Tor Article Speculating on How A Queen's Thief TV Series Would Work

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

I saw this article in the Tor.com newsletter. It contains some fun speculation for the (potential? Is it official?) Disney+ series.

https://www.tor.com/2021/01/11/7-questions-for-disneys-adaptation-of-megan-whalen-turners-the-thief/

(Spoilers, of course!)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Am I the only one that gets extreme anxiety about this?? The Books in my head are far better than what Disney would do. But I know I’d have to see them if they made them 😩
Real question:
What amazing books have been turned into amazing movies?
LOTR? And even then, the books outrank the movies by a mile.

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

It's a good point! I definitely have anxiety about it, but the bright side is that it would vastly increase the fanbase of the books too, which would be fun for us. :D

Amazing books that have been turned into amazing movies? Well off the top of my head, I personally loved The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, A Little Princess, the first Hunger Games movie (but I only liked the first book anyway), the first season of Game of Thrones...

I've heard that His Dark Materials is good, and Good Omens as well. And I've never read The Witcher, but I love the show! So yeah, I think it's possible for it to be very bad, but also possible for it to be good and the quality level of book adaptations has gotten so much better in the past ~ten years.

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

I've been watching and generally enjoying His Dark Materials. I don't really like most of the casting choices, but the storytelling style has been pretty good, I think. The previous Golden Compass movie had excellent casting, but did a poor job of telling the story. Soo....I like this one more than the movie.

[empmai2.livejournal.com]

The Duke and I (Bridgerton)
Anne of Green gables (the first book)
The Baby-Sitters Club

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

-The Book Thief

-The Princess Bride

-Sense and Sensibility (1995)
(one of my favorite book to movie adaptions of all time)

-Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

-How to Train Your Dragon

...oh wait, are we talking books that *Disney* has made into good movies? Hmm. Might have to think on that one. :/

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

I thought of one!

The Princess Diaries

xD

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

For me, the ideal scenario is that they manage to do a good job with The Thief, and then leave the rest alone. The first book is the only one I can really visualize working for a movie (since it's ultimately a quest story). The others are too complex, with too much unspoken, off-camera, or subtle moments that I think would get clunky if they tried to put them to film.

[empmai2.livejournal.com]

I think the could also do Thick as Thieves and King of Attolia

[empmai2.livejournal.com]

Maybe there will be a flashback scene to the Disney Adventures story and we will get Steinides Muscles :)

I do worry bout their casting choices. 20 years ago my casting for Gen was Joseph Gordon Levitt, but he's a bit too old now.

[sgwordy.livejournal.com]

I think it'd be awesome for an adaptation to be out there so that more people can get to know the story and (hopefully!) become readers of the series but I can't imagine watching. For my absolute faves I just like what's in my head, I'm not brave enough to try someone else's imagination.