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Danny Boyle: Truckers film “a victim of this economic crisis”

28 December 2008 (12:31) Comment!

Several sources are reporting that Danny Boyle, who had previously planned to direct Truckers, has said that the project has been canceled. In a Q & A with SeattlePi.com, Danny Boyle said, “I’ve been developing a film based on the first book of Terry Pratchett’s Bromeliad Trilogy. But the project seems to have fallen apart — a victim of this economic crisis that’s not supposed to be affecting the movie business.”

Vadim Jean speaks: “It helps that I am a fan.”

25 December 2008 (18:02) Comment!

A University Of Warwick podcast released on September 17, 2008 interviews Colour Of Magic director and screen-writer Vadim Jean.

Jean adapted and directed the first live-action film based on the Discworld novels, Hogfather, and subsequently adapted the first two Discworld novels into another made-for-TV film, titled The Colour Of Magic. The next
planned adaptation is Going Postal, based on the book of the same name.

To quote the podcast:
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Retro News: Sir David Jason on Colour Of Magic (18 March 2008)

16 December 2008 (20:24) Comment!

NewsShopper.co.uk posted an article soon after the Colour Of Magic premiere, reporting on some of the things David Jason said about the movie, both at the premiere Q&A and elsewhere. He reflects on the relationship between Rincewind and Twoflower:

The central thrust of most comedy in a two-character relationship is one knowing fool and one unknowing fool…. You must have a balance, an opposite, like a ying and a yang. Where Rincewind and Twoflower succeed is where Twoflower is a totally naive tourist and Rincewind is very streetwise.

And he talks about the stuntwork for the upside-down swordfighting scene between his character and Karen David’s:

In my innocence, I thought ‘We’ll do [the swordfighting scene] standing up, have a swordfight, and they’ll comb your hair back and make it stand on end and then they’ll reverse the film. Then it’ll look like you’re upside-down’, That’s not what happened.

It’s not a nice experience…. being hung upside-down like the last chicken at Sainsbury’s. I wouldn’t do that again in a hurry.

He sums up:

If you haven’t read The Colour Of Magic it’s going to be much easier to follow than Hogfather. It’s much more fun, it’s more of a road movie.

As always, check out our Colour Of Magic page for more information on the miniseries, including more quotes from David Jason.

Danny Boyle to direct Truckers?

20 September 2008 (22:51) Comment!

Coming Soon reports that Danny Boyle wants to direct an animated Truckers movie based on Terry Pratchett’s children’s book.

“You’re more like a ringmaster,” 28 Days Later director Boyle said of directing an animated feature, “[You’re] kind of organizing this huge army of illustrators who can change the movie. It’s really weird.”

Boyle tentatively hopes to work with screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, who has called Truckers his favorite book.

“Part of me thought: brilliant,” Boyce said of hearing Truckers would be adapted for the screen. “That’ll be a great film. But another part of me felt mugged. Truckers was my secret, a blessing I bestowed on the people I most liked.”

Danny Boyle has also directed Sunshine, Trainspotting, and Slumdog Millionaire, and hopes to work with Dreamworks on Truckers.

The Discworld Convention 2008

3 September 2008 (8:29) 3 Comments

Many of you were lucky enough to go to the convention–but many more weren’t so lucky (including the admin of this site, a.k.a. me).  Fortunately for us, demdike from The Cunning Artificer’s forum was nice enough to be our scribe and write a convention report, in which we learn a bit about Nation, slightly more about Going Postal and other future film adaptations, and a lot about our favorite fandom:

The First Day: Friday, August 22, 2008

[The convention] started (officially) with the Opening Ceremony. There were voice-over messages asking for the stage to be cleared of party debris and on came Lu Tze with his broom. After telling everyone to go home–the Con had been and gone, and the disruption in the Number 7 procrastinator was blamed–the Men in Saffron (1 of the 2 was me) were called in to rewind 72 hours.  Cue stone grinding and Tardis noises, the lights went up and Lu Tze and the Men in Saffron had been replaced by Terry.

After briefly touching on his illness (most of which has already been printed online in most places) he spoke about the last year which has propelled him from relative media obscurity to celebrity status.

The evening ended with Terry’s bedtime stories, where the usual nutters turned up in their nightwear clutching their various bed companions (mostly furry).  Terry then read from Nation. I had to leave after an hour and a half so I apparently missed the lighter passages.  Definitely a darker book than any previously written.

