Joe Abercrombie fans: Best Served Cold Movie

[Mr Janny]

Not sure how I missed this, but it sounds like they're making Best Served Cold into a movie.

Interesting, that of all of his books, that's the one they picked, but I guess I can understand it. It's a good standalone story that can let people dip their toe into the Circle of the World. Great characters: Monza, Shivers, Morveer, Friendly, etc. If they cast it right, Cosca alone would be worth the price of a ticket. Hopefully it leads to all of his works coming to the big screen.

I'd love to see someone make "The Heroes" into a movie, and shoot it like Saving Private Ryan in a medieval setting.

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[cycloneG]

Seeing the Bloody-Nine come to life at some point would be epic!

 

[simply1]

Seeing the Bloody-Nine come to life at some point would be epic!

How do you cast that character??

I kind of gave up on this movie after Joe’s blog posts about not holding your breath. Hopefully progress has been made.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Who's Joe Abercrombie?

 

[BryceC]

I've never gotten into the standalone books.

I've read the First Law trilogy two times, and I never reread anything.

 

[simply1]

Who's Joe Abercrombie?

You don’t have to reply when it’s clearly in the title who the thread is for you know?

Joe Abercrombie fans​

 

[Mr Janny]

I've never gotten into the standalone books.

I've read the First Law trilogy two times, and I never reread anything.

I wasn't sure about the stand-alones either. I tried to read Best Served Cold the first time, I gave up nearly immediately. Glad I went back, though. Seeing some of the side characters from the the first law get rounded out is pretty awesome. Bremer Dan Gorst, for example, is fascinating, and you get almost none of that in the first three books.

 

[Mr Janny]

How do you cast that character??

I kind of gave up on this movie after Joe’s blog posts about not holding your breath. Hopefully progress has been made.

Rory McCann seems to be a popular choice among fans. I tend to agree. He could pull off the weary reluctance of Logen as well as the brutal madness of the Bloody Nine. He fits the bill physically, too.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

You don’t have to reply when it’s clearly in the title who the thread is for you know?

I have no idea who that is.

 

[simply1]

Rory McCann seems to be a popular choice among fans. I tend to agree. He could pull off the weary reluctance of Logen as well as the brutal madness of the Bloody Nine. He fits the bill physically, too.

Yeah he’d be a good fit if I can keep The Hound out of my mind. Too bad Josh Brolin isn’t bigger.

Karl Urban is another interesting name.

 

[simply1]

I have no idea who that is.

So don’t post. It’s obviously not for you.

 

[Mr Janny]

Who's Joe Abercrombie?

He's an author who has written some really entertaining stuff. I fully believe that his world could be every bit as popular as the Game of Thrones franchise. Very, very good at creating deep and interesting characters. No good guys. No bad guys. Everyone exists in shades of grey. Never met a happy ending that he couldn't set on fire and reduce to ashes.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

So don’t post. It’s obviously not for you.

So instead of saying a writer or a character in a book or a whatever you go through two messages to give me **** for being interested? I bet you're fun at parties.

 

[ClonerJams]

I have no idea who that is.

I think he had a popular clothing line in the 90s but has had some bad press recently.

 

[Mr Janny]

Yeah he’d be a good fit if I can keep The Hound out of my mind. Too bad Josh Brolin isn’t bigger.

That's the one downside of Mccann. It would be a little close to the role that made him famous

 

[simply1]

That's the one downside of Mccann. It would be a little close to the role that made him famous

After Penguin, I’m wondering if there’s anything Colin Ferrell can’t do

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

He's an author who has written some really entertaining stuff. I fully believe that his world could be every bit as popular as the Game of Thrones franchise. Very, very good at creating deep and interesting characters. No good guys. No bad guys. Everyone exists in shades of grey. Never met a happy ending that he couldn't set on fire and reduce to ashes.

Would you compare him to Sanderson? Or is he quite different?

 

[demoncore1031]

Who's Joe Abercrombie?

He's a short little dude that I worked with at a pizza place over 20 years ago. Pretty sure this thread is about a different Joe Abercrombie though.

 

[Mr Janny]

Would you compare him to Sanderson? Or is he quite different?

My exposure to Sanderson begins and ends with his work with the Wheel of Time, and that wasn't really his world, so I don't think it's fair to use it as a comparison.

Abercrombie is pretty dark fantasy. Magic exists in the world, but you don't see it very often, and when you do, it's not Harry Potter style "the dishes wash themselves!" type spells. It's usually horrific and devastating.

His books set in the Circle of the World are all defined by their brutality, greed, exploitation, manipulation, and ambiguous morality. Characters nearly always have ulterior motives for their actions.

None of the settings in his stories seem like places you'd want to live.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Would you compare him to Sanderson? Or is he quite different?

He is different both good but in different ways