A while back Genrefinity.net was honored to have F. Paul Wilson as one of our guests on our podcast.
One of the segments we had on that episode was called "Remaking The Novel" where I pitched three remakes of Paul's work. The Keep, The Tomb, and The Touch.
He gave The Keep the thumbs up, did not like the remake of The Tomb, and liked certain aspects of The Touch.
While cleaning out my computer of old files I found the descriptions of the remakes I used in the podcast.
I thought I would share them.
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REMAKING THE NOVEL
In this day and age of silver screen remakes and reboots nothing is safe or scared. From Psycho, to Friday the 13th to the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street even to family fare like Race to Witch Mountain.
It is in this spirit that I, Tony Harrington, present my ideas for the remake/reboot of some of New York Times Bestselling Author F. Paul Wilson’s works.
THE KEEP
Original Concept: German soldiers occupying a castle in the Romanian Alps during World War II unleash a dark force from its tomb and soon the vampiric force is murdering the soldiers while concocting a devious plan to take over the earth. A lone warrior familiar with the entity makes a dangerous voyage to The Keep to destroy the monster before it can escape and possibly end the world as we know it.
Remake Concept: Interplanetary Miners stripping planet Rothgar for Lithalorium, a precious fuel source unearth the tomb of Roderick Molasar, a superbeing the history books made legend. Roderick Molasar awakens from his centuries old slumber to a planet stripped of its lifesource and must feed on the miners brains to absorb their knowledge of the mining company and the plans for the planet. Meanwhile, on a remote planet, Isolandris, a prisoner in a maximum security space prison awakens from a centuries old coma and must fight his way through battle droids, mutant guards and robots that shoot laser beams from their eyes. He then must highjack a spaceship full of beautiful women on a peacekeeping mission through the Morodor Galaxy to make it to Rothgar. If he can survive the wanton sexual desires of the women he just might live to battle his old nemesis Roderick once again. In 3D.
THE TOMB
Original Concept:
A mysterious man known as Repairman Jack, a man who fixes problems for people who can’t go to the police, is hired to retrieve a stolen necklace by an old woman. A job that sets off a terrifying chain of events that involves eastern Indian Mysticsym, rogue Bengali demons carrying out a curse on an innocent family and soon everything Jack holds dear will be put in harm’s way. When all else fails, when nothing else works…Repairman Jack
Remake Concept:
Jack Macgillicuddy is a low life tenement slumlord running a shanty in New York’s Lower East Side. His luck changes when he finds a secret amulet in the s-bend of one of his tenants toilets. An ancient necklace of Indian design that when worn grants the wearer super human abilities of flight, super hearing and x-ray vision. Jack uses his powers for his personal gain until he accidentally unleashes a giant city-destroying robot called the Kroton Uber Species Ultra Mamoth 2000…or K.U.S.U.M 2000 for short. Now, with his new super powers Jack must stop Kusum and the fire breathing dragons called Rako that Kusum unleashed on an unsuspecting city before they can destroy the city and possibly the earth. In 3D.
THE TOUCH
Original Concept:
Doctor Alan Bulmer is given the power to heal with a simple touch of his hand. But it comes at a cost: For everyone he heals he slowly loses his memory and he begins to physically deteriorate. The God-like power comes with a curse and soon the doctor descends into madness as mobs surround him begging to be helped and the insurance companies and medical professionals wage war on the man cursed to be the savior of the nation and perhaps the world.
Remake Concept:
Alaina Bulmer is a housewife, a mother of three and a card carrying member of the PTA. Her existence is shattered when a freak chemical accident (mixing bleach and ammonia) gives her the power to read the minds of those she comes into contact with. With her new found power, she and her black lesbian lover, Datay Vao, open a detective agency in their spare time. They take on the case of a young Vietnamese gardener named Ba who is accused of murder and as they delve into the case they stumble upon a dark government conspiracy that soon has the two lesbians and the one man who can come between on the run for their lives. In 3D!
One of the segments we had on that episode was called "Remaking The Novel" where I pitched three remakes of Paul's work. The Keep, The Tomb, and The Touch.
He gave The Keep the thumbs up, did not like the remake of The Tomb, and liked certain aspects of The Touch.
While cleaning out my computer of old files I found the descriptions of the remakes I used in the podcast.
I thought I would share them.
____________________________________________________________
REMAKING THE NOVEL
In this day and age of silver screen remakes and reboots nothing is safe or scared. From Psycho, to Friday the 13th to the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street even to family fare like Race to Witch Mountain.