The Second Day: Saturday, August 23, 2008

[Saturday] was spent trying to familiarize myself with the Hotel. Although the standard of the rooms was very high, it lacked the atmosphere of previous venues. The rooms were at the end of very long corridors. There was no one place to congregate, [the hotel] having a number of bars and eating places, so I never saw some people I knew were attending, and some I saw briefly in passing and never again.  Although the lectures and workshops were very well attended, quite a lot were scheduled for the same time. In fact the lady running the candle workshop came down the corridor wondering what the queue was for and was quite horrified to find out it was waiting for her. Previously she had had around a dozen people attend and this time it was 60!  She had only brought the materials for 60 candles, so had to turn people away.

The Masquerade I shall have to leave others to describe as I took part and was locked up in the ‘Green room’ with the other participants for all of it, but I can say that during the acts the Ankh-Morpork street refuse collector was called and the anonymous disgusting gnoll that came to clear up was none other than our own Pam Gower, and the fact that she was unrecognised pleased her no end, and of course the costume was all her own work as usual.  In fact, off stage I didn’t recognise her myself until I overheard her speaking.

The Third Day: Sunday, August 24, 2008

I attended the “2008 Is Wallace Year” lecture given by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, which was both entertaining and informative and as usual showed that the Roundworld can be as wierd and wonderful as the Discworld, with many similarities.

Pat had made the great error of describing his audience as sitting ducks–bad move as most of the auction (and every other appearance he made) was punctuated by duck calls.  The Octavo made an extremely impressive centrepiece and I had to leave before it came up, because it never would have fitted in the car.

The evening was rounded off by the Gala Dinner and Dragon racing.  The meal was very enjoyable except for the fact that I went out for a nicotine fix between courses and someone replaced my pudding with 2 grapes on a plate!

Terry gave a speech mentioning that for half the attendees it was their very first convention, which does raise the question of what has happened to half of the regulars?  The last speech was given by Lord Vetinari and his statement of one man one vote and he had it was interrupted by Terry begging to differ. Terry also said that he wasn’t bad–he was just written that way, which amused everyone.

The Dragon racing was enjoyable with a Tote using our free money and despite numerous stewards enquiries, photo finishes and one dragon being lifted and ‘helped’ to the finishing post by Nac Mac Feegles went off very well.

The Fourth Day: Monday, August 25, 2008

[Monday] was spent mostly packing, saying goodbye to friends old and new.  The Mob had brought David Jason’s Rincewind hat (the one that had fallen in the water, so suitably snotted), Kring the magical sword, and the Bafta, which Stephen Briggs managed to photograph it held by many people.

During the Meet the Mob presentation it was mentioned that the order of the next films will be Going Postal, Making Money, then Sourcery.  Unfortunately there may be limited fan involvement as the next two will be filmed in Hungary due to a lack of suitable buildings here and that most of the action is set amongst architecture.

The Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony was the usual mix of sadness and joy.

Joy because the prizes were given out, and we were all able to fit into the room together as at the Opening ceremony, but also sadness as one of the prizes for the Guild member who remained in charactor for the whole convention and who had contributed greatly to their guild and in promoting other peoples enjoyment was given an award named for Ewan the young assassin who captured everyone’s heart at the 2006 convention and who died shortly afterwards.

At the very end when the guests and con committee had left the stage there was the voice overs asking for someone to clear the stage of the mess and on came Lu Tze and despite being told we had only just got there, was adamant that we only got one time turn and this time really had to go home, so we did.

Home again, Wadfest next weekend, then the frantic saving for Hogswatch and Nadcon in Arizona.

Many many thanks to demdike for the report!

Would anyone else like to share their experiences? And for those who couldn’t go, how jealous are you?

Terry Pratchett/Alzheimer’s documentary by IWC Media and the BBC

18 April 2008 (15:18) 1 Comment

Scotland’s largest independent television production company, IWC Media, has teamed up with Terry Pratchett and the BBC to make a new documentary series about Terry Pratchett and his diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s. Craig Hunter will be the producer for the documentary, and Charlie Russell will direct. Terry Pratchett has said on his illustrator’s website that he “must have had more than a dozen approaches from documentary companies alone, and I think we shall now just stop sending out the “You are too late, guys” emails (You may see us around and about being followed by Craig and Charlie, who are making a documentary about me for the BBC which will be broadcast next year.) I never intended that I would be some kind of AD spokesman, but the world seems to be deciding otherwise.”

