Hyperion

[Galactus]

Warner Bros. Picks Up Hyperion Cantos
Source: The Hollywood Reporter April 3, 2008


Producer Graham King has set up Dan Simmons' award-winning science fiction book series "Hyperion Cantos" at Warner Bros., with Trevor Sands on board to adapt the first two books as one feature, says Variety.

The first book, "Hyperion," won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1990, while the second, "The Fall of Hyperion," was nominated for a Nebula Award for best novel.

"Hyperion" deals with a space war, with most of the action taking place on a planet named Hyperion, known not only for its electricity-spewing trees but also for the Time Tombs, large artifacts that can move through time. The tombs are guarded by a monster called the Shrike, which impales people on metal trees.

 

[Rac]

Huh. I remember these books. My brother used to read them. The covers were cool.

 

[Wyrminarrd]

Great books but I don´t see how they can be made into movies given the story setup.

Hope they manage to solve all the branching timelines and backstory issues.

 

[green]

Should be interesting to see what happens with this. Personally Id rather see em adapt Ilium.

 

[GhostPoet]

FINALLY...a sci-fi film that doesn't take place on Earth. I'm so sick of earth-based sci-fi.

 

[tzarinna]

Damn this sounds crazy, I love it.

 

[Galactus]

Scott Derrickson to Direct Hyperion Cantos
Source: Variety January 30, 2009


The Day the Earth Stood Still helmer Scott Derrickson is set to direct Hyperion Cantos for Warner Bros. and GK Films, says Variety.

Derrickson boards a project that will take two Dan Simmons sci-fi novels -- "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion" -- and meld them into one film being scripted by Trevor Sands.

The story is set in the distant future, as a space war threatens Hyperion, a planet known for the Time Tombs -- large artifacts that can move through time and are guarded by a gruesome monster called the Shrike.

Derrickson is also attached to direct Paradise Lost at Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Derrickson also co-scripted Devil's Knot for Dimension Films with Paul Boardman, his writing partner on The Exorcism of Emily Rose

 

[Furious Styles]

One of my favourite science fiction books of all-time!

No way this turns out to be a good movie. But I'm more than sure The Shrike will look amazing!

 

[:eek:]

Bradley Cooper Writing Hyperion? ​

Source: Charlie Rose , CHUD
May 27, 2011​

In a surprising bit of news, BradleyCooper has revealed on "Charlie Rose" (via CHUD) that he's interested in adapting Dan Simmons' science fiction series Hyperion and has already approached Graham King Productions with a treatment that he and his friend, Conal Byrne, wrote together.​

"This is an example of trying to get things started," said the actor, who revealed that his true passion lies in one day directing, "[We] went to Graham King, who own the rights to "Hyperion," and we wrote a treatment on spec. I said, 'I know this is a very audacious endeavor, but can you just read this spec we wrote? I think we have a way in to tell the story.' So now we're negotiating to write the script for it."​

The story for the novels is set in the distant future, as a space war threatens Hyperion, a planet known for the Time Tombs -- large artifacts that can move through time and are guarded by a gruesome monster called the Shrike.​

Bizarrely, the project was some time ago set up at WarnerBros. with Scott Derrickson to direct. Derrickson, who directed the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, was, at the time, also attached to Paradise Lost. That film is now being developed by Alex Proyas and Cooper is likely for the role of Lucifer. At the time, the plan was to to merge the first two Simmons novels into a film called Hyperion Cantos.​

While it's too soon to say what will happen with Cooper's take, the Hangover star admits that the project isn't likely to be one that would let him direct, simply because of its massive scale.​

"Ideally I'd love to direct," he said, "but there's no way. I mean, I shouldn't say that. You never know."​

Though his screenwriting talent has yet to be proven, Cooper certainly has some box office clout to his name as The Hangover Part II has already made $31.66 million in a single day of release.​

Click here to check out the full "Charlie Rose" interview, which also
includes Cooper's thoughts on both Paradise Lost and The Crow.​

 

[green]

Uh ok.
I was wondering what the heck happened to this. Doubt it's ever going to come to fruition though. They would have to combine both books IMO and that would make a really long movie, or kill all character development otherwise.

 

[Sawyer]

Time, it would seem, is a flat circle…

Bradley Cooper Launches Production Label; Sets ‘Hyperion’ At Warner Bros. – Deadline

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

I think it would work better as a TV show, especially with the Canterbury Tales set-up of the first one, but glad this is getting the budget it deserves.

 

[:eek:]

It's a shame Dan Simmons has been one of those "old white males" in recent years:

Dan Simmons Criticized for Remarks About Thunberg | File 770

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Yeah, he falls under that very specific category of “creative who lost their mind after 9/11”. He’s joined by Frank Miller.

 

[JubJub86]

I mean, it's not like he's wrong about her. Still, not a great look for him saying it aloud. Just nod politely and ignore her more obnoxious elements, everyone knows she's above any polite substantive critique due to, well yeah.

Still doubt his story's becoming a movie though, even with Cooper's rising cred. Especially now.

 

[Spider-Fan]

The Hyperion books are great. I think the first book works better as a series, though. The format of the book welcomes a 6 episode series about your principle main characters.

I hope that they plan for multiple movies here. Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion are effectively 1 story. So I hope they plan to split this into like.. 3 movies between the 2 books.