Dragonriders of Pern

[Galactus]

Dragonriders of Pern to the Big Screen
Source: The Hollywood Reporter May 25, 2006


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, says The Hollywood Reporter.

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.

Copperheart, run by Steve Hoban, also has produced the IMAX 3D movie Cyberworld as well as the popular "Ginger Snaps" horror series. Hoban is in post-production on the remake of the 1970s horror cult classic Black Christmas.

 

[terry78]

Never heard of it, but telepathically linked dragons is a cool concept.

 

[Dr. Fate]

Sounds cool. Bring on the dragons.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

This story is likely where the Eragon writer got the idea for Eragon and Saphire to speak without words sometimes. Eragon ha smnay aspects from McCaffrey, Tolkien and Dragonlance writer concepts. It will be interesting to see if Dragon Riders of Pern will out do Eragon if it comes out.

 

[tecnowraith]

From what I remeber is that the world of Pern is in the future.

 

[블라스]

I thought this was "Dragonriders of Porn"

 

[redmarvel]

What's become of this, I can't find anything beyond the May 25th, 2006 article. Not even on Anne McCaffrey's website.

 

[GL1]

After Eragon stalled badly, I'm not sure anyone's really willing to back this.

 

[DBM]

Could be interesting, I've read the books.

I haven't heard much about this. A while back I know Ronald D. Moore, the guy who revived Battlestar Galactica, was trying to do a Dragonriders TV show and I think they even made a pilot but nothing ever came of it.

 

[Dr. Fate]

So is this still happening?

 

[Timstuff]

I thought this was "Dragonriders of Porn"

That one will probably be out at the same time, but you'll have to go to a dirty old man store to buy it.

 

[블라스]

That one will probably be out at the same time, but you'll have to go to a dirty old man store to buy it.

I never buy porn!!!

I just download it...

 

[:eek:]

Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern Heads to the Big Screen!







Warner Bros. has, according to a story at Deadline, secured the big screen rights to Anne McCaffrey's classic fantasy series, Dragonriders of Pern. The 22-book series will serve as the basis for a feature film that aims to launch a new franchise.

"Dragonflight," the first in the series of novels, follows an elite group of warriors who take to the skies on the backs of giant, fire-breathing, telepathic dragons to save the wondrously exotic planet of Pern from a terrifying airborne menace.

First published in 1968, "Dragonflight" launched the literary McCaffrey's literary franchise, which has gone on to sell millions of copies around the world. It has also won numerous literary awards and spawned many spinoffs, including videogames, board games and graphic novels.

There's no specific word yet on exactly how Warner Bros. plans to adapt the series, but the sheer volume of novels means that the potential franchise won't be lacking in source material. Check back for details as they become available!

 

[Drizzle]

They're doing this now? So many people are going to dismiss it as a How To Train Your Dragon ripoff.

 

[Victarion]

It's like how a lot of the John Carter pulps had been plundered by Lucas to create Star Wars?

 

[Tanin]

This series has failed to actually be made so often now I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[scifiwolf]

WB is fishing for a new cash cow to compliment DC, and fill the void having been left by Potter and now Middle Earth. I'm excited by this development. The fact that WB needs it and has the resources freed up to develop it means it's actually going to happen.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Pern's universe is great glad it will ( maybe ) be adapted.
I've read some novels set on Pern, the mythology is nice ( how Pern was colonized, where the people come from, the technology etc ) the human/dragon relationship is cool and if I recall, the dragon can warp into a kind of hyperspace for fast travel.

 

[dark_b]

talking about dragons.

i remember a cartoon set in the future with a floating city in the sky. humans had dragons and they needed to go down on earth to find some glowing eggs . they used them for energy for the floating city. the villains are some devil like monsters. that would be a perfect futuristic scifi/fantasy summer action movie. i can already see broken box office records.

 

[Octoberist]

I always welcome more fantasy films. Well the good ones.

 

[:eek:]

First Dragonriders of Pern Feature Moving Forward as Dragonflight Gets a Writer

Dragonflight Dragonriders of Pern
By Silas Lesnick ON
November 19, 2014






It was announced this past summer that Anne McCaffrey’s beloved fantasy series, Dragonriders of Pern, is in development as a potential feature film franchise at Warner Bros. Pictures. Now, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that novelist and screenwriter Sarah Cornwell is set to adapt the first book, Dragonflight!
Launched in 1968 with Dragonflight, McCaffrey’s series consists of 22 books set in the fantasy world of Pern wherein an elite group of warriors take to the skies on the backs of giant, fire-breathing, telepathic dragons to save the wondrously exotic planet of Pern from a terrifying airborne menace. Dragonflight itself is officially described as follows:
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright.
But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa’s world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world…
Cornwell is best known for her first novel, “What I Had Before I Had You,” which saw publication earlier this year. On the screenwriting front, she’s currently adapting Jennifer Percy’s novel Demon Camp and rewrote the supernatural thriller The Forest. Based on an idea by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), The Forest recently found a lead in “Game of Thrones” and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 star Natalie Dormer.