TV Zone magazine features Tim Curry in The Colour Of Magic

11 April 2008 (18:13) Comment!

TV Zone’s 226th issue features Tim Curry, who acted Trymon in the recent Discworld TV adaptation, The Colour Of Magic. The excerpt available on-line includes Curry marveling at the technology available to the producers of The Colour Of Magic. To quote Tim Curry in the article:

The technology has taken such huge leaps. It’s so interesting that even in television, the director can now say ‘Oh, don’t worry about that, we’ll paint it out’, or, ‘This section is a CGI’. In Legend there was nothing like that. They weren’t even puppets…. I’ve seen images of [the creatures in The Colour Of Magic]. I saw the two dragons today that looked fantastic.”

And then there’s the all-important question (to fans at least): Was he a fan of the Discworld series? But alas:

I wasn’t aware of Terry Pratchett until I was sent this script, although I’m told that he sells very well in America… I hadn’t been aware of him before.

Colour Of Magic premiere Q&A transcript

1 April 2008 (21:00) Comment!

DenOfGeek.com, in addition to the review we told you about earlier, has made available a complete transcript of the Q&A session that followed the screening March 3. Director Vadim Jean, Sir David Jason (Rincewind), Sean Astin (Twoflower), and of course Terry Pratchett participated in the session. Some selections:

Terry Pratchett: … some screens actually glittered at home but now, well, some screens didn’t glitter so much – I’ll put it that way.
Vadim Jean: It’s definitely the projector! In glorious high definition – which you’re all going to go out and buy just to see this, it’s, well, stunning.
Terry Pratchett: Actually, for once, he’s not lying! I’ve seen it on the big TV screens and there was masses of colour.
Vadim Jean:We’re just stretching the technology to the limit, throwing it 150 feet.

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Sean Astin: Richard, the prop guy who worked it from inside – there actually was someone inside working it – after 45 minutes you’d forget someone was inside there. You’d lift the lid and he’d be just about dead, make-up running, sweating and everything, and they’d like ‘we’re gonna go for another one, jump over the hill again?’ and he’d say ‘no problem! No problem!’

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David Jason: I think this is accessible to everyone. The Rambo-lovers as well as mums and dads – we’ve got our little ones here and they’ve been loving it, and Sean’s little ones too. I think that given a fair go, and reasonable publicity, that this will attract a lovely family audience, and that’s what we made it for.

Colour Of Magic premiere report; Terry Pratchett, Sean Astin, and David Jason on video

27 March 2008 (0:51) 1 Comment

BBC has a video report on the premiere of The Colour Of Magic, which includes interviews with Terry Pratchett, Sean Astin, and David Jason.  Terry Pratchett says seeing the film is “like wandering around on the inside of my own head,” while Sean Astin and David Jason bring the on-screen double-act into real life, bantering about David Jason’s daughter’s impressions on the film as well as other things.

The premiere took place March 3, and the Colour Of Magic adaptation aired for the first time last Sunday and Monday in the U.K.

David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, Terry Prachett on Colour Of Magic

22 March 2008 (14:41) 1 Comment

An extensive article from TimesOnline.co.uk includes quotes from David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, and Terry Pratchett about the coming Colour Of Magic two part adaptation, which will be broadcast this Sunday and Monday at 6 p.m.  To quote Sean Astin in the article:

It’s a little weird…. Some guy has a brain fart and I’m wearing big furry feet for two years. Another guy has an acid tablet and I’m in a pond in the back of Pinewood…. Terry obviously loves Tolkien and fantasy but he also loves to … take the piss out of it.

Tim Curry, with some less colorful language, also speaks about the Discworld series:

Terry’s big on satire and drawing conclusions in his worlds that you can take into this one…. I don’t think class has passed him by, or the advancements of technology.  Trymon is such a wonderfully double-dealing slimeball–he’d be totally at home in Brussels.  I’ve had a lot of extremely uncomfortable pointy shoes to wear, and lots of great hats.

