Garth Nix: “Several steps closer to a SABRIEL film”

Posted by Matt October 12th, 2008 Posted in News

Garth Nix says that his fantasy book Sabriel is likely to become a movie sometime in the next few years. While there is no news of a movie studio optioning the film rights yet, Mr. Nix is trying to solve that problem. He has put together a package deal that he is trying to sell to the Hollywood companies.

Nix says the package is as follows:

DIRECTOR: Anand Tucker (HILARY & JACKIE, SHOPGIRL and the original director of THE GOLDEN COMPASS before he left over creative differences)

WRITTEN BY: Dan Futterman (Academy Award nominee for his script of CAPOTE and also well-known actor, most recently in A MIGHTY HEART) and Garth Nix

PRODUCED BY: Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B (Brad Pitt’s production company).

Should a movie studio option the film rights, Nix would co-write the screenplay. Hopefully this all will work out, though there’s always a good chance it won’t, what with the cinema industry’s silly tendencies.

We will keep you posted as more news becomes available.

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2 Comments

  1. OV
    November 7th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Ooh. I’ve been dreaming of a Sabriel film for years and generally go on a big “sabriel movie news hunt” every six months to see if there’ve been any announcements. This is exciting! I hope something comes from it.

  2. Matt
    November 12th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    @OV, I read the Old Kingdom trilogy in the summer of 2007, and it really caught me off guard. It’s a very unique and interesting series. I’m hoping this movie will actually happen (subscribe to Fantasy Folder and we’ll keep you updated as news becomes available :D ). And I can’t wait until Nix writes another book in the series (two more are planned).

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