Studio:
Unknown.
Production Company:
Samuelson Productions.
Project Phase: Script Stage.
Who's In It:
No one confirmed as yet.
Who's Making It:
Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson (Producers); Based on the novel Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
Premise: The Anti-Christ has been misplaced, Manchester and the M25 are the works of Satan, and cassette tapes are being turned into The Best of Queen. Yep, it's the end times, and only a demon and angel working together can stop the fireworks.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: 'Widgett' says, "I always describe the novel as Monty Python's The Omen. What more can I say? Read it."
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett', the Fifth Horseman.]
April 11, 1998... All current rumors about the status of this project are apparently null and void. The Dreaming website reports that Gaiman and Pratchett have recently sold the film rights to the Samuelsons, and that a screenwriter has yet to be chosen. A rumor making the rounds had stated that the option was with Warner Brothers, who were waiting on a reaction to another "religious comedy," Dogma, before greenlighting this endeavor.
In other news, apparently two other versions of screenplays have already existed, one by the original authors and one by Gaiman himself, where he stated in an interview that he couldn't make the book "fit" into a ninety-minute movie. In another interview, Gaiman intimated that a while back the project tried to get off the ground, but the people working on it wanted to lose the British flavor of the book--and it didn't work. [[Info originally appeared on The Dreaming website; forwarded by 'Widgett'.]
October 8, 1998... For those keeping score, the quite excellent Done Deal website lists the aforementioned deal with the Samuelsons taking place on March 18 of this year. [Originally appeared on Done Deal; reported by 'Widgett'.]
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