Tag: book to film Archives · Wendy Orr
17th Jun
When Hollywood Comes Knocking – Part 3: Green Light!
So your film’s been optioned, it’s spent years in development and now the script has been approved, the cast and crew are pretty well set… and finally you get that call. I…
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10th Jun
When Hollywood Comes Knocking: Part 2 – Development Hell
Continuing from last week’s post: now you, your agent, your publisher and your film lawyer are all happy – you’ve signed that option agreement and have a nice little chunk of money,…
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30th Sep
Setting Your Characters Free – From Book to Film and back again
Bindi Irwin as Nim, from Return to Nim’s Island movie poster I know that tying in a film to a book sequel sounds like the writer’s equivalent of a first world problem, but…
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10th Jun
Good morning Singapore: Nim Stories interview on AM Live!
Singapore’s AM Live! has kindly posted the interview I did with Yvonne and Patrick last week. As well as looking great and being much better at sitting still than I was, they…
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2nd Apr
Red Carpets, Dressmaking and Writing
So I may have mentioned that Return to Nim’s Island had a lovely, fun red carpet launch at the Australia Zoo? And everyone knows that walking the red carpet needs a new…
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10th Mar
The Nim Story
Return to Nim’s Island comes to the big screen in Australia five years to the day after Nim’s Island; five and a half years after Nim at Sea was published, ten years…
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14th Feb
Nim Stories in the Next Big Thing blog tag
My lovely friend, and brilliant artist and author Lauren Stringer tagged me for “The Next Big Thing,” and so after a bit of confusion, I’m doing it again with a different book.…
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3rd Feb
Read the Book, See the Trailer
It’s a long and tricky road from book to film, and a sequel turns out to be no exception to that. Nim at Sea, the sequel to Nim’s Island, was published in…
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14th Jan
How it feels… to have a book turned into a film… – Nim MySpace Blog
Michelle Hamer interviewed me for the Melbourne Age newspaper last Monday. Here’s a link to the piece, which was in Tuesday’s summer supplement. Myspace.com Blogs – How it feels… to have a…
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