Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments
The Color of
Magic
11/20/08 – SCI FI Wire reported Writer/director Vadim Jean, who directed
the upcoming TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic,
said that the four-hour miniseries is more ambitious than his previous
Pratchett adaptation, last year's Hogfather. Color
combines Pratchett's first two Discworld novels--The Color of
Magic and The Light Fantastic--and centers on the incompetent
wizard Rincewind (David Jason) and Discworld's first tourist, Twoflower
(Sean Astin). The miniseries also features Tim Curry, as the
power-hungry Trymon, and Christopher Lee, who voices Death. Brian Cox
narrates. Jean wrote and directed both adaptations. He said that
Hogfather provided a number of lessons that helped make the new
miniseries even better. "There was a huge learning curve," he admits.
"But in a good way and supported enormously by RHI Entertainment, so
there was a lot of expertise to help see us through." Set in the
fantastical Discworld universe of Pratchett's books, Color
follows Rincewind, a wizard who is expelled from Unseen University. He
is conscripted as a guide for Twoflower, Discworld's first tourist, who
is visiting Ankh-Morpork. The Color of Magic originally aired on
Britain's Sky Television in March 2008. It makes its U.S. debut on ION
Television on Nov. 23rd.
AlienAlmanac.com 2008
