Elric to go the way of Lord of the Rings

[William Duffy]

At one stage he thought Christopher Lee would be the ideal choise. Although
he is a bit old now, maybe he could still do it in flashback sequences?

William


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From: "Brian Halligan" <blackblade at BHALLIGAN.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: Elric to go the way of Lord of the Rings


> cosmicdolphin wrote:
>
> > Hmm...do you think Peter Jackson is free.
>
> More importantly, is Edgar Winter? <ducks and runs>
>
> > This would be incredible if it was done right, Moorcocks always held off
> > because he thought it would get sucked into the hollywood machine and
come
> > out a dreadful mess.
>
> The whole part about the first six volumes being turned into one movie
> doesn't make it sound too promising. But who knows? ;-)
>
> Part of the reason LotR has been excellent (IMO) is that New Line dared to
> make three movies, instead of the one or two that Miramax wanted to film.
> Even so, there's a lot in Tolkien's story that has been left out due to
time
> constraints, as well as a few gratuitous changes to the storyline. I would
> imagine a movie reworking six novels would require some major
> "re-imagining."
>
> Brian
>
>