The illustrated novel written by Rasmus Berggreen and Michael Vogt, "Fall of Gods," is getting the big screen treatment. The film is set to be directed by The Maze Runner's Wes Ball, and it's just been announced who is going to pen the screenplay. It's a guy with a very varied and very extensive resumé.
Stuart Beattie is the man tapped to write the Fall Of Gods film, and a look at his oeuvre turns up very interesting and extremely varying results.
For starters, the Tracking-Board report that reveals his hiring refers to him as the writer of I, Frankenstein. That movie was a bomb and a mess, so it'd be easy to write Beattie off. But then you dig a little deeper and you see that Beattie also wrote the extremely tense and gripping Michael Mann film Collateral, had a hand in writing the movie that launched the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise,...
Stuart Beattie is the man tapped to write the Fall Of Gods film, and a look at his oeuvre turns up very interesting and extremely varying results.
For starters, the Tracking-Board report that reveals his hiring refers to him as the writer of I, Frankenstein. That movie was a bomb and a mess, so it'd be easy to write Beattie off. But then you dig a little deeper and you see that Beattie also wrote the extremely tense and gripping Michael Mann film Collateral, had a hand in writing the movie that launched the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise,...
- 8/12/2016
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Kickstarter
34 year-old director Wes Ball sort of came from nowhere with last year’s The Maze Runner, but delivered a solid film and more importantly $340 million at the worldwide box-office. Fox quickly tapped him to direct the sequel, The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, and now, with that in the can, they’ve roped the young film-maker in for a third gig. This time he’ll be stepping away from Ya fiction and into the realm of Norse mythology for Fall of Gods.
Fall of Gods is based on an illustrated book by Michael Vogt, which came into being through Kickstarter. Vogt pitched the story with accompanying concept art, and it’s this that caught Fox’s eye and drove them to secure the rights. Vogt describes the book as follows:
“Fall of Gods is an illustrated book inspired by Norse mythology, following Vali, a warrior haunted by his past,...
34 year-old director Wes Ball sort of came from nowhere with last year’s The Maze Runner, but delivered a solid film and more importantly $340 million at the worldwide box-office. Fox quickly tapped him to direct the sequel, The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, and now, with that in the can, they’ve roped the young film-maker in for a third gig. This time he’ll be stepping away from Ya fiction and into the realm of Norse mythology for Fall of Gods.
Fall of Gods is based on an illustrated book by Michael Vogt, which came into being through Kickstarter. Vogt pitched the story with accompanying concept art, and it’s this that caught Fox’s eye and drove them to secure the rights. Vogt describes the book as follows:
“Fall of Gods is an illustrated book inspired by Norse mythology, following Vali, a warrior haunted by his past,...
- 8/26/2015
- by Daniel Kelly
- Obsessed with Film
An illustrated book which started life on Kickstarter has been picked up by Fox.
Fall of Gods - a story of Norse mythology - will be directed by The Maze Runner's Wes Ball, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The story is set in a realm with two races, humans and the jotnar, and centres on a warrior named Vali who found peace in the arms of a woman.
The Kickstarter page states: "For years he has lived far from society, tending to his farm and trying to forget the battles he fought… and the crimes he committed.
"But one day his love disappears, and he must set out to find her. He will once again have to face the creatures of Jotunheim and the powerful Aesir.
"Suddenly, the man he thought he had buried deep down inside has risen to the surface once more... and he comes seeking vengeance.
Fall of Gods - a story of Norse mythology - will be directed by The Maze Runner's Wes Ball, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The story is set in a realm with two races, humans and the jotnar, and centres on a warrior named Vali who found peace in the arms of a woman.
The Kickstarter page states: "For years he has lived far from society, tending to his farm and trying to forget the battles he fought… and the crimes he committed.
"But one day his love disappears, and he must set out to find her. He will once again have to face the creatures of Jotunheim and the powerful Aesir.
"Suddenly, the man he thought he had buried deep down inside has risen to the surface once more... and he comes seeking vengeance.
- 8/26/2015
- Digital Spy
20th Century Fox is set to team "The Maze Runner" film series director Wes Ball with its newest acquisition - an adaptation of the crowdfunded illustrated fantasy book "Fall of Gods" crafted by Denmark-based Mood Studios.
Mood's concept designer Rasmus Berggreen and "Hitman" video game series scribe Michael Vogt teamed for the project which explores Norse mythology and retains a more Scandinavian feel to it than something like the "Thor" films.
Set in a realm populated by both humans and the Jotnar, the story follows a warrior named Vali who found peace in the arms of a woman. When she disappears, he must the creatures of Jotunheim and the powerful Aesir as he finds the man he thought he had buried deep down inside him is returning.
Ball, Steve Tzirlin, Joe Hartwick Jr. and Brooklyn Weaver are producing.
Source: Heat Vision...
Mood's concept designer Rasmus Berggreen and "Hitman" video game series scribe Michael Vogt teamed for the project which explores Norse mythology and retains a more Scandinavian feel to it than something like the "Thor" films.
Set in a realm populated by both humans and the Jotnar, the story follows a warrior named Vali who found peace in the arms of a woman. When she disappears, he must the creatures of Jotunheim and the powerful Aesir as he finds the man he thought he had buried deep down inside him is returning.
Ball, Steve Tzirlin, Joe Hartwick Jr. and Brooklyn Weaver are producing.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 8/25/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Twentieth Century Fox is teaming up with Wes Ball, the director of its Ya franchise The Maze Runner, for an epic Norse fantasy. The studio has picked up the rights to Fall of Gods, a crowd-funded illustrated novel from Denmark-based Mood Studios. Steve Tzirlin, best known for his work on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, is producing as are Joe Hartwick Jr. and Ball. Brooklyn Weaver is also producing. Mood’s concept designer Rasmus Berggreen ran point on the book project and teamed up with Michael Vogt, the lead writer of the Hitman video game with the intent to
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- 8/25/2015
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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