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SF Signal: Iain M. Banks' Culture (Finally) Heads to the Big Screen
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"F&ME and director D. Murphy have added Iain M Banks’ adaptation A Gift From The Culture (..) to their slate of films." http://bit.ly/26CiYj 10/22/2009 |
Iain M. Banks Sci-Fi Phenomenon The Culture Headed to The Big Screen
/Film » Sci-Fi —
... Screendaily report that Dominic Murphy will direct, and co-script with Shane Smith, his collaborator on the ‘psychobilly thriller’ White Lightnin’. It’s just one of a few projects Murphy has on his slate including Jesus Christ Airlines, about daredevil pilots delivering aid to Biafra through hostile Nigerian airspace, and an as-yet untitled film about the Bronte children and their shared world of play and fantasy. ...
How Will Iain M. Banks' Culture Translate To The Big Screen? [Iain M. Banks]
io9 —
... This film could be utterly fascinating, if they keep both the same-sex relationship and the fact that Wrobik used to be a woman. And even a few big-screen glimpses of life inside a General Systems Vehicle would be amazing. I just hope our first (and probably only) cinematic look at the Culture doesn't turn out to be a waste. [Screen Daily via ...
Iain M. Banks' Culture (Finally) Heads to the Big Screen
SF Signal —
... (via ScreenDaily) that an Iain M. Banks Culture story is headed for the big screen. That story is the short fiction piece "A Gift from the Culture" in which a female member of the Culture, now re-gendered and living among humans as one of them, is asked to commit an act of terrorism to cover some gambling debts. ...
An Aside | Iain M. Banks hitting the Silver Screen
A Dribble of Ink —
... , reporting on an original article by Screendaily, brings new that Iain M. Banks, and his well known Culture universe, will be coming soon to theatres near you (maybe, it [i]is[/i] Hollywood, afterall….): ...
Daily Scan for 10.23.09 - Lizard Joins Spider-Man, Lucas Plans More Star Wars
SciFi Scanner —
... villain.
• Is George Lucas planning another Star Wars trilogy with Stephen Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola set to direct, this time in 3D? I doubt it, but anyone would direct the franchise better than Lucas at this point.
• Fox needs to make up its mind whether to support or kill Joss Whedon's Dollhouse: Now they won't show any episodes at all in November. You know, during sweeps.
• Ian Banks' Culture novels are coming to the big screen.
'A Gift From the Culture' Set for the Big Screen?
Iain Banks —
... posting here - apologies for that to everyone who came looking for a timely update and didn't find one...) is about the prospect of a film adaptation of the short story 'A Gift From the Culture', which was first published in issue #20 of Interzone, the UK's longest-running science fiction magazine, and is more readily available in the Iain M collection The State of the Art.
Various websites carry versions of the news: www.slashfilm.com, screendaily.com and hollywoodreporter.com included. At the moment there really isn't ...