And finally, Terry Pratchett himself also speaks:

Hogfather was more serious; The Colour of Magic is about humour…. It’s a buddy movie except that one of the buddies [Rincewind] doesn’t want to be a buddy. It’s a road movie although roads are probably the last thing they manage to travel on most of the time.

[On signing over the rights to The Colour Of Magic and The Light Fantastic] I tried to conceal the fact that I really wanted them to do it but really would like to be paid a lot of money…. The nice thing is that The Colour of Magic really had no plot. It was a series of episodes and we could, like a smorgasbord, pick what we wanted. So it wasn’t quite the slaughter job that I thought it would have to be.

Terry Pratchett also addressed the concerns of many fans on the casting of David Jason as Rincewind, since many consider Rincewind to be younger and skinnier:

It was mainly the book cover illustrations that did that…. I’m very good at not describing characters. David Jason has got three amazingly good attributes. Firstly, he is an excellent actor. Secondly, he’s Sir David Jason, and that name counts for something. And thirdly he’s a Discworld fan and about 15 years ago he declared that he wanted to play Rincewind. I thought, ‘Wonderful!’ 

The article also has a set-report aspect to it, as it describes the filming of the scene where Rincewind is close to being swept over the edge of the Discworld.  To quote the article:

“I don’t want to leave this world!” gurgles David Jason. Britain’s Most Popular Actor [sic] is clinging to a log in the middle of a foaming torrent of water, which swirls through his red robes and greying beard and plasters his hair across his face. “DON’T MIND ME - I’VE GOT A BOOK TO READ,” deadpans a skeletal figure in a deckchair on a nearby rocky outcrop. Slowly, Jason’s grip relaxes on the log and he disappears beneath the surface.

“Cut!” barks a voice through a megaphone. A bedraggled Jason re-emerges, and is shepherded by a squad of frogmen to the edge of Pinewood Studios’ 100-square metre water tank, as the huge compressed air generators that were creating the torrent wind down. It’s an overcast August afternoon near the end of the 11-week shoot for The Colour of Magic, Sky One’s multimillion- pound Easter adaptation of the first two books in Terry Pratchett’s supernaturally successful Discworld series…. In this scene [Rincewind] is attempting to avoid being swept over the Discworld’s oceanic rim and into space, which will be represented on the vast blue screen behind him. His travails are observed by the sardonic Death, whose vocal duties have passed from the late Ian Richardson to Christopher Lee, who voiced him in the Pratchett animations Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music.

The article also informs readers that the fight with Tim Curry has been filmed in addition to the upside-down fight in the Wyrmberg.

Don’t forget to watch The Colour of Magic on Sky One at 6 p.m. this Sunday and Monday!

Buy the Luggage, support Alzheimer’s research

15 March 2008 (18:37) 5 Comments

A charity auction on eBay is in process to support the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. Terry Pratchett and the Colour of Magic crew worked together to provide this “unique opportunity” to own the only replica of the Luggage used in producing The Colour of Magic adaptation. To quote the item description:

A unique opportunity to own a one-off replica of the luggage as featured in Sky One’s adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic. This quirky ‘suitcase’ is filled with the full library of Discworld novels, plus the production designs used to build the luggage as seen in the film. Both the books and the designs have been signed by Terry Pratchett.

Also included in this money can’t buy piece of memorabilia is a copy of the Discworld 25th anniversary edition of The Colour of Magic which hits book store shelves on the 10th March. This brand spanking new reissue not only features the stars of Sky One’s magical adaptation, Sir David Jason and Sean Astin, on the front cover, but the two actors have also signed the novel.

Fifteen bidders have bid the price up to £2,000.00.  The auction ends on March 24.

Jeremy Irons as the Patrician–Pratchett: “The one I wanted.”

12 March 2008 (19:41) 4 Comments

Thisisnottingham.co.uk reports that Jeremy Irons was Terry Pratchett’s first choice to play the Patrician in the Colour of Magic TV adaptation, which airs this Easter weekend. To quote the article:

Speaking at the show’s star-studded premiere, author Terry Pratchett revealed he was very involved in the production and had even rewritten part of the script when he knew Jeremy, his “first choice” for the part, had got it.

“They phoned me to say who should play The Patrician and they chose the one I wanted. When I knew it was Jeremy, I changed the script because I knew how he would enunciate ‘now what should I do with you, you little scamp?’” he said.