It is in this spirit that I, Tony Harrington, present my ideas for the remake/reboot of some of New York Times Bestselling Author F. Paul Wilson’s works.
THE KEEP
Original Concept: German soldiers occupying a castle in the Romanian Alps during World War II unleash a dark force from its tomb and soon the vampiric force is murdering the soldiers while concocting a devious plan to take over the earth. A lone warrior familiar with the entity makes a dangerous voyage to The Keep to destroy the monster before it can escape and possibly end the world as we know it.
Remake Concept: Interplanetary Miners stripping planet Rothgar for Lithalorium, a precious fuel source unearth the tomb of Roderick Molasar, a superbeing the history books made legend. Roderick Molasar awakens from his centuries old slumber to a planet stripped of its lifesource and must feed on the miners brains to absorb their knowledge of the mining company and the plans for the planet. Meanwhile, on a remote planet, Isolandris, a prisoner in a maximum security space prison awakens from a centuries old coma and must fight his way through battle droids, mutant guards and robots that shoot laser beams from their eyes. He then must highjack a spaceship full of beautiful women on a peacekeeping mission through the Morodor Galaxy to make it to Rothgar. If he can survive the wanton sexual desires of the women he just might live to battle his old nemesis Roderick once again. In 3D.
THE TOMB
Original Concept:
A mysterious man known as Repairman Jack, a man who fixes problems for people who can’t go to the police, is hired to retrieve a stolen necklace by an old woman. A job that sets off a terrifying chain of events that involves eastern Indian Mysticsym, rogue Bengali demons carrying out a curse on an innocent family and soon everything Jack holds dear will be put in harm’s way. When all else fails, when nothing else works…Repairman Jack
Remake Concept:
Jack Macgillicuddy is a low life tenement slumlord running a shanty in New York’s Lower East Side. His luck changes when he finds a secret amulet in the s-bend of one of his tenants toilets. An ancient necklace of Indian design that when worn grants the wearer super human abilities of flight, super hearing and x-ray vision. Jack uses his powers for his personal gain until he accidentally unleashes a giant city-destroying robot called the Kroton Uber Species Ultra Mamoth 2000…or K.U.S.U.M 2000 for short. Now, with his new super powers Jack must stop Kusum and the fire breathing dragons called Rako that Kusum unleashed on an unsuspecting city before they can destroy the city and possibly the earth. In 3D.
THE TOUCH
Original Concept:
Doctor Alan Bulmer is given the power to heal with a simple touch of his hand. But it comes at a cost: For everyone he heals he slowly loses his memory and he begins to physically deteriorate. The God-like power comes with a curse and soon the doctor descends into madness as mobs surround him begging to be helped and the insurance companies and medical professionals wage war on the man cursed to be the savior of the nation and perhaps the world.
Remake Concept:
Alaina Bulmer is a housewife, a mother of three and a card carrying member of the PTA. Her existence is shattered when a freak chemical accident (mixing bleach and ammonia) gives her the power to read the minds of those she comes into contact with. With her new found power, she and her black lesbian lover, Datay Vao, open a detective agency in their spare time. They take on the case of a young Vietnamese gardener named Ba who is accused of murder and as they delve into the case they stumble upon a dark government conspiracy that soon has the two lesbians and the one man who can come between on the run for their lives. In 3D!
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.”
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AsMoral Wrote:A while back Genrefinity.net was honored to have F. Paul Wilson as one of our guests on our podcast.
One of the segments we had on that episode was called "Remaking The Novel" where I pitched three remakes of Paul's work. The Keep, The Tomb, and The Touch.
He gave The Keep the thumbs up, did not like the remake of The Tomb, and liked certain aspects of The Touch.
While cleaning out my computer of old files I found the descriptions of the remakes I used in the podcast.
I thought I would share them.
____________________________________________________________
REMAKING THE NOVEL
In this day and age of silver screen remakes and reboots nothing is safe or scared. From Psycho, to Friday the 13th to the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street even to family fare like Race to Witch Mountain.
It is in this spirit that I, Tony Harrington, present my ideas for the remake/reboot of some of New York Times Bestselling Author F. Paul Wilson’s works.
THE KEEP
Original Concept: German soldiers occupying a castle in the Romanian Alps during World War II unleash a dark force from its tomb and soon the vampiric force is murdering the soldiers while concocting a devious plan to take over the earth. A lone warrior familiar with the entity makes a dangerous voyage to The Keep to destroy the monster before it can escape and possibly end the world as we know it.
