Figured I’d post the recent update here: Sanderson posted an update on Reddit a few days ago. He said to not expect any more news this year about a Mistborn adaptation. He also said that it isn’t just because of the writer’s strike. He mentioned basically that Hollywood seems to be getting cold feet with so many big budget flops this year (Flash, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, etc).
I’m of the opinion that the studios want to pull a Wheel of Time or Rings of Power or Witcher and change the story so much as to make it almost unrecognizable from the source material. If this is the case, I’m very happy Sanderson us sticking too his guns and saying no.
Rings of Power was such a perversion of Tolkien that even those starving for new Tolkien adaptations could not even watch it. Yes, better not to do it than to bastardize it.
It’s the strike. It may be other things as well but at this moment I’m guessing it’s 98% likely it’s the strike. Most show runners are members of the writer’s union. Since they have now been joined by SAG-AFTRA there will be more pressure on studios to value creators by actually paying them accordingly. I don’t know this but I suspect Sanderson will not make a deal until he can talk to the core of the team with whom he would be working. Show runners aren’t available right now. Also, Sanderson is a values-driven man and he may not wish to close a deal with studios and producers until the strike is resolved. All of this is conjecture but I do know that if a show runner/writer was to sign a contract, that would be considered crossing the picket lines. And, just one more guess but also a further potential complication, if Sanderson wants a writing credit, he’ll have to join the union…and be on strike…and forbidden from signing contracts for writing for a show/movie. So, really, it basically has to be the strike doesn’t it? Just a side note but now that SAG-AFTRA has joined I think that shuts down the recording of audiobooks too. I’m not positive but I think so.
As of the beginning of the strike, it's the strike. Before the strike? Negotiations were probably ongoing for certain pieces of the production up until the strike.
I think audiobooks may be ok depending on who it’s with, since filming can still happen with studios meeting the unions demands (like a24) but yeah deffo the strikes
@@oscarchavezavellan2738 Many audiobook narrators are union members (for the benefits) and is does not matter where they work, it’s down to where they get their health insurance (which is why many join the union in the first place.)
@@arlissbunny Well I'm not an expert on the matter so maybe I'm talking out of my ass. But I think I heard that some voice actors are now using book narrations as a way out during the strikes. And sure yeah platforms like audible are also not being fair with their working conditions, but these platforms are not being striked.
Writers strike and actors strike have basically stopped any momentum with projects. And to me, I prefer to see Brandon Sanderson have full control over an adaptation, to avoid all of the mess that has become Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time and The Witcher!
He should be involved. id rather not have a movie at all than have these studios shit all over the source material like they did with star wars, rings of power and so on.
To be honest the best case scenario is the one that gets us the best adaptation.. if it takes 5-10 years then so be it. I think the climate of Hollywood will have to change to support this also. People are still hungry for great original movies instead of the rubbish coming out recently, lets hope they can deliver a great Sanderson adaptation
I feel like if Brandon's books make it to the big screen, that's a bonus for me. It's not really something I need I feel, especially after seeing what happened to The Wheel of Time (which came out 30 years ago not 40, you made me feel extra old now 🤣). Because even if he is deeply involved in the filming, you have to deal with money and to get his books into movies/comics, a lot of money is needed
A lot of films and TV shows died due to the writers and actors guild strikes, which delayed production schedules. Delayed wchedukes often mean projects just flat apart.
You gotta remember that the writers AND actors are all on strike at the moment. There are some serious issues going on in Hollywood, and just about every creative project has come to a grinding halt.
Sanderson, take all the time you need to get it right! The Cosmere, Mistborn, Stormlight, these are all too incredible to have a rushed adaptations just so studio execs and wall street can make a quick buck. As Sanderson and Wells said in their own podcast, you really only get one shot at an adaptation, and if you're really lucky you'll get a second shot maybe 30 years later. Take it easy. Take it slow. Do it right. We're in no rush. Better have a great adaptation on par with the LOTR or HP, than some rushed mediocre one
Totally agree. I only need to see it if they're going to get it right. Listening to Sanderson talking about the Wheel of Time, I feel like he's got a real good sense for how to do it right. I think he's going to sit on it until/unless he thinks they're going to get it right. I'd rather see it right 5 years or 10 years from now than wrong next year.
About one year ago was the height of the streaming content wars. Every studio was desperately putting together as much content as possible. Since then the internet turned on marvel, rings of power, wheel of time, and many other productions. Even worse, separately, Netflix, Disney, and other company stocks absolutely TANKED, causing those companies to slash spending. Now we have the strike built on top of those things.
0 chance they are filming not only is writers guild striking but so is SAG (screen actors guild) so if they are filming then the actors have never worked and the entire team would be scab workers.