The Colour of Magic, an adaptation that combines plot elements from the first two books of the Discworld series, airs Easter weekend in the U.K. on Sky One and Sky One HD. The adaptation comes to the United States later this year, but more specific dates have yet to be announced.

New pictures show Rincewind, Twoflower, the Patrician and more from Colour of Magic

7 March 2008 (15:44) 1 Comment

RHI Films has eighteen new pictures from the film, many of which feature Sean Astin as Twoflower and David Jason as Rincewind. Other pictures feature Tim Curry as Trymon, other wizards, and the first glimpse for many of Jeremy Irons as the Patrician.

Edit: There are now 182 pictures for your perusing pleasure.

More Colour of Magic premiere news and reviews

7 March 2008 (15:42) Comment!

News and reviews from the Colour of Magic premiere continue to pour in as the hype leading up to the U.K. broadcast continues. The SFX website has a report on the Q&A session, revealing that, while David Jason will not feature in the coming Going Postal adaptation, he will definitely be coming back as Rincewind in the future.

“No one else can play the role of Rincewind,” director Vadim Jean said, “so we’ll wait to get him back.” (SFX)

More quotes from the premiere:

David Jason said the Luggage is “one of the finest props I’ve ever seen.” (SFX)

Terry Pratchett admitted that the Patrician “wears glasses in this, which he shouldn’t do if you read ahead in the books.” (SFX)

Sean Astin explained how elated he was to be cast as Twoflower, saying “I had a sinking feeling originally that they’d never let that bad-English-accent-speaking Hobbit play Twoflower.” (SFX)

The tabloid The Sun reported that David Jason, who played Rincewind, said, “I was suspended upside down on wires for sword fighting scenes and the actors and stunt people could only manage around four to five minutes before they wanted to deliver a Technicolor yawn!… Not quite the colour of magic that Terry Pratchett had in mind!” He also reportedly said “my wizard’s costum was also very heavy when it got wet and it got very wet during filming.” (Looks like the filmmakers really went whole-hog on the rim scenes!)

Early reviews of the film are favorable: the SFX article admires the “sumptuous effects” achieved on the relatively low budget. Another fairly knowledgeable-sounding review states, “the balance between staying true to Pratchett and making a film anyone can enjoy is well kept. ” (Note: There is some strong language in the review.)

An extensive review from Jonathan Malory, a fan extra who attended the premiere, gushes, “the film itself is brilliant, which of course I would say being a fan and having a little part in it, but I tried to watch it as if I’d never heard of the Discworld before and the whole concept was entirely new to me.” The reviewer does mention some issues, however, saying “there are a couple of bits in the first half an hour that felt a bit awkward.” You can read the rest of the (overall positive) review, which also mentions the events in the premiere itself, at www.terrypratchettbooks.org.

Another resource for fans who want to stay in the loop: The Colour of Magic MySpace page.

Gallery added to Colour of Magic official site

6 March 2008 (18:53) 2 Comments

The Colour of Magic official site continues to expand. It now includes a gallery, where fans can browse through a film gallery (The Film >> Film Gallery), on set stills (Behind the Scenes >> On Set Stills and Gallery >> On Set Stills), and concept art (Behind the Scenes >> Concept Art and Gallery >> Concept Art). You can see Bethan (looking somewhat upset) being led toward the sacrificial altar, Cohen the Barbarian, Rincewind in the Patrician’s palace, Death’s Domain, Ankh-Morpork, the Forest of Skund, Twoflower, The Librarian (enjoying a banana!), and more (and more and more and more). Terry Pratchett figures largely in the on set stills gallery, as you see him interacting costumed actors and director Vadim Jean.

The official site can be found at thebrokendrum.net, www1.sky.com/colourofmagic/index.html, and www.sky.com/magic.

Jeremy Irons plays the Patrician in the adaptation in a guest appearance.

Plans are to air The Colour of Magic in two parts over Easter in the U.K. and sometime later this year in the U.S. More specific dates and times have yet to be announced.

Colour official site updated; expanded trailer; first review online

5 March 2008 (21:01) 2 Comments

The people at SkyOne have updated the official Colour of Magic site, http://www1.sky.com/colourofmagic/index.html, which can now also be found at thebrokendrum.net. Updates include an expansion to the Terry Pratchett section with a new page called “Pratchett’s Thoughts” tells readers about, well, Pratchett’s thoughts on the film:

It wasn’t too difficult to turn the Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic into one movie. The project was helped by the fact that the Colour of Magic, being a kind of road movie, had no perceptible plot whatsoever other than people kept moving. Once we realised that, it was just a matter of cutting things out and splicing things together and I’m pretty happy with the result.