Remake Concept: Interplanetary Miners stripping planet Rothgar for Lithalorium, a precious fuel source unearth the tomb of Roderick Molasar, a superbeing the history books made legend. Roderick Molasar awakens from his centuries old slumber to a planet stripped of its lifesource and must feed on the miners brains to absorb their knowledge of the mining company and the plans for the planet. Meanwhile, on a remote planet, Isolandris, a prisoner in a maximum security space prison awakens from a centuries old coma and must fight his way through battle droids, mutant guards and robots that shoot laser beams from their eyes. He then must highjack a spaceship full of beautiful women on a peacekeeping mission through the Morodor Galaxy to make it to Rothgar. If he can survive the wanton sexual desires of the women he just might live to battle his old nemesis Roderick once again. In 3D.
THE TOMB
Original Concept:
A mysterious man known as Repairman Jack, a man who fixes problems for people who can’t go to the police, is hired to retrieve a stolen necklace by an old woman. A job that sets off a terrifying chain of events that involves eastern Indian Mysticsym, rogue Bengali demons carrying out a curse on an innocent family and soon everything Jack holds dear will be put in harm’s way. When all else fails, when nothing else works…Repairman Jack
Remake Concept:
Jack Macgillicuddy is a low life tenement slumlord running a shanty in New York’s Lower East Side. His luck changes when he finds a secret amulet in the s-bend of one of his tenants toilets. An ancient necklace of Indian design that when worn grants the wearer super human abilities of flight, super hearing and x-ray vision. Jack uses his powers for his personal gain until he accidentally unleashes a giant city-destroying robot called the Kroton Uber Species Ultra Mamoth 2000…or K.U.S.U.M 2000 for short. Now, with his new super powers Jack must stop Kusum and the fire breathing dragons called Rako that Kusum unleashed on an unsuspecting city before they can destroy the city and possibly the earth. In 3D.
THE TOUCH
Original Concept:
Doctor Alan Bulmer is given the power to heal with a simple touch of his hand. But it comes at a cost: For everyone he heals he slowly loses his memory and he begins to physically deteriorate. The God-like power comes with a curse and soon the doctor descends into madness as mobs surround him begging to be helped and the insurance companies and medical professionals wage war on the man cursed to be the savior of the nation and perhaps the world.
Remake Concept:
Alaina Bulmer is a housewife, a mother of three and a card carrying member of the PTA. Her existence is shattered when a freak chemical accident (mixing bleach and ammonia) gives her the power to read the minds of those she comes into contact with. With her new found power, she and her black lesbian lover, Datay Vao, open a detective agency in their spare time. They take on the case of a young Vietnamese gardener named Ba who is accused of murder and as they delve into the case they stumble upon a dark government conspiracy that soon has the two lesbians and the one man who can come between on the run for their lives. In 3D!
I liked 'em all. But the days when you'd find a slumlord running a shanty on the Lower East Side are long gone. These days you need bucks, and plenty of them, to live in what used to be a grim speed-and-junkified hellhole.
AsMoral Wrote:THE TOUCH
Original Concept:
Doctor Alan Bulmer is given the power to heal with a simple touch of his hand. But it comes at a cost: For everyone he heals he slowly loses his memory and he begins to physically deteriorate. The God-like power comes with a curse and soon the doctor descends into madness as mobs surround him begging to be helped and the insurance companies and medical professionals wage war on the man cursed to be the savior of the nation and perhaps the world.
Remake Concept:
Alaina Bulmer is a housewife, a mother of three and a card carrying member of the PTA. Her existence is shattered when a freak chemical accident (mixing bleach and ammonia) gives her the power to read the minds of those she comes into contact with. With her new found power, she and her black lesbian lover, Datay Vao, open a detective agency in their spare time. They take on the case of a young Vietnamese gardener named Ba who is accused of murder and as they delve into the case they stumble upon a dark government conspiracy that soon has the two lesbians and the one man who can come between on the run for their lives. In 3D!
If you drop the idea of it being a remake (which it clearly is not), I think you have a really interesting story here. Lots of potential. If the above were a jacket blurb, I'd most likey buy the book.
What are you waiting for? Get busy writing! I want to read this now, dammit!
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Is there nudity? In 3D?
Major K
"He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a Prince." George Graham Vest
"We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us." - Maurice Maeterlinck
sigokat Wrote:Is there nudity? In 3D?
For the true gumbo, we gotta wait for 4D.
AsMoral Wrote:3D makes everything better!
And, here I thought everything was better with bacon.
Scott Hajek
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