Honestly speaking I don't want the mistborn film adaptation as they won't be able to do justice to the storyline and neither do i want mistborn to be adapted as a live-action series because Scadriel, the action scenes, the magic, etc are way too complex for a live-action adaptation. And you might say that they did perfectly fine with GOT, but the thing is, ASOIAF was never a magic system heavy series, it was a character complexed series which is easy to execute on the screen. An animation adaptation of mistborn will be the best news we can hear because just imagine a big studio like MAPPA(everyone knows this name) were to adapt mistborn into 24 episode each season and for 3 seasons. It will be amazing to say the least. And an instant success. And fight sequences will be like no-one has ever seen before(Battle at the end of book 2 will be phenomenal to watch) and with mind-blowing BGMs and music(for which mappa is already pretty well-known). Just imagine the animation level and dedication of AOT season 4 going into all the three seasons of mistborn, it will be a delight to say the least.
I agree with the people that think the not resounding success of the other large fantasy shows. They want to make sure it will make money. Also he wants to focus on SA 5, he might have decided he needed to get that done before he let himself be sucked into Hollywood, doesn’t want to be another Martin.
1) The Screen Writers Guild is on strike. So no Mistborn script can be written. Even if there were a script, no re-writes, edits or ad-libs could occur because that is all union writing work. 2) The SAG-AFTRA is on strike. So no actors will work either.
This strike is likely going to put years on the clock before we can get this adaptation. It's such a shame. The studios should just do the right thing and give the writers and actors what they want so we can get back to having our media made.
Well it's an amalgamation of several issues really: 1. Sanderson doesn't have much experience with hollywood and how it works, he doesn't really know the possible issues and obstacles that can stop or delay a production from moving forward. Most of his experience with hollywood has been as *a mere consultant* for the wheel of time, he wasn't even a writer. 2. It's also fair to assume that at some point things were not moving as fast as he expected and there's only so much time he can spend into these *side projects*, his biggest priorities as a businessman are the books and everything comes second to that. Add to that he also owns his own company now and he also needs to put focus on that. 3. He is also looking for some creative control and Hollywood has proven to be really difficult with that, they are ok witth giving you lots of money, but when you ask for some control over the characters you created they suddenly become hesitant. As he has said, he doesn't need the money and big companies don't know what to do when they cannot just buy the complete control of your characters in film and tv with money. Alan Moore is a great example of what I'm talking about, he's grown bitter towards hollywood and the comic industry because of how much they have milked his stories with no respect or understanding towards the material. 4. The strike, this one is pretty recent, however, the alarms for it have been going off for a couple years now. Take for example vfx artists, I remember them talking and complaining about the horrible exploitation and working conditions they've been getting in the last couple years, and now it's been announced that they are trying to form a new Union. Sanderson is also concerned for the salaries of everybody working under his brand, he's been very vocal about that, so it wouldn't surprise that his work ethic has proven to be a problem for studios and their budgets.
Authors SHOULD have full control over any adaptation. It's their story! I'm not an author. But if I was, it would make me furious if an adaptation was being made and they changed things in a way that I did not agree with and I had no say in the matter.
I try to never get excited about movies/shows/books/adaptations until it's actually DONE and ready for the masses! That one of the reasons I don't want to commit to any book series until the series is complete. I've watched other fandoms get burned and I don't want to be in their shoes. I loved The Way of Kings, when it first came out. But that was long before I learned it was part of such a long series. Let me know when it's all done and I'll be happy to revisit it. Until then, I don't want to risk being left hanging. (And this is not even to bash the authors. Things often happen outside of their control. They have lives, too.)
Well..The way of kings like most of Sanderson's books are part of greater story which will take atleast 20 years from now to get done..some say around 2050😂
The most telling fact is that Brandon expected an announcement in the fall of 2022, and that never came. I think Brandon would have come out and say so if he vetoed the project, so I'll rule that explanation out. The strike started much too late to be the cause too, and again.. no news in "a couple of months" as promised. The simplest and most likely explanation is that the studio that optioned the rights and was starting to develop the project with Brandon as co-show runner had a deal with a streamer (or distributor, in the case it was a movie), a deal Brandon himself was totally convinced was in the can, but as it turned out it fell through and the project is quite possibly in development limbo, and we won't get any news until the option runs out, unless they manage to get another outlet interested. This happened notably to Fonda Lee's adaptation when the streamer that wanted a pilot decided it didn't like the project on paper after all. They're after another outlet, but haven't found one, so the project is for now dead in the water. Brandon's probably keeping silent at the request of the studio (which unless I'm mistaken, he's never named either).
