When I was in Skopje I emailed Ms. McCaffrey (through her website) - not expecting that she'd read my email - asking when the Pern series might come to the big (or small) screen, as I believed it would translate wonderfully.
I was absolutely thrilled when I received an email from Ms. McCaffrey 2 days later. She was "mightily chuffed" to get an email from me (I had mentioned I was in the UN, etc) and that she was in negotiations on bringing her books to TV. (Unforunately this eventually fell through.)
I remain a truly dedicated fan and will be waiting with baited breath for these movies.
May 25, 2006
'Pern' booked for big-screen flight
By Borys Kit
Anne McCaffrey's best-selling and long-running sci-fi/fantasy series "The Dragonriders of Pern" is getting the big-screen treatment via Canadian production company Copperheart Entertainment.
Copperheart, which was behind the 2005 Oscar-winning animated short "Ryan," has optioned the 19-book series, which began with the "Dragonflight" in 1968. The books are best known for having humans ride dragons with which they telepathically bond. With "Dragonflight," McCaffrey became the first woman ever to win a Hugo for fiction, and she is one of the 2006 inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
"I decided that 'Pern' had to be done right, and I wouldn't let it go to someone unless I was certain that they were committed to excellence," McCaffrey said.Copperheart, run by Steve Hoban, also has produced the Imax 3-D movie "Cyberworld" as well as the popular "Ginger Snaps" horror series. Hoban is in postproduction on the remake of the 1970s horror cult classic "Black Christmas."
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