AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 29, 2013 @ 4:37pm PDT.Outlander, Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling fantasy/romance/adventure series of books, is slowly inching to the screen. No greenlight from Starz yet, but I’ve learned that the project has opened a writers room, with Battlestar Galactica developer Ron Moore, who is spearheading the drama series adaptation, hiring four scribes to work with him. The move indicates that Starz is contemplating a potential straight-to-series order for Outlander, a route the pay cable network has taken with most of its original series.Joining Moore on Outlander are two writers who have worked with him before — Battlestar alumna Toni Graphia and Caprica‘s Matt Roberts — along with veteran showruner Ira Behr (Alphas, The 4400) and Anne Kenney (LA Law, Switched At Birth).http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/ron-moores-outlander-series-adaptation-for-starz-sets-up-writing-staff/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 y'what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I'm sure we had a thread on this already, but it seems to have been culled. Starz are bringing Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series of time-travelling romance novels to the screen. Ron Moore (BSG, Star Trek) is developing the project. Ira Behr working for him is a tantalising idea, as they made a great team on DS9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Don't really know much about the novels but this sounds interesting based on the people involved. Hopefully Ira Behr is the one who reined in Moore's utterly nonsense mythology that plagued the end of BSG as it was acceptable in DS9.I wonder what this means for the sci-fi show that Steven S DeKnight was working on for Starz? I'd be surprised if they'd do two sci-fi shows at once - especially as this is untested territory for pay cable channels.Along with the AMC sci-fi show it looks like my wish for some HBO-style sci-fi is finally on the cards. It's hopefully just a matter of time before HBO announces their sci-fi show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Don't really know much about the novels but this sounds interesting based on the people involved. Hopefully Ira Behr is the one who reined in Moore's utterly nonsense mythology that plagued the end of BSG as it was acceptable in DS9.I wonder what this means for the sci-fi show that Steven S DeKnight was working on for Starz? I'd be surprised if they'd do two sci-fi shows at once - especially as this is untested territory for pay cable channels.Along with the AMC sci-fi show it looks like my wish for some HBO-style sci-fi is finally on the cards. It's hopefully just a matter of time before HBO announces their sci-fi show.As I understand it, the SF elements in Outlander are borderline nonexistent. The time travel thing is a MacGuffin to facilitate storylines mainly concerned with romance and adventure. It's SF-by-the-back-door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 As I understand it, the SF elements in Outlander are borderline nonexistent. The time travel thing is a MacGuffin to facilitate storylines mainly concerned with romance and adventure. It's SF-by-the-back-door.Yeah, Outlander is Historical Romance with a tiny dash of time-travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 As I understand it, the SF elements in Outlander are borderline nonexistent. The time travel thing is a MacGuffin to facilitate storylines mainly concerned with romance and adventure. It's SF-by-the-back-door.Cool so it means the Deknight thing is still hopefully a go. Reading up on what Outlander is about has significantly diminished by excitement for it, I think I must have been getting mixed with the sci-fi film or the sega game :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I can only think they're basically going to try and make for a GOT type show - lots of violence and dubious sex and awesome landscapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Except more sex and less violence.Or more violent sex I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Dunno, I recall Outlander being pretty violent, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Outlander gets a 16-episode series order from Starz. It will debut in Autumn 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anya, Vengeance Demon Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Are the Outlander books any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Are the Outlander books any good?No idea. The Lord John short story I read in Warriors was very good, and I know GRRM is a fan of Gabaldon's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Oh dear well this might be the worst idea for a new serise I have ever heard but it should prove popular with the 50 shades of Gray crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. E Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Still haven't forgiven him for what happened to BSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdirewolf Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I absolutely love these novels. I can't wait and I hope they do justice to them. For the record I hated 50 shades of gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Sam Heughan cast as Jamie Fraser.Tobias Menzies - Edmure Tully in Game of Thrones - cast as both Frank Randall and his ancestor 'Black' Jack Randall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Caitriona Balfe has been cast as Claire.My wife is a huge fan of the book series. I hope Moore does a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Significant amounts of information here. Good news is that they're keeping pretty faithful to the books. Claire is still from the 1940s rather than a contemporary setting, and the plot will be the same (Ron Moore's wife Terry - a mainstay of the old BSG podcasts - is a huge fan of the books and apparently wouldn't let him change anything). The only notable shift will be that some characters get more time on-screen than they did in the books, as they had to show their character and motivations in clearer ways. Black Jack, played by GoT's Tobias Menzies, apparently gets more to do than he did in the novel. The first season will be 16 episodes and only adapts the first novel, Outlander (aka Cross Stitch in the UK for some reason). Presumably future seasons will adapt future books, but they're not thinking about that too much at the moment. Apparently their effects focus on the series will be in contrasting locations in ruins in the 1940s with their pristine versions of 300 years earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Moore, wretched writer, lousy editor -- no sense of rhythm at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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