Based on the fact that Joe writes the script of Best Served Cold, he had this before Brandon Sanderson and yet he is stoped now bc of the strike. So nobody moves for a while. So this is the speed even Brandon Sanderson has to count with. If Joe has the rights to write the script - and that's a fact he could tell - where is the status of Brando Sando he was before this 1 year ago? Bc to tell something like this as fact? He needs a signed contract in details for himself too and already in moving project. So he not just moved but his movie is in already in prep, casting state. If this is the speed, we can count that Brando Sando even could be late for 2 years to reach this if any delay comes up. After all, he is not Neil Gaiman a well know party in the movie industry who earned a place by producers and such by being a good film maker. And he himself told that they ignore writers by default. Also there is the other interesting fact where also we can see what happened when Neil Gaimen wanted the same rights to say anything. He had to change studios again and again. Like for Sandman he waited how long? Like 10 years and chose 3-4 studios? And for Good Omens? He said no almost to anyone until he had everything bc of the last wish of Terry Pratchett? There is that.
Hate to be negative but if you track the failures of shows like WOT and Rings at Amazon along with failures of Indy and Flash at the theaters it is probably very hard to put the kind of money together that it would take for it to be done right and Sanderson to sign off on. Seems like a lot of productions with fantastical elements are not doing well lately so funding an all new IP will be very difficult. Not to mention the strikes are killing everything right now. Hate to say it but I think we are years away at best.
I kind of wish it would be adapted into an anime. With a studio like Ufotable, you can never go wrong. They have great management with limited budget, and their works are all top-notch. I'm not sure if Brandon has any interest in anime, though. But if he did, it's certainly gonna be worth the effort. Who knows, maybe he's gonna pull another surprise again.
The writer and now actor’s strikes have it on hold, but before that, I think there was a 4th factor: Rings of Power not being nearly as successful as Amazon expected. I think it’s made studios more hesitant to invest huge money into a new fantasy adaptation.
If Amazon actually made a Lord of the Rings show, it would be a completely different story. Instead, they just created another wokeness vessel wearing a Lord of the Rings skin-suit.
bro the writers aren't the problem. Its studio execs giving dumbass notes. Go read up on the history of hollywood and executive oversight, go listen to any writer talk about their experience in hollywood, heck go listen to Sanderson himself talk about this. The writers aren't the issue, its too much studio/exec oversight.
@6ixpoint5ive the studio picks the writers yeah. Woke studio's pick unqualified writers who are grateful for the opportunity to push their politics. So we get crap like The witcher, Star trek, Star Wars and marvel pushing feminist messages. We get The Rings of power. We get the Wheel of Time. We get season 7and 8 of game of thrones. All garbage.
I think there is this stuff where the adaptation cant be copied in a 1:1 ratio, so they change it a bit, ofc they exploit it and we get disasters like halo and other we already know I could be wrong tho, but people like henry cavill have expressed their dissatisfaction like with the witcher, and i have high hopes for brandon I would rather wait another year, than get a bad adaptation I could be wrong tho lmao
HBO has done well enough with Game of Thrones (not the last seasons) and The last of us. I would hope Brandon does not go with Amazon. Wheel of time is not doing great and Rings of power, please kill me now. Even Brandon didn't like Rings of power.
Is the writer strike still going on? That could be part of it. However Repairman Jack was sold like 10 years ago with promises that it will be coming soon and still there is nothing series or movie for that book series.
Hollywood is creatively bankrupt.... Everything they touch needs to get a woke layer of approval on it. I think Sanderson wants to stick to how he intended everything to be. Vin doesn't need to change in a girl boss to be awesome, kelsier doesn't need to change into a woman, the story doesn't need to be simplified, and the different cultures in the books should be preserved and not changed into some mono-culture to appeal to "modern audiences". It's more important he does it right, if it changes into a Rings of Power or Wheel of Time (man I love those books) adaptation it will turn into something forgettable.
@@BluenamiiI think that’s the holdup. They want to change it up, he wants it to be faithful. In order to have a successful Cosmere interconnected universe, everything in all the adaptations need to align perfectly. If that doesn’t happen, it will be disjointed and unrecognizable. I hope Brandon holds out for as long as it takes to get a proper adaptation.
I actually liked The Lord of the Rings (Every adaptation of the Midde-Earth IP), The Witcher, Hannibal Rising, The Golden Compass, The Goldfinch, Percy Jackson, Twilight, Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter (I apologize for J.K. Rowling), Master & Commander, Vampire Academy, The Spider Wick Chronicles, Narnia, Earthsea, The Black Dahlia, The Mist, All The Pretty Horses, The Dark Is Rising, Stand By Me, and Eragon. Any book adaptations that many people have considered it as failures. No more! I had enough of this unnecessary criticism. Enough is enough. I don't find it bad if the adaptations go against the source material. I have no problems about this. To me, this isn't a knock against the source material of these works. I consider this, as a sign of changing times. Times are changing, it can't go back to the way it used to be. Actors, directors, and producers alike. I give them credit for making the book to film or tv adaptations in the first place. I don't like when they remake The Golden Compass, as tv show. Not for standing out on its own, but made to be spiteful against the previous adaptations and be much better. I am sorry, I don't find this excusable anymore. I am not having this. The book adaptation trend weren't a thing in the 2000's, they have been around in Hollywood and across the globe. This is what makes me annoyed about doing any form of adaptations. It's called societal expectations. Every person, every form of life, no matter what alignments, or viewpoints they have. Have all rights of what they can do or what they cannot do. You can't judge a property by its own name and cover. Let it be, what it wants to be.
