Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:52:29 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re:  Steve Stiles & The Movies
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> swstiles at comcast.net 10/31/2005 7:34:58 PM >>>
>Cathy Green wrote (about the PITCH BLACK sequel):
>
>>
>> No.  You do not want to see the sequel.  The sequel
>> makes no sense.  The plot is incoherent.  Yes, it's
>> true that a movie starring Vin Deisel and Dame Judy
>> Dench doesn't come along every day, but it's still not
>> worth it.
>>
>Well, Elaine and I will have to be content with WALLACE &
>GROMIT next weekend.
>
>However, I am excited to hear (via http://www.trufen.net/ )
>that The Prestige, a fine novel by Christopher Priest, is
>being made into a movie written and directed by Christopher
>Nolan, who did the same for Memento and also directed
>Insomnia.  I really liked the Priest novel, as well as
>MEMENTO. Hoo hah!

Nolan also did Batman Begins.

And currently slated to be in The Prestige: Hugh Jackman, Christian
Bale, and Michael Caine. (Go to news.google.com and google this:
"christopher priest"  prestige )

Hoo hah oh my yes.

Oh... and I have in my possesion the Old Earth Books edition of
Priest's The Separation.  Why looky here:
http://oldearthbooks.com/c_priest.htm

mjw
Who is busily back at the JHUP office getting some stuff done for WFC.