I JUST finished reading the novel 'The Girl With All the Gifts' [another impulse buy, but this time a gem] by M. R. [Mike] Cary. I was so excited about it I wanted to bring it to FLM member's attention because I had read that the author was working on a screenplay and there was the strong possibility it was going to be made into a film.
Well.. It's more than a possibility; they are already filming with a release date estimated early 2016. The title of the film right now is '
She Who Brings Gifts'.To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed by the behind-the-scenes pictures that I've found online [some posted here], but I am still going to be optimistic that it won't be a total disaster...
Mostly my disappointment stems from the fact that the actress that is playing the lead child-role,
Sennia Nanua, doesn't look ANYTHING like I pictured her. (She's cute, don't get me wrong, but NOT what I envisioned. I know; tough titties for me.. 
)It's sad in a way [like I felt after reading 'Tideland'] because I KNOW that the OT scenes in the book [and there are a number of them] are going to be cut out, and most probably not even filmed. The author stated in an interview that he wrote the screenplay at the same time he was writing the novel, but that they were 'very' different. Weird. As a writer if I had a published novel that I actually was able to also write the screenplay for, I'd be as true to the original source as possible. But, whatever...
Here's a trailer for the novel:
https://vimeo.com/90231242
http://io9.com/this-trailer-for-mike-ca ... 1480542835
Like this post to see ed2k links [10.92 MiB]Here's the novel's cover art and some behind-the-scenes pix of the filming:
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Still, despite my misgivings; I loved the book, so I'm going to keep an eye out for this one...
kev.