Stories like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Mega Man, Astro Boy, Percy Jackson, Twilight, Inkhereart, Eragon, Game of Thrones, manga, and video games. The same goes to adaptations of these stories like an example Eragon, Inkhereart, Lemony Snicket's, Percy Jackson, I am Nimber Four, The Golden Compass ect. If they ended with one or two films, I know fans may find it as incomplete. I have something to say. I find them to have a beginning, middle, and ending. To me, I have nothing to argue about it, I find this as an good ending. They can be read or watched without the need of knowledge of these stories. Let it be what it wants to be. Sometimes, when adapting comics, books, video games, manga, and many more. Remakes of The Golden Compass, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Eragon, and more. They can do remakes of these tales. But doing it for jabs or spite, just isn't an excuse anymore. It's supposed from generation to generation. Spiting the previous adaptations and calling it "failures". Just isn't a good excuse. There is no definitive answer to adapt books, comics, manga, and deviations have the right to happen. Producers, directors, and actors, have rights too. It has the right to be a part of the source material's canon. Deal with it.
To me, fantasy is not just television. Cinema has a place for the genre too. Fantasy books have the right to exist as movies whether people like it or not. It has a right to be made. I care. Books can be done anyway it wants to become. Mistborn has the potential and right to be made as a film. I don't want any "no, buts, why, or how dare they you!" stuff. It has to happen, it needs to happen. I had enough of this nonsense and nitpicking. That was a few years ago! Yet, people are still doing this. This needs to stop! Deal with it. Times are always changing. Earthsea would have better as a film series instead. I am okay if there are deviations and cut out some plot points alike. Too many subplot points can also may story convoluted and confusing too. Keep very little subplots while keeping the main plot intact. That is my idea of doing book adaptations as films and tv shows. Fantasy still has a place for cinema, not just tv. It better have a right to exist in the first place.
My understanding is that the Hollywood writers strike has had an impact and with recent economic instability in the United States coupled with the recent adaptations not performing as well as hoped (Wheel of Time and Rings of Power) that some of the funding has dried up... my assumption is that these failed because they didn't stick to the source material and it wasn't the labor of love that other successful adaptations have been (Lord of the Rings and Dune) My hope is that he get's the funding and that Hollywood realizes that if they stick to Brandon's vision and he finds a screen writer and director who are massive and true fans of his work and that Brandon is involved in the project and has control that it will do really well... like REALLY well
Figured I’d post the recent update here: Sanderson posted an update on Reddit a few days ago. He said to not expect any more news this year about a Mistborn adaptation. He also said that it isn’t just because of the writer’s strike. He mentioned basically that Hollywood seems to be getting cold feet with so many big budget flops this year (Flash, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, etc).
I’m of the opinion that the studios want to pull a Wheel of Time or Rings of Power or Witcher and change the story so much as to make it almost unrecognizable from the source material. If this is the case, I’m very happy Sanderson us sticking too his guns and saying no.
Rings of Power was such a perversion of Tolkien that even those starving for new Tolkien adaptations could not even watch it. Yes, better not to do it than to bastardize it.
I thing the wheel of time experience really burned him
But don't you love it when the showrunners butcher the original story in order to push a message that fits their narrative?
If you’re gonna do mistborn aka the greatest book ever written please do it right.‘I hope Brandon does it and does it right
It’s the strike. It may be other things as well but at this moment I’m guessing it’s 98% likely it’s the strike. Most show runners are members of the writer’s union. Since they have now been joined by SAG-AFTRA there will be more pressure on studios to value creators by actually paying them accordingly. I don’t know this but I suspect Sanderson will not make a deal until he can talk to the core of the team with whom he would be working. Show runners aren’t available right now. Also, Sanderson is a values-driven man and he may not wish to close a deal with studios and producers until the strike is resolved. All of this is conjecture but I do know that if a show runner/writer was to sign a contract, that would be considered crossing the picket lines. And, just one more guess but also a further potential complication, if Sanderson wants a writing credit, he’ll have to join the union…and be on strike…and forbidden from signing contracts for writing for a show/movie. So, really, it basically has to be the strike doesn’t it?
Just a side note but now that SAG-AFTRA has joined I think that shuts down the recording of audiobooks too. I’m not positive but I think so.
