(Youtube Direktrome, via Badass Digest)
Warner hat sich die Rechte an „Rome Sweet Rome“ gesichert. Das Projekt startete als Thread auf Reddit, wo User The_Quiet_Earth die Frage stellte „Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled back in time with a modern U.S. Marine infantry battalion or MEU?“ Darauf gabs einen ganzen Haufen Kommentare und schließlich postete Prufrock451 in den Comments eine mehrteilige Antwort in Form einer Kurzgeschichte. Daraufhin eröffnete die Community ein Subreddit, schnitt Fake-Trailer (Video oben) und spielte mit dem Thema rum und jetzt wird das Ding verfilmt, soweit ich weiß die erste Verfilmung von Comments oder allgemeiner: von Hypertext Fiction überhaupt. Ich bin sehr gespannt, was dabei herauskommt.
Warner Bros. has preemptively purchased the high-concept pitch “Rome, Sweet Rome” from first-time scribe James Erwin, an author and two-time “Jeopardy!” champion from Des Moines, Iowa.
Erwin’s pitch sale came about as a result of several postings on the website Reddit.com, an online community and social news aggregator where users vote to determine which posts land on the site’s home page.
Erwin set out to answer the question: “What if a unit of current U.S. Marines are suddenly transported back to ancient Rome and forced to do battle with the Roman legions?” Pic will follow the Marines as they’re flung into the past where they encounter one of the world’s most legendary villains and disrupt history. To return home, they have to set history back on the track they altered.
Madhouse Entertainment’s Adam Kolbrenner spotted Erwin’s “Rome, Sweet Rome” posts once they reached the top of Reddit and moved quickly to contact the writer and begin working with him to develop the concept. When it came time to find a home for the project, Kolbrenner brought it to WB’s Chris Gary, a young exec who encouraged the studio to move aggressively to acquire it.
Warners nabs ‘Rome, Sweet Rome’ – Two-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champion sells high-concept project
- Renington Steele •
- Oktober 14th, 2011 •
- 10 Kommentare
- Schlagwörter: Internet, Internet-Meme, Rome Sweet Rome
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