This just in

[annathepiper]

In "couldn't happen to a cooler set of novels" news, naominovik has just announced that Peter Jackson has optioned the Temeraire novels. WOW. I mean, WOW. I will look forward to seeing Laurence and Temeraire come to life with great, great anticipation. :D

Man, now I'm going to spend the rest of the day trying to figure out who they might get to play Laurence, or if they'd find some previously unknown but swoonable British actor. And who would be the voice of Temeraire?

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[annathepiper]

Ah right! I hadn't managed to memorize the name of the new Bond guy, though I expect we'll go see the movie when it comes out. :)

Didn't see any of the Owen flicks you mention, but okay!

Hrmm, if they made His Majesty's Dragon first I expect they'd have to get somebody to do "growing up Temeraire" at least for the first little bit of the film, or at least do some processing on whatever actor does his voice when he reaches adulthood. He is still a very young dragon, and needs to sound like it! But I think it'd be easier for a suitably talented voice actor to sound younger than it is for that actor to look younger. ;)

[kieri.livejournal.com]

James Purefoy is getting the most exposure as Marc Antony in HBO's Rome -- but he's really, really good. And jawdroppingly pretty.

In fact, he's so good that I sat through this really awful B fantasy movie called 'Dragon Sword' because he was the lead. And he made it entirely bearable.

He's worth an IMDB just to see if there's any of his stuff you may've seen already. :)

[annathepiper]

Oh, I IMDB'd him when one of my off-LJ beta readers suggested he'd make a great casting call for one of my side characters. ;) About the only thing I recognized in his filmography was A Knight's Tale, which I haven't actually seen. And I haven't been watching the Rome series, so no wonder that I've missed him!