As of the beginning of the strike, it's the strike. Before the strike? Negotiations were probably ongoing for certain pieces of the production up until the strike.
I think audiobooks may be ok depending on who it’s with, since filming can still happen with studios meeting the unions demands (like a24) but yeah deffo the strikes
Audiobooks are not part of Hollywood as far as I know, so no they are not being affected.
@@oscarchavezavellan2738 Many audiobook narrators are union members (for the benefits) and is does not matter where they work, it’s down to where they get their health insurance (which is why many join the union in the first place.)
@@arlissbunny Well I'm not an expert on the matter so maybe I'm talking out of my ass. But I think I heard that some voice actors are now using book narrations as a way out during the strikes. And sure yeah platforms like audible are also not being fair with their working conditions, but these platforms are not being striked.
I'm glad they're not rushing it. Good adaptations take time to get right.
I hope that it takes it's time to find the right team that can truly embody his vision
Obviously, the strike is a huge part of it. However, I think Brandon probably underestimated how long major big budget preproduction takes.
Definitely possible, he is such a fast writer it might be difficult for him especially to understand!
Writers strike and actors strike have basically stopped any momentum with projects.
And to me, I prefer to see Brandon Sanderson have full control over an adaptation, to avoid all of the mess that has become Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time and The Witcher!
Writers are on strike. Actors are on strike. Production on everything is at a stand still, and pretty much has been for six months or so.
I actually got into the cosmere with Elantris after that Podcast. Now I only have rhythm of war and lost metal left.
He should be involved. id rather not have a movie at all than have these studios shit all over the source material like they did with star wars, rings of power and so on.
hoping he waits for a better hollywood climate without all the political pandering.
i just want good stories idc about your politics.
To be honest the best case scenario is the one that gets us the best adaptation.. if it takes 5-10 years then so be it. I think the climate of Hollywood will have to change to support this also. People are still hungry for great original movies instead of the rubbish coming out recently, lets hope they can deliver a great Sanderson adaptation
I feel like if Brandon's books make it to the big screen, that's a bonus for me. It's not really something I need I feel, especially after seeing what happened to The Wheel of Time (which came out 30 years ago not 40, you made me feel extra old now 🤣). Because even if he is deeply involved in the filming, you have to deal with money and to get his books into movies/comics, a lot of money is needed
A lot of films and TV shows died due to the writers and actors guild strikes, which delayed production schedules. Delayed wchedukes often mean projects just flat apart.
You gotta remember that the writers AND actors are all on strike at the moment. There are some serious issues going on in Hollywood, and just about every creative project has come to a grinding halt.
Sanderson, take all the time you need to get it right! The Cosmere, Mistborn, Stormlight, these are all too incredible to have a rushed adaptations just so studio execs and wall street can make a quick buck. As Sanderson and Wells said in their own podcast, you really only get one shot at an adaptation, and if you're really lucky you'll get a second shot maybe 30 years later.
Take it easy. Take it slow. Do it right. We're in no rush. Better have a great adaptation on par with the LOTR or HP, than some rushed mediocre one
Totally agree. I only need to see it if they're going to get it right. Listening to Sanderson talking about the Wheel of Time, I feel like he's got a real good sense for how to do it right. I think he's going to sit on it until/unless he thinks they're going to get it right. I'd rather see it right 5 years or 10 years from now than wrong next year.
About one year ago was the height of the streaming content wars. Every studio was desperately putting together as much content as possible. Since then the internet turned on marvel, rings of power, wheel of time, and many other productions. Even worse, separately, Netflix, Disney, and other company stocks absolutely TANKED, causing those companies to slash spending. Now we have the strike built on top of those things.
0 chance they are filming not only is writers guild striking but so is SAG (screen actors guild) so if they are filming then the actors have never worked and the entire team would be scab workers.
It also makes it hard that actors have now joined the writers strike also now, which basically puts everything to a crawl...
Honestly speaking I don't want the mistborn film adaptation as they won't be able to do justice to the storyline and neither do i want mistborn to be adapted as a live-action series because Scadriel, the action scenes, the magic, etc are way too complex for a live-action adaptation. And you might say that they did perfectly fine with GOT, but the thing is, ASOIAF was never a magic system heavy series, it was a character complexed series which is easy to execute on the screen. An animation adaptation of mistborn will be the best news we can hear because just imagine a big studio like MAPPA(everyone knows this name) were to adapt mistborn into 24 episode each season and for 3 seasons. It will be amazing to say the least. And an instant success. And fight sequences will be like no-one has ever seen before(Battle at the end of book 2 will be phenomenal to watch) and with mind-blowing BGMs and music(for which mappa is already pretty well-known). Just imagine the animation level and dedication of AOT season 4 going into all the three seasons of mistborn, it will be a delight to say the least.
