My latest essay is up at Storytellers Unplugged. This one’s about my recent trip to Hollywood for a preview of the Mutant Chronicles film, why I was asked out to fly out for it, and why I went.
Mutants Loose in Hollywood
I got back from Hollywood last night after one of the smoothest trips I’ve ever had. The good people at Paradox Entertainment (particularly Fred Malmberg and Jay Zetterberg) flew me out for a preview screening of the upcoming Mutant Chronicles movie and supplemented that with a couple of excellent nights out. As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m writing the novelization …
Doomzine in Inglese
Earlier this month, I mentioned that the Italian Mutant Chronicles fanzine Doomzine had interviewed me for issue #23. I had some requests for an English version of the interview, and Fabio Dall’Ara kindly provided me his original notes. I’ve finally had a chance to format them and present the results to you here.
Mutant Chronicles Novelization Details
According to Amazon.com, my novelization of the upcoming Mutant Chronicles film is now slated for release on August 26, 2008. It’s slated to weigh in at 320 pages and come to you courtesy of publisher Del Rey. I got the chance to meet my editor, Keith Clayton, again at Comic-Con, at the Del Rey booth. He told me I’d just …
Ciao, Doomzine
Fabio Dall’Ara writes to let me know that the interview he conducted with me a while back is now available in issue #23 of Doomzine, an Italian fanzine devoted to all things Mutant Chronicles. It also has a translation of the “Mutant Memories” essay I posted here a while back. Sadly, my command of the Italian language doesn’t extend very …
Cool Mutants
Ain’t It Cool News sent a correspondent to the set of the Mutant Chronicles movie last summer, and I just discovered the report. I got there by way of the revelation of the new teaser poster for the film. It’s evocative.
Ellroy’s Murder by the Book
Tonight on Court TV, Murder by the Book premieres. This new show covers the true crimes that inspired some of the greatest living writers of crime fiction to start telling tales. The first episode features James Ellroy talking about his mother’s death, which inspired him to write The Black Dahlia. Back when I was working on the original Mutant Chronicles …
The Mutant Chronicles Novelization
I just got a bit of PR from Paradox Entertainment on this, so I believe it’s official: MUTANT CHRONICLES NOVELIZATION BY RANDOM HOUSE Random House has signed on to publish a movie novelization of the upcoming Mutant Chronicles film slated to release in the spring of 2008. Matt Forbeck (Knights of the Silver Dragon series) will write the adaptation based …
Mutant Memories
Back in 2004, Thom Talamini of Excelsior Entertainment asked me to write a forward to an upcoming book in his company’s new (the third) edition of Warzone, the Mutant Chronicles miniatures battle game. I’d edited the first edition and had been in on the Mutant Chronicles since just after its first roleplaying game book was published, and he thought the …
Mutant Chronicles Questions and Answers
Robert Farmer wrote to ask: I’m a longtime fan of yours, in fact dating back to your work on Mutant Chronicles when I was just getting into the hobby. I was wondering what your thoughts were on the upcoming movie and the new RPG being developed by Center of Gravity. Ah, thanks for the name. I’d been told the RPG …