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Posted by GregF on
Hey, sorry to be so long in updating this -- I have not been home much lately. Let' start from the top --

1) I have had two meetings so far with the movie folks and one with Universal (the Universal people are REALLY sharp -- really know their business). Too soon to tell when something will come out or exactly what it will be like. Right now, it is looking like it will be my story, but I won't be doing the screenplay (just consulting on it). But things can change as projects proceed.

Right now, I am waiting for something called the "beat sheet" from the screenwriter, which is a document that outlines the major events of the movie. I will be looking it over to make sure it is "BIONICLE enough."

2) Comic-Con was fun, but hectic. I didn't do quite as much shopping as last year -- got some Corgi Batmobiles and some Dr. Who stuff.

3) Please forgive if I am slower than usual responding to PMs. I am one of the people having tech issues with BZP - my Messenger loads on the my work machine and my laptop at home, but not on my desktop at home, which is where I normally answer PMs. So that is slowing me down a bit.

4) I am going to be blogging on Amazon sometime in the near future -- I will keep you up to date when I have more info.

That's all for now!

Greg
Takatu
Original#1
Oh YES! Good to know that you'll finally have a say on movie story. Man, that's awesome.

Can't wait for that Amazon thing, either. But do you guys know at least which part of the story the movie will be based around? At least, do you know if it'll be in the Mask of Life story arc, or not till at least 2009?
Night Terror
Original#2
If I'm not wrong, in the talkback he said that the earlier it can come is 2009. Just wondering Greg, when you are talking about the technical issues, is that one of the page cannot load all?
GregF
Original#3
Night - Basically, it says the page is done loading but I just get a blank screen. Happens with both Messenger and the forums section on my desktop. My laptop works fine. They are running different versions of Windows (laptop is Vista).

Takatu - Movie would be post-2008 story. You basically need six months or so to do a script, another 12 to animate the movie, and then a few more to get it duplicated, packaged, and shipped to stores. So the earliest we could possibly get a movie out would be 2009, at which point there would be no point in telling 2006-2008 story.

Greg

Gravitan
Original#4
Awesome. Sounds like you've been busy, Greg. :P

Can't wait to hear more on the Amazon thing. :)
Tak-E
Original#5
This is great! It's a pity that the earliest this new movie will come out is in 2009, but at least we know it's coming. And also, Greg, is you next blog post gonna be just talking about Amazon or scolding it?

-Taki
Takatu
Original#6
Ah, okay -- that's what I thought, but when I heard that LEGO would be doing two to three movies a year (I realize none of those would all be from the same line), I figured that they'd be shorter than the other Bionicle movies.

Good to know it'll be regular length!
GregF
Original#7
Sorry, Taki, I did not make myself clear -- I didn't mean I would be blogging on here about Amazon. I meant I will be doing a blog on the Amazon.com site -- they have a set-up where authors can blog there.

Takatu - No, the number of movies they are doing doesn't affect the length of any given movie.

Greg
ChocolateFrogs
Original#8
Will you get your name in the credits this time? If I remember correctly, out of the three movies so far your name only appeared at the end of the credits of the first.

Comic-con sounds so fun.

Can't wait to read stuff on Amazon. (Will that be updated more than this?)

-CF
Nuva King
Original#9
GregF
Night - Basically, it says the page is done loading but I just get a blank screen. Happens with both Messenger and the forums section on my desktop. My laptop works fine. They are running different versions of Windows (laptop is Vista).
Takatu - Movie would be post-2008 story. You basically need six months or so to do a script, another 12 to animate the movie, and then a few more to get it duplicated, packaged, and shipped to stores. So the earliest we could possibly get a movie out would be 2009, at which point there would be no point in telling 2006-2008 story.

Greg

Greg happens to me too. I disable my internet security eveytime i use the forums. Only solution I found.
Kaxix
Original#10
Finally another movie. 2009 it's not so far. Thanks for the good news Greg!
A question: no news about a videogame? :???:
GregF
Original#11
I haven't heard anything on a videogame, but that doesn't mean there isn't one -- just that no one has told me about it yet. Not sure how well the last one did, though. (The LEGO-based games that seem to do the best are the cute ones like Star Wars -- it seems like the "serious" games are maybe not violent enough to compete with what's out there).

Greg
Grey Snow
Original#12
Another movie will be great, even if it is about a year and a half away.
Kraahlix
Original#13
Great, at least the movie won't be rushed ^_^
I hope you can get your messenger fixed, have you PMed a FL?
--BufFooN
GregF
Original#14
Nuva King - Thanks for the advice, that seems to work. Odd.

Greg