I'm hoping this is the next 'harry potter' or 'lord of the rings'. Something epic that's made with passion and talent worth rewatching for decades
I agree with the people that think the not resounding success of the other large fantasy shows. They want to make sure it will make money.
Also he wants to focus on SA 5, he might have decided he needed to get that done before he let himself be sucked into Hollywood, doesn’t want to be another Martin.
I'm pretty sure that the Writers and Actors strike is majorly effecting his timeline.
Can't blame him tbh. I wouldn't trust hollywood with anything at this point.
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1) The Screen Writers Guild is on strike. So no Mistborn script can be written. Even if there were a script, no re-writes, edits or ad-libs could occur because that is all union writing work.
2) The SAG-AFTRA is on strike. So no actors will work either.
This strike is likely going to put years on the clock before we can get this adaptation. It's such a shame. The studios should just do the right thing and give the writers and actors what they want so we can get back to having our media made.
Sanderson said recently that the D&D movie not doing well really gave producers cold feet.
Well it's an amalgamation of several issues really:
1. Sanderson doesn't have much experience with hollywood and how it works, he doesn't really know the possible issues and obstacles that can stop or delay a production from moving forward. Most of his experience with hollywood has been as *a mere consultant* for the wheel of time, he wasn't even a writer.
2. It's also fair to assume that at some point things were not moving as fast as he expected and there's only so much time he can spend into these *side projects*, his biggest priorities as a businessman are the books and everything comes second to that. Add to that he also owns his own company now and he also needs to put focus on that.
3. He is also looking for some creative control and Hollywood has proven to be really difficult with that, they are ok witth giving you lots of money, but when you ask for some control over the characters you created they suddenly become hesitant. As he has said, he doesn't need the money and big companies don't know what to do when they cannot just buy the complete control of your characters in film and tv with money. Alan Moore is a great example of what I'm talking about, he's grown bitter towards hollywood and the comic industry because of how much they have milked his stories with no respect or understanding towards the material.
4. The strike, this one is pretty recent, however, the alarms for it have been going off for a couple years now. Take for example vfx artists, I remember them talking and complaining about the horrible exploitation and working conditions they've been getting in the last couple years, and now it's been announced that they are trying to form a new Union. Sanderson is also concerned for the salaries of everybody working under his brand, he's been very vocal about that, so it wouldn't surprise that his work ethic has proven to be a problem for studios and their budgets.
Authors SHOULD have full control over any adaptation. It's their story! I'm not an author. But if I was, it would make me furious if an adaptation was being made and they changed things in a way that I did not agree with and I had no say in the matter.
I try to never get excited about movies/shows/books/adaptations until it's actually DONE and ready for the masses! That one of the reasons I don't want to commit to any book series until the series is complete. I've watched other fandoms get burned and I don't want to be in their shoes. I loved The Way of Kings, when it first came out. But that was long before I learned it was part of such a long series. Let me know when it's all done and I'll be happy to revisit it. Until then, I don't want to risk being left hanging. (And this is not even to bash the authors. Things often happen outside of their control. They have lives, too.)
Well..The way of kings like most of Sanderson's books are part of greater story which will take atleast 20 years from now to get done..some say around 2050😂
We’ve got both writers and actors strikes going on now. Any news won’t be coming for at least a year…
I’d say that we should expect impacts industry-wide due to all the recent events in Hollywood. So, we should wait for a little more
🥲🥺🥺 Oh my... I would love to audition for Brandon's Mistborn adaptation... I even made a few self tapes that I haven't released yet. 😂😂
what character would you want to play? (may be the same answer but...) what character do you think you'd be most suited to play?
@@tannerrich2388 Vin 😇💖💖 wbu?
@@tannerrich2388 Vin ⚡🌟✨🔥 Wbu? 😇
Your bookshelf is gorgeous
He should take all the time he needs, a half assed adaptation would be such a disappointment to everyone.
They should do Anime❤
The most telling fact is that Brandon expected an announcement in the fall of 2022, and that never came. I think Brandon would have come out and say so if he vetoed the project, so I'll rule that explanation out. The strike started much too late to be the cause too, and again.. no news in "a couple of months" as promised. The simplest and most likely explanation is that the studio that optioned the rights and was starting to develop the project with Brandon as co-show runner had a deal with a streamer (or distributor, in the case it was a movie), a deal Brandon himself was totally convinced was in the can, but as it turned out it fell through and the project is quite possibly in development limbo, and we won't get any news until the option runs out, unless they manage to get another outlet interested. This happened notably to Fonda Lee's adaptation when the streamer that wanted a pilot decided it didn't like the project on paper after all. They're after another outlet, but haven't found one, so the project is for now dead in the water. Brandon's probably keeping silent at the request of the studio (which unless I'm mistaken, he's never named either).
