Raph's Girl
02-06-2007, 07:37 PM
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=39977
Jim Henson Co. is launching development on a trio of fantasy literary properties: The Boggart by novelist Susan Cooper, The Doubtful Guest by Edward Gorey and the adventure trilogy Monster Blood Tattoo by D.M. Cornish, Variety reported.
Henson's Creature Shop, the company's visual and effects division, will work on the characters in each film using a blend of computer animation and animatronics.
The Boggart, originally published in 1993, centers on a family from Toronto inheriting a Scottish castle with a gleeful spirit who's been playing tricks on residents for generations. It's to be developed as a live-action family feature with Brian Henson directing.
The Doubtful Guest, which debuted in 1957, revolves around a creature that shows up at a family-owned bed and breakfast. It's the furthest along of the three projects, with Brad Peyton (Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl) directing and Matthew Huffman penning the screenplay.
Monster Blood Tattoo is a series of three books—Foundling, Lamplighter and a third as-yet-untitled novel—set in the world of the Half Continent, a magical Victorian realm where an orphaned boy embarks on a perilous quest to become an apprentice to a line of monster bounty hunters. No writer or director is attached; Henson Co. hasn't decided how many features it will adapt from the trilogy.
Raph's Girl note: Monster Blood Tattoo kinda sounds like Harry Potter meets Van Helsing.... I definatly wanna read this series (first book is out with the 2nd coming out in May)...it sounds rather interesting. Here's more info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Blood_Tattoo
Jim Henson Co. is launching development on a trio of fantasy literary properties: The Boggart by novelist Susan Cooper, The Doubtful Guest by Edward Gorey and the adventure trilogy Monster Blood Tattoo by D.M. Cornish, Variety reported.
Henson's Creature Shop, the company's visual and effects division, will work on the characters in each film using a blend of computer animation and animatronics.
The Boggart, originally published in 1993, centers on a family from Toronto inheriting a Scottish castle with a gleeful spirit who's been playing tricks on residents for generations. It's to be developed as a live-action family feature with Brian Henson directing.
The Doubtful Guest, which debuted in 1957, revolves around a creature that shows up at a family-owned bed and breakfast. It's the furthest along of the three projects, with Brad Peyton (Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl) directing and Matthew Huffman penning the screenplay.
Monster Blood Tattoo is a series of three books—Foundling, Lamplighter and a third as-yet-untitled novel—set in the world of the Half Continent, a magical Victorian realm where an orphaned boy embarks on a perilous quest to become an apprentice to a line of monster bounty hunters. No writer or director is attached; Henson Co. hasn't decided how many features it will adapt from the trilogy.
Raph's Girl note: Monster Blood Tattoo kinda sounds like Harry Potter meets Van Helsing.... I definatly wanna read this series (first book is out with the 2nd coming out in May)...it sounds rather interesting. Here's more info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Blood_Tattoo