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Post by judypatooty on Jan 26, 2011 0:11:26 GMT
Keeping my fingers crossed, too, Glo!  |
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Post by vmaciv on Jan 26, 2011 5:13:55 GMT
That is the best news I have heard. I am reasonably sure that the paper would not print it if there was no basis for it. I am really hoping it is true.
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Post by nell on Jan 26, 2011 7:47:05 GMT
Ok I'm calm now ! I take in development to mean at the writing stage. Come on write faster man ! ;D
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Post by kissmekate on Jan 26, 2011 8:04:04 GMT
Doesn't it seem like Rufus has maybe been keeping his schedule open so that if/when Zen II gets the green light he has no conflicts? That would be smart since he so enjoys playing Zen. Could well be! Perhaps he's already in contact with the scriptwriter to develop Zen's newest jokes  |
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Post by VictoryGirl on Jan 26, 2011 9:21:16 GMT
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Post by walt on Jan 26, 2011 9:48:03 GMT
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Post by anniem on Jan 26, 2011 17:33:34 GMT
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Post by dippyponge on Jan 27, 2011 11:48:53 GMT
I have just found this comment from Andy Harries on a BBC blog and he says something similiar.
100. At 22:36pm on 25th Jan 2011, andy harries wrote:
Reading all the comments so far has given me ( mostly) a real glow of pride and satisfaction that so many of you have enjoyed the shows. Its always tricky trying to get all the elements right in the first series and its great to get such a strong and positive reaction. Thank you for all your kind comments. They are much appreciated.
But - as the executive producer of the show - let me try and anwser some of the questions that have arisen.
Why for example did we start with Vendetta and end the trilogy with Ratking when Ratking was the first book in the Michael Dibdin series to be published.
The anwser is this. The books are actually set in many different parts of italy but its impossible to film a TV series like this ( way too expensive and unmanageable) so you have to have find a base where the majority of filming can take place. Rome made sense and the adapter Simon Burke - who lives in Italy by the way - and myself felt that Vendetta was a stronger story than Ratking and better suited to establishing not just the key locations in Rome ( such as the police HQ ,Zen's apartment etc ) but also better suited to introduce all the regular characters that we had agreed on.
The accents is obviously a bit of talking point and deserves some explanation. Wallander of course was a simple premise - when we embarked on this as a series we set out to make a TV version of a translated novel. We decided that in this "world " - everyone speaks english and they do so - as much as possible - without strong accents. But all local signage,TV/radio reporting, newspapers etc would be in Swedish. But Zen was a more complex premise to work through. The books were written in english - they were not translated. Michael Dibdin loved italy - lived mostly in italy - truely understood the place and wrote with deep passion and understanding about its people and culture BUT he is English! So the dialogue for Zen was always going to be english and we did not want our actors to do "faux ' italian accents . Frankly I think this is silly and patronising and is a throwback to movies and TV from a bygone era - mostly bad second world war movies !
However we did need to find some roles for some major Italian actors as part of the funding of the show and I was very keen to use Italian actors in the lead female roles. It seemed an interesting and exciting proposition to cast the leading ladies from Italy. I am sure many of you would agree that Caterina is not just a great actress but also that she is distinctly mediterranean I genuinely felt it would add to the show - add to its authenticity - add to its flavour and add to its contemporary european flavour. The BBC were very supportive in this even though the logic is unusual. Why do british actors play italians and speak in perfect rp english yet the leading female roles are spoken by italian actors speaking english with strong accents. There is no real anwser to this - it is as it is. Its an odd world its true BUT i think it works - and most of you agree that after a few minutes of watching the programme you accept this world and you enjoy it accordingly. It is bold and it does break new ground having a prime time BBC 1 show with european actors in lead positions. Trust me no one wants to make a euro pudding - but we do need to embrace other european countries television ambitions and their stars if we want to push the production values and create english speaking international TV with large budgets .Its part of the modern world.
There have been some comments about the sound of the show. i am really disappointed if you felt the music mix was too high and the voices mixed too low.I am very conscious of this and i do prefer less music and more clear sound . i am sorry if you felt this to be the case in one or two of the films - i think it did vary a little bit.
The future ? Well your support is great and the reviews have been [glow=red,2,300]equally good and we are all very keen to shoot a new series. We are already developing the scripts and planning to make it in the sumer[/glow]. Thanks very much for your interest and all your comments.
If theres more I will return and do my best to respond to them.
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Post by kissmekate on Jan 27, 2011 11:52:47 GMT
You made my day, Mr. Harries! Thanks for posting, Dippy!  |
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Post by zenina on Jan 27, 2011 11:55:28 GMT
Thank you for these infos - it definitely looks good for Aurelio   |
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Post by wichiwoman on Jan 27, 2011 17:57:39 GMT
Thanks for posting this, Dippy!
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Post by dippyponge on Jan 27, 2011 18:03:00 GMT
No problem, it's sounding good isn't it?
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Post by anyother on Jan 27, 2011 18:04:16 GMT
He sounds like a very nice man, this Andy Harries!
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Post by nell on Jan 27, 2011 19:27:41 GMT
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Post by roseofkilgannon on Jan 27, 2011 19:54:10 GMT
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