When you're part of an actual show and you actively trash said show it can't be a good look to people in the business.
Based on the fact that Joe writes the script of Best Served Cold, he had this before Brandon Sanderson and yet he is stoped now bc of the strike. So nobody moves for a while. So this is the speed even Brandon Sanderson has to count with. If Joe has the rights to write the script - and that's a fact he could tell - where is the status of Brando Sando he was before this 1 year ago? Bc to tell something like this as fact? He needs a signed contract in details for himself too and already in moving project. So he not just moved but his movie is in already in prep, casting state. If this is the speed, we can count that Brando Sando even could be late for 2 years to reach this if any delay comes up. After all, he is not Neil Gaiman a well know party in the movie industry who earned a place by producers and such by being a good film maker. And he himself told that they ignore writers by default. Also there is the other interesting fact where also we can see what happened when Neil Gaimen wanted the same rights to say anything. He had to change studios again and again. Like for Sandman he waited how long? Like 10 years and chose 3-4 studios? And for Good Omens? He said no almost to anyone until he had everything bc of the last wish of Terry Pratchett? There is that.
Hate to be negative but if you track the failures of shows like WOT and Rings at Amazon along with failures of Indy and Flash at the theaters it is probably very hard to put the kind of money together that it would take for it to be done right and Sanderson to sign off on. Seems like a lot of productions with fantastical elements are not doing well lately so funding an all new IP will be very difficult. Not to mention the strikes are killing everything right now. Hate to say it but I think we are years away at best.
I wonder if his 'year of Sanderson' has something to do with slowin' things down?
Yeah I feel like its got to be the strikes. Basically everything is down and I believe the actors just started a strike as well.
I really hope this writers strike gets us some good writers again
I kind of wish it would be adapted into an anime. With a studio like Ufotable, you can never go wrong. They have great management with limited budget, and their works are all top-notch. I'm not sure if Brandon has any interest in anime, though. But if he did, it's certainly gonna be worth the effort. Who knows, maybe he's gonna pull another surprise again.
The writer and now actor’s strikes have it on hold, but before that, I think there was a 4th factor: Rings of Power not being nearly as successful as Amazon expected. I think it’s made studios more hesitant to invest huge money into a new fantasy adaptation.
If Amazon actually made a Lord of the Rings show, it would be a completely different story. Instead, they just created another wokeness vessel wearing a Lord of the Rings skin-suit.
It should make them feel ashamed to change the original story into an abomination…
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I hope hes waiting for the quality of Hollywood writers to improve first.
bro the writers aren't the problem. Its studio execs giving dumbass notes. Go read up on the history of hollywood and executive oversight, go listen to any writer talk about their experience in hollywood, heck go listen to Sanderson himself talk about this. The writers aren't the issue, its too much studio/exec oversight.
@6ixpoint5ive the studio picks the writers yeah. Woke studio's pick unqualified writers who are grateful for the opportunity to push their politics. So we get crap like The witcher, Star trek, Star Wars and marvel pushing feminist messages. We get The Rings of power. We get the Wheel of Time. We get season 7and 8 of game of thrones. All garbage.
@@Henry-jp3mc aaand right on cue, theres the W word. Okay.
All the best to you, buddy ; hope you find the peace you're looking for.
@@6ixpoint5ivewhy do you think I read books. 😂
Please I want them to make the storm light archive ONLY in anime format styled like castlevania
I think there is this stuff where the adaptation cant be copied in a 1:1 ratio, so they change it a bit, ofc they exploit it and we get disasters like halo and other we already know
I could be wrong tho, but people like henry cavill have expressed their dissatisfaction like with the witcher, and i have high hopes for brandon
I would rather wait another year, than get a bad adaptation
I could be wrong tho lmao
HBO has done well enough with Game of Thrones (not the last seasons) and The last of us. I would hope Brandon does not go with Amazon. Wheel of time is not doing great and Rings of power, please kill me now. Even Brandon didn't like Rings of power.
HBO wasn't respondinle for the ending of GOT. It's the showrunners.
Is the writer strike still going on? That could be part of it. However Repairman Jack was sold like 10 years ago with promises that it will be coming soon and still there is nothing series or movie for that book series.
I say its great it hasnt been adopted yet. Too many books he needs to write.
Frankly, if all of these writers were just blacklisted, and complete noobs were hired in their place, it couldn't really get any worse anyway.
Possible he signed a non-discloser and can’t talk about it until it’s officially revealed
Maybe the trilogy is not woke enough for Netflix and Amazon
Hollywood is creatively bankrupt.... Everything they touch needs to get a woke layer of approval on it. I think Sanderson wants to stick to how he intended everything to be. Vin doesn't need to change in a girl boss to be awesome, kelsier doesn't need to change into a woman, the story doesn't need to be simplified, and the different cultures in the books should be preserved and not changed into some mono-culture to appeal to "modern audiences".
