The Man in the High Castle

[midoro]

great! Thanks Adina!

[nell]

Thanks for the fantastic news Adina!  



Hands up everyone that voted

[walt]

Great news, Adina!

[BuildersPassion]

Very good news! Adina! Looking forward to this!

[Petruchio - Good God]

GREAT NEWS adina ... thank you so much for posting

[kygal]

FANTASTIC news!

[kissmekate]

That's wonderful news. I hope I'll finally manage to watch the pilot now. I've been a very bad fangirl recently.

[kygal]

He has been so busy (YAY) its hard to keep up!

[kitty]

That's awesome news!!

[GreenEyesToo]

I found rather a nice piece about this project getting picked up for a series:



.....when it comes to classic sci-fi, Philip K. Dick isn't a bad place for Amazon to start. "The Man in the High Castle," which is based on one of his novels, has been given a warm and thoughtful translation to screen by Frank Spotnitz ("The X-Files," "Hunted"). All a pilot needs to do is make the viewer want to see more, and I eagerly await additional episodes of this alternate-history dystopia.

Paltry budgets and the resulting constricted vision often hamstring science fiction on the small screen, but "High Castle" doesn't suffer from either of those problems. Director David Semel smoothly and skillfully introduces a version of 1960s North America that has been taken over by the Axis powers, and the costume and production designers do an outstanding job of depicting that time in history, refracted through a lens that is familiar and unfamiliar all at once. Spotnitz was a writer/producer on "The X-Files" for many years, and many classic installments of that show introduce places that seem all right on the surface but somehow feel a little off. "High Castle" captures that kind of lyrical foreboding well, as it sketches out the lives of several characters who are trying to navigate a treacherous version of post-war America.

Spotnitz has said that he has ambitious long-term plans for developing Dick's premise, sometimes in ways fans of the book might not recognize. As a fan of Spotnitz's "Hunted," a smart Cinemax show about a high-stakes game of espionage, I look forward to seeing where "High Castle" goes, given that it has a similar atmosphere of regret and quiet purpose.


and then further on in the article:

.....it's interesting to see what a drama looks like when its creators don't have to worry about the insertion of ad breaks. Both "Mad Dogs" and "High Castle" benefit from unforced, organic pacing, and these dramas use the breathing room that Amazon gives them to pay attention to character development, and I can't complain about that, given that the broadcast networks seem to have largely abandoned the idea of creating characters who are even remotely interesting. Rufus Sewell is quietly masterful as a Nazi in "High Castle,"......

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/18/amazon-man-in-high-castle_n_6706790.html

[kygal]

Thanks GE2!

[rueful]

Nice! I like the prospect of character development. Also interesting to think about how ad breaks affect a script, writers having to structure scenes and developments with the breaks in mind. Thanks for posting this, GE2.

[midoro]

Thanks for this interesting post GE2!

[francesca]

I have now watched this three times. It is brilliant!
The dark grey gloom and crowded rooms exudes the depressed atmosphere of an occupied country.
The light and sleek expensive spacious surroundings of the occupiers emphasizing the difference.


And Rufus.... his low, soft, silky voice, yet full of menace sends chills of fear down your spine.

And Yet ... is it too early to show us that he has a mole in the resistance?
Can he be a sleeper on the other side??
or am I just showing my Rufusitis bias and that he cannot be totally bad?

I cannot wait for the series to be made.

And yes! I did vote, Nell!
I managed to vote twice before Amazon UK refused to let me vote again.

[nell]

Rubs hands in glee! 10 episodes of Man In the High Castle to be filmed from 21 April to 27 August. Filming to take place in Vancouver.

yvrshoots.com/2015/03/new-series-amazon-primes-the-man-in-the-high-castle-with-alexa-davalos-rufus-sewell-expected-to-start-filming-april-21st.html#.VPuNrfmsUQj

Alternate history? Keep a lookout for Nazis on the streets of Vancouver late next month when Amazon Prime’s The Man in the High Castle begins shooting its series based on Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel about what North America would be like if the Nazis won WWII. Produced by Ridley Scott and set in 1962, the 10-episode series stars Alexa Davalos as Juliana Crain and Rufus Sewell as John Smith. Other cast includes Luke Kleintank and DJ Qualls.

The Man in the High Castle shot its pilot last Fall in Roslyn, Washington, familiar to fans of Northern Exposure as the town of Cicely, Alaska. Here is the Roslyn Cafe covered in WWII posters.

The Man in the High Castle is expected to film in and around Vancouver from April 21st to August 27th.