MORE THAN HILDA, THAT WOULD BE SO GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!
Sorry for the CAPS but WOUHOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by pyradonis on Jan 29, 2020 11:35:47 GMT
I looooved the concept art...but giggled at the description. It all sounded much faster paced and less episodic than the story, more action than mystery. Still, high hopes all around! ETA: the description of the ether is accurate, if imho an unnecessary spoiler. If I were writing the description, I think I would have focused more on uncovering dark secrets and ancient lies, avoiding ensnarement in age-old rivalries, and her loyalties torn as war looms between the sinister machinations of the Court and the savage inhabitants of the forest. Something in that direction. Put war if you must, but it seems a lot more of a secrets and lies kind of story. You are right. Still I liked the "programming spiritual energy like software" part a lot.
Oh God, not the English dub! Anything but the English dub! :-P You 'avin' a giggle, mate? I'm also excited about this, but I wonder what kind of animation/art style would be used. For some reason I can't see the first few chapters translate to screen very well. But that's probably just me and my imagination that's lacking. Well, they do not need to keep Annie's head football-shaped for the first few episodes. |
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Post by liminal on Jan 29, 2020 12:20:14 GMT
Among the obvious "I hope this happens because I've loved this comic for a long time", I selfishly want this to happen, if only for my voice agent to submit me for Coyote or Ysengrin...
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Post by arf on Jan 29, 2020 12:30:37 GMT
Interesting news, although I am of the impression that Hollywood will option a ham sandwich. Just in case.
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Post by todd on Jan 29, 2020 12:35:21 GMT
"Hilda" popped into my head almost as soon as I read the news. |
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Post by Polyhymnia on Jan 29, 2020 12:59:25 GMT
I looooved the concept art...but giggled at the description. It all sounded much faster paced and less episodic than the story, more action than mystery. Still, high hopes all around! ETA: the description of the ether is accurate, if imho an unnecessary spoiler. If I were writing the description, I think I would have focused more on uncovering dark secrets and ancient lies, avoiding ensnarement in age-old rivalries, and her loyalties torn as war looms between the sinister machinations of the Court and the savage inhabitants of the forest. Something in that direction. Put war if you must, but it seems a lot more of a secrets and lies kind of story. A pitch tells the basic premise and purpose of an idea for a TV show (or film) in order to attract producers to fund or develop a project. Loglines for the sake of pitching a project are similar to a TV guide description aimed at viewers, but more specific in describing the concept of the program, as it should be attractive enough for a person to know more (that is, to read the script) and informative enough to make it clear. I said that because I think GKC is at its heart a mystery, and I think describing it like an epic war story misses its core. That’s why I was concerned. |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Jan 29, 2020 13:04:41 GMT
Interesting news, although I am of the impression that Hollywood will option a ham sandwich. Just in case. I'm sorry, I've never formally introduced myself, my name is Mister Producer Man, and I represent Hollywoo Studios. Would you happen to know the agent of this Ham Sandwich person/object/story? I would love to talk to them about optioning it for a YA multimedia Universe. I'm just spitballing here, but we'd open with a trilogy, an anime and two live-action spinoffs in the same universe, with potential extra light novels and a comic book deal. But still... What animation style would you guys like to see this in? Gravity Falls? Steven Universe? Avatar: tla / tlok? Dragon Prince? FMA: Brotherhood? It's just so hard to imagine, with chapters just changing so much in tone! I hope Tom will do a small AMA or something once things are cleared out a bit more, I have so many questions! Will the story follow the webcomic closely? Because if it does, how long will episodes be? One chapter per episode? Won't we lose a lot of content in some chapters in that case? Or multiple episodes per chapter? in THIS case, will storylines become a bit more intersecting, because otherwise it might be too much of a change every few episodes. Aargh, okay, I have to stop myself. Even if this goes through, it'll take years before it goes live. |
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Post by csj on Jan 29, 2020 13:29:18 GMT
The first question that comes to mind is 'in what capacity?' - the next is, 'before or after Pixar turned from its initial platform of not sequel-izing its IP and got gobbled up?'
An option involving a green company with an unclear capacity to deliver is definitely a risky proposition, especially since apart from its founders, there are no other employees to turn to; until there's funding green light, they'll be running on an oily rag.
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Post by bedinsis on Jan 29, 2020 16:31:13 GMT
A pitch tells the basic premise and purpose of an idea for a TV show (or film) in order to attract producers to fund or develop a project. Loglines for the sake of pitching a project are similar to a TV guide description aimed at viewers, but more specific in describing the concept of the program, as it should be attractive enough for a person to know more (that is, to read the script) and informative enough to make it clear. I said that because I think GKC is at its heart a mystery, and I think describing it like an epic war story misses its core. That’s why I was concerned. I'd describe it more as a School of Adventure that eventually morphs into a mystery. Though since the latter is a much more broadly applicable term and it describes something more akin to an emotion than a setting I don't disagree with you. |
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Post by strangebloke1 on Jan 29, 2020 17:15:48 GMT
I said that because I think GKC is at its heart a mystery, and I think describing it like an epic war story misses its core. That’s why I was concerned. I'd describe it more as a School of Adventure that eventually morphs into a mystery. Though since the latter is a much more broadly applicable term and it describes something more akin to an emotion than a setting I don't disagree with you. I mean, something like 2/3 of what happens in this comic is straight up just slice of life. Thread was a pretty big chapter despite the fact that not much happened in it besides Kat getting a girlfriend and some causing tension in her friendship with Annie. But there's a sense in which it is a little like a war story? I think of something like "Foil's War" here, where the war is very much the driving force of the narrative, despite the story being very pastoral and peaceful most of the time. Gunnerkrigg is fundamentally about "Those Two Weird Girls," but pretty much everything at some point goes back to the court and the forest and the tension between them. |
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Post by Druplesnubb on Jan 29, 2020 17:49:33 GMT
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Post by Lightice on Jan 29, 2020 18:21:56 GMT
Huh, interesting. This got me out of lurking for a bit.
I think that Gunnerkrigg would work best as a collection of more or less self-contained short series that made up a greater whole, like Infinity Train. There's an overarching plotline, but most chapters can still be made to make enough sense with only a basic introduction of the setting and characters. That way there wouldn't be as much sweat over whether the show will be cancelled after this or that season.
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Post by mturtle7 on Jan 29, 2020 21:33:18 GMT
I'M SO FREAKING HYPED RIGHT NOW AND OH MY GOSH AND GOLLY AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH IF THEY SUCCEED TO MAKE IT TO NETFLIX, AND WE END UP HAVING THE SAME QUALITY OR MORE THAN HILDA, THAT WOULD BE SO GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!! Sorry for the CAPS but WOUHOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!! Very similar to my reaction, minus the part about Netflix & Hilda (I don't actually subscribe to Netflix)!
But YOU GUYS -
YOU GUYS -
YOU GUYS I'VE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR SO FREAKING LONG
LITERALLY FROM THE FIRST TIME I FINISHED READING THE COMIC I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW AWESOME IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS AN ANIMATED SERIES
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THERE WAS EVER A CHANCE OF IT BEING A REAL THING AND NOW TOM'S SAYING IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HAPPENING
NOT ONLY DO WE GET TO SEE TOM'S STORYBOARDS FREAKING ANIMATED, OUR PRECIOUS WEBCOMIC ACTUALLY GETS TO REACH OUT TO THE WIDE AUDIENCES OF TV SERIES
I DON'T EVEN CARE THAT IT'S TOTALLY BRAND-NEW & UNCERTAIN PRODUCTION COMPANY, THIS IS HUGE YOU GUYS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (etc.)
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