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Krista ’s comments from the Vampire Academy Devotee group.

Hehe u all may throw stones at me but I'm team dimitri:)
I like Adrian just not with rose!

your welcome:)

Thought Id share this

Hello OVAM fans! First I just wanted to thank everyone for your total commitment and enthusiasm for this project, and your unrelenting support, ideas, opinions and comments. Producer Don Murphy and myself have spend countless hours in preparation, meetings, negotiations and planing to bring this project to you, and get the movie made that we all want to see!



Our enthusiasm and faith in this project is stronger today than ever before. Our commitment to get this done is paramount, and we are dedicated to see this through to completion. Thank you for all your support and help.



Now, here' what I know regarding those selected questions below.


Mike Preger

Producer



1. Are you planning on making each book a separate film or are you thinking about combining any of them?



Yes, to all of the above. Ideally each book could stand on it's own. But since the first film installment in a series is so critical to the success and continuation of that series, we feel the first book (VA) may possibly require some combination with book two (FB) to really establish and grab the film audience.



2. Many authors have recently been involved/on-set during production as a consultant. Have you considered having Richelle Mead involved in the film?



As busy as our favorite author is, I would love to have Richelle's involvement and thoughts on everything. But at the end of the day, a filmmaker (Director) will be brought in. Creatively the "production set" is his/her domain, so we will just have to wait and see.



3. We know you can’t name studios, but can you tell us the biggest issues you have faced with the studios that have passed on the project? Also, have you walked away from any studios and why?



The biggest issues are the obvious ones. Market saturation, too derivative, basically everything we anticipated from the beginning. But then I've been pitching projects to Hollywood for 20 years, that's always the excuse until you find the right studio, the right time and the right deal. While I would not say that we have walked away completely from any deal, we have held off, for the meantime, on 3 different proposals. The reasons varied, from budget, to timing, to levels of commitment -- but despite only a handful of rejections so far, we have found a lot of interest as well. We have new meetings pending in the next few weeks in Hollywood, so anything can happen moving forward.



4. What will happen if you cannot find a studio?



This leads to a number of other opportunities. An Independent deal to produce the movie before a sale is always possible. Among the proposals talked about above, one such opportunity was among them already. Beyond that there remains possibilities for exploring a "made for cable" film series, or network mini-series, or even a television series like True Blood or Vampire Diaries.



5. As a fan of the series, what are YOU most excited to see come to life from the books?





What has fascinated me from the beginning has been the Rose character. I like her toughness, her passion, her tenacity, and her flaws. I like the many sides of her personality, that are revealed through her various relationships with others. She is not just another "Cardboard Cut-out" character like so many other female lead characters. While people tend to superficially characterize this series as "another Vampire story" I've never really seen it that way. There is a lot of "humanity" in this story. Issues we can all relate to. Yes, it has Vampires, along with a mythical setting against a Vampire inhabited world -- but it's not really about Vampires, it's about people, emotions, challenges, life and death decisions,

passion and jealousy, and facing your fears.



6. In addition, what do you think will be the most difficult aspect/scene of the book to replicate in real life?



Nothing is too difficult to recreate if the budget and schedule are realistic and in place. This speaks to the "deal", which is what we are wrestling with now at this stage. From the battle in the caves of Montana (where we know what "what" happens), to the Russian countryside and villages, each chapter in this series brings it's own unique and challenging screen moments. It will ultimately be the collaboration of a screenwriter and the filmmaker, what elements of the story can, and will, be envisioned on the screen.



7. As you know, the majority of VA takes place at night. Do you think this is going to present a problem?



With today's technology, the concerns of old, shooting night, or day for night, no longer presents the challenges or cost it once did. Again, so much relies on the vision of the filmmaker, But I don't consider this a significant issue with respect to production.



8. Have you started looking for any screenwriters?



We have discussed screenwriters, and have had some great discussions with screenwriters as well. Again, so much relies on what deal we can achieve, what venue we are creating for, and what scale of production a studio intends to commit to, before we can finalize any relationship in this area.



9. Are you interested in making Bloodlines into a movie as well?



As a sequel to Vampire Academy, we have reserved first/last negotiations to the Bloodline series. Once Vampire Academy is set up, we will continue working with Richelle to figure all that out. But yes, we are excitedly awaiting the debut of Bloodlines in August.



10. Although VA is a “Young Adult Book,” it does have a lot of violence and sex. What rating do you think the film will have?



Once the venue has been established, i.e. Motion Picture, Cable, TV, a target audience will be decided by a Studio or Network and the material will be adapted to that market. We have now a broad appeal, predominantly female 13-35 already established from the book. We hope to broaden that appeal to include a strong male appeal as well, so we will want as much of an "edge" to the material as the intended market will support. Violence and Sex can be handled a lot of different ways cinematically, so I'm not too concerned at this point. Again, in the hands of the right filmmaker, it can all work in a number of ways creatively.



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mhmm havent read that!

Riley Jenson was my first ADULT series

lol

yea it was my fave when I was only reading YA but since ive started with the ADULT books its been pushed down the list but I still love it!

well of course lol!!
I loved this series!

yes it was

this book was intense!!