It's more important he does it right, if it changes into a Rings of Power or Wheel of Time (man I love those books) adaptation it will turn into something forgettable.
I hope there is no adaptation. They destroy everything they make these days. Its gonna be a incompetent and woke disaster
I mean, if Sanderson has a lot of control, I wouldn't think it could be that terrible. Personally, I think he wouldn't let them mess it up that badly.
@@BluenamiiI think that’s the holdup. They want to change it up, he wants it to be faithful. In order to have a successful Cosmere interconnected universe, everything in all the adaptations need to align perfectly. If that doesn’t happen, it will be disjointed and unrecognizable. I hope Brandon holds out for as long as it takes to get a proper adaptation.
@@s.p.8508 Hard agree.
What would make it a "woke disaster" in your mind?
Exactly this. (And I'm not even much of a Mistborn fan.)
I actually liked The Lord of the Rings (Every adaptation of the Midde-Earth IP), The Witcher, Hannibal Rising, The Golden Compass, The Goldfinch, Percy Jackson, Twilight, Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter (I apologize for J.K. Rowling), Master & Commander, Vampire Academy, The Spider Wick Chronicles, Narnia, Earthsea, The Black Dahlia, The Mist, All The Pretty Horses, The Dark Is Rising, Stand By Me, and Eragon. Any book adaptations that many people have considered it as failures. No more! I had enough of this unnecessary criticism. Enough is enough. I don't find it bad if the adaptations go against the source material. I have no problems about this. To me, this isn't a knock against the source material of these works. I consider this, as a sign of changing times. Times are changing, it can't go back to the way it used to be. Actors, directors, and producers alike. I give them credit for making the book to film or tv adaptations in the first place. I don't like when they remake The Golden Compass, as tv show. Not for standing out on its own, but made to be spiteful against the previous adaptations and be much better. I am sorry, I don't find this excusable anymore. I am not having this. The book adaptation trend weren't a thing in the 2000's, they have been around in Hollywood and across the globe. This is what makes me annoyed about doing any form of adaptations. It's called societal expectations. Every person, every form of life, no matter what alignments, or viewpoints they have. Have all rights of what they can do or what they cannot do. You can't judge a property by its own name and cover. Let it be, what it wants to be.
Stories like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Mega Man, Astro Boy, Percy Jackson, Twilight, Inkhereart, Eragon, Game of Thrones, manga, and video games. The same goes to adaptations of these stories like an example Eragon, Inkhereart, Lemony Snicket's, Percy Jackson, I am Nimber Four, The Golden Compass ect. If they ended with one or two films, I know fans may find it as incomplete. I have something to say. I find them to have a beginning, middle, and ending. To me, I have nothing to argue about it, I find this as an good ending. They can be read or watched without the need of knowledge of these stories. Let it be what it wants to be. Sometimes, when adapting comics, books, video games, manga, and many more. Remakes of The Golden Compass, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Eragon, and more. They can do remakes of these tales. But doing it for jabs or spite, just isn't an excuse anymore. It's supposed from generation to generation. Spiting the previous adaptations and calling it "failures". Just isn't a good excuse. There is no definitive answer to adapt books, comics, manga, and deviations have the right to happen. Producers, directors, and actors, have rights too. It has the right to be a part of the source material's canon. Deal with it.
To me, fantasy is not just television. Cinema has a place for the genre too. Fantasy books have the right to exist as movies whether people like it or not. It has a right to be made. I care. Books can be done anyway it wants to become. Mistborn has the potential and right to be made as a film. I don't want any "no, buts, why, or how dare they you!" stuff. It has to happen, it needs to happen. I had enough of this nonsense and nitpicking. That was a few years ago! Yet, people are still doing this. This needs to stop! Deal with it. Times are always changing. Earthsea would have better as a film series instead. I am okay if there are deviations and cut out some plot points alike. Too many subplot points can also may story convoluted and confusing too. Keep very little subplots while keeping the main plot intact. That is my idea of doing book adaptations as films and tv shows. Fantasy still has a place for cinema, not just tv. It better have a right to exist in the first place.
My understanding is that the Hollywood writers strike has had an impact and with recent economic instability in the United States coupled with the recent adaptations not performing as well as hoped (Wheel of Time and Rings of Power) that some of the funding has dried up... my assumption is that these failed because they didn't stick to the source material and it wasn't the labor of love that other successful adaptations have been (Lord of the Rings and Dune)
My hope is that he get's the funding and that Hollywood realizes that if they stick to Brandon's vision and he finds a screen writer and director who are massive and true fans of his work and that Brandon is involved in the project and has control that it will do really well... like REALLY well
At this point I don't want an adaptation. If people are interested in the story READ THE FCK BOOKS.