Pratchett even addressed many fans’ concerns about the casting of Sean Astin as Twoflower:

Keen fans will say “Yes, but isn’t Sean Astin not really very, you know, Oriental enough?” Observant fans, though, will know that Twoflower was merely exotically foreign until Interesting Times and Sean told me years ago that he wanted to be in a Discworld movie and so we decided that West Coast American is exotic enough!

He ended by saying, “I am very pleased with it, I hope you will be too. [sic]”

The site also features an extended trailer (which can be found under “The Film” or “Video”). Here’s the transcript:

The Arch-Astronomer: The colour of magic …
Rincewind: The colour of magic!
Rincewind: Well… it’s … um.
Twoflower: It’s–It’s–It’s sort of … um..
The Arch-Astronomer: Magenta.
Rincewind: It’s a little bit yellow.
Herrena: Gred. (?)
The Librarian: Oook. (Caption: “Orange!”)
Rincewind: It’s a little bit blue.
The Arch-Astronomer: Blue?
Cohen: It’s silvery.
Twoflower: Hm.
Bethan: I think it’s gray.
Trymon: It’s very, very gray.
Death: Some say a little darker.
The Arch-Astronomer: Wow.
Twoflower: I’ve got it!
The Arch-Astronomer: Puce
Twoflower: It’s a fluorescent … greenish-purple.
Rincewind: It’s a pigment of your imagination.
Announcer: Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic. This Easter on SkyOne and SkyOne HD.

Other major updates include a page on Gavin Finney, the multi-award-winning director of photography for the film, another cast list with several added names, and an entire new section entitled “The Magic,” with information about the Unseen University, Discworld, and the power of eight.

The first review of The Colour of Magic has been posted online. While only the first half of The Colour of Magic was shown at the premiere on March 3, the review gives a very insightful glance into the film.

Also at the premiere on March 3, fans and the press finally found out who played the Patrician: Jeremy Irons.

Another exciting announcement: the next Discworld book to be adapted for the small screen will be Going Postal, for which David Jason will not return.

Plans are to air The Colour of Magic in two parts over Easter in the U.K. and sometime later this year in the U.S. More specific dates and times have yet to be announced.

Colour of Magic premiere yesterday; Going Postal to be adapted next

4 March 2008 (19:57) 2 Comments

The world-wide premiere of The Colour of Magic took place yesterday (March 3) at the Curzon Cinema in London. Terry Pratchett, David Jason, Sean Astin, and many fans were present. Several news sources are reporting on the event, including Digital Spy, which reported that, “The Colour of Magic author Terry Pratchett fell to his knees before Sir David Jason on stage last night … Pratchett joked that he should not speak over a knight of the realm and knelt down.”
Some selected quotes from the exciting night:

David Jason: “How many books has one read that have been more creative and imaginative than those this gentleman [Terry Pratchett] has done? I hope that in our humble way we will bring some of the same pleasure as you (Pratchett) have in the written word.”

David Jason: “On behalf of millions of people all over the world you have brought true pleasure to us.”

David Jason: “This was the first time I was made an offer I could not refuse by the mob.” (In reference to the contributions by the Mob Film Company in making the film.)

David Jason: “I was suspended upside down on wires for the sword fighting … I could only manage around four to five minutes each time before I wanted to deliver a technicolour yawn!”

Vadim Jean: The increased budget for The Colour of Magic was a “dream come true.”

As if all that excitement weren’t enough, director Vadim Jean revealed at last night that Going Postal, featuring our favorite Moist von Lipwig, is next up to be adapted. David Jason will not be returning for the adaptation, though he may in the future. FromRimToHub.com also used this article to compile our report.

Jeremy Irons plays Vetinari in The Colour of Magic

4 March 2008 (19:30) Comment!

While those who were lucky enough to attend the premiere of The Colour of Magic undoubtedly already know this, unluckier fans will be happy to finally know who plays the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork: Jeremy Irons. Mirror.co.uk is reporting that the award-winning actor landed the part as a guest star on the adaptation.