Fw: Dinotopia to be Miniseries

["William C. Wells" <wcwells@IX.NETCOM.COM>]

Forwarded from children's book newsgroup


> Dinotopia to be Six-Hour Television Miniseries
>
> Hallmark Entertainment has acquired the rights to produce a six-hour
> miniseries for ABC slated for the 2001 television season and worldwide
> in 2001. The miniseries will be based on the first two Dinotopia books
> created by James Gurney which have been sold in 30 countries and
> translated into 18 languages. Based on a lost continent where dinosaurs
> and humans coexist, Dinotopia was described by Entertainment Weekly as
> "a fabulous fantasy à la Robert Louis Stevenson."
>
> Robert Halmi, Sr., Chairman of Hallmark Entertainment, and Robert Halmi,
> Jr., will executive produce the miniseries. Simon Moore, writer of the
> Emmy award-winning Gulliver's Travels and the upcoming The Tenth Kingdom
> (now being filmed in Europe), will script the miniseries, which will
> combine live-action, computer-generated imagery (CGI), and animatronics
> to bring Dinotopia to life. The miniseries will be filmed in such exotic
> locations as the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.
> Hallmark Entertainment has also adapted and produced for television the
> family-oriented classics Alice in Wonderland, The Odyssey and Merlin.
>
> Halmi stated, "We're excited about bringing Jim Gurney's unique,
> fantastical world of Dinotopia to the television screen. Jim's
> sensibilities are a perfect fit with our objectives of producing
> high-quality, big-event miniseries that the whole family can enjoy."
>
> Gurney adds, "Hallmark Entertainment brings the best talent in creature
> and scenic effects. More importantly they have the right instincts when
> it comes to adapting Dinotopia's story and characters to the television
> screen. It's an honor to have Dinotopia join the list of classic stories
> that Hallmark has faithfully produced."
>
> For more information and regular updates about the Dinotopia miniseries
> and the next Dinotopia book, First Flight, scheduled for fall 1999
> release from HarperCollins, visit The Official Dinotopia Website -
> http://www.dinotopia.com
>
>
>
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