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"Stephen Williams" <steve1.williams@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Grey wrote:
>
> > I regard this with more than a little suspicion and I find it a bit
unlikely
> > Spielberg and Cameron would be interested in any Myst movie. What would
it
> > be about - follow some guy around and watch him pull levers, solve
puzzles
> > whilst the narrative of the game comes from books, messages and the
like...?
>
> I agree that the big name producers aren't likely to bite (unless, by
> chance, they're also Myst fans?) As for the plot, well, barring them
> coming up with a completely original story, they could always make
> movies out of the novels.
I dare say that with some good scriptwriters, it may be possible to work out
a good script/plot suitable for film. That said, there is an virtual
certainty Myst the Movie would be a thousand miles away from Myst the game,
given the track record of game-to-film transitions.
Graham