ANNOUNCEMENT

Fortunato and Fearonsarms won't be with us anymore, and Despare & Leezuki are marked as "Absent" for the First Test for the Ogres.

We will have a team shuffle once the First Test is over, to even things up between both groups.

The First Test for the Goblins will be up within the next 24 hours.

Jeez! The judges are tough!! Not gonna lie - Glad I didn't have to go first. :o

Now you know what to expect. ;)

Thanks to the judges for their frank, thoughtful & fantastic examinations.

Agree with NE that I didn't point out much of necessary changes for a screen adaptation as I thought it'd better if it stick truthful to the original source as much as possible. Additionally I think this sort of children adventures (which they made rarely these days) always has an appeal to the audiences of all ages worldwide. Now why did I chose Frank Darabont for the writing & directing it? First of all, why not? Mr. Darabont is one of the finest directors in Hollywood today who is a master of portraying any good human tale of love, loss, betrayal & friendship with the required emotional appeal all over and also an expert to blend with it or handle the supernatural elements perfectly. After films like Shawshank, Green Mile, Majestic & Mist from him I think it'd be an interesting project for him to work with. As the heart of McCammon's Boy's Life got a somewhat similar kind of appeal of some Stephen King's as well as even Ray Bradbury's works. A children mystery-adventure set on 60's America will be an easy but intriguing challenge for him.

Our honored judge#3, Mr. President made a very good point that I like to agree also...yeah, a miniseries for the tv would be better as it got so much sub plots & events occurring one after another but the thing is personally I always like to prefer the big screen for this sort of stories & plus a Frank Darabont treatment will surely be awesome to see, IMO.

Thank you, judges. Hope to come up with a better performance next time.:)

I am here to address the Goblins. Each one of you will be given a task which you have to perform to the best of your ability, intellect and wit , based upon the knowledge you have of the genre.

For this first task, the common theme I have chosen is - FAVORITE WRITERS.

Here is your task, Ogres -

Out of the 10 listed famous writers, choose a writer and a short story written by him/her of your choice, and turn it into a movie adaptation, making necessary script/screenplay changes so that the movie appeals to wider audiences worldwide:-

M.R. James, Ramsey Campbell, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert E. Howard, Walter de la Mare, Sheridan Le Fanu, E. Nesbit, Henry James and Marjorie Bowen.

Goblins - The Return, Nightmare of Death, Ferretchucker, The Villain, Horrorzack and Chronogrl - get on it ASAP. Time to get creative and go to work.

Once you are finished, please PM your entry to me, or send it via email to [email protected]. Do NOT post your entry directly in this thread.

You all have 72 hours, starting from NOW! All the best!

Good luck, Goblins!

First day back at college tomorrow, so tonight is spent with hurried homework. Will get to work on this tomorrow.

!@#$!

I think I've mentioned before how pathetically poor my literary horror knowledge is. Methinks Chrono may be screwed in Challenge #1. :mad:

Scratch my initial comment - I wish I had the Ogres' challenge - At least I'd be able to pick from ALL horror... *sigh*

Regardless, I'll get it done - You'll be seeing SOMEthing from me by the end of the 72 hours. :D



NOTE TO SELF: If my calculations are correct, "72 Hours From Now" = 01:52 PM EST on Saturday.

I'm putting this down so that I don't forget. :P

Wow i've never read anything by any of them. This should be interesting....

Many of them have public domain short fiction that you can find online.