Outlander is being adapted as a cable miniseries

Sandlynn · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1601 Location: Washington, D.C.

Looks like they've chosen a writer and are going to be shopping the script around.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/ron-moore-to-adapt-outlander-novels-into-cable-tv-series/

xina · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 6627 Location: minneapolis

That is wonderful news. After all these years...finally. Here's hoping they do a good job with casting and script. Smile

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Linda in sw va · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 4707

Oh my gosh that's so cool!! Yay! Very Happy

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Niftybergin · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 1066

A series is the way to go, but considering how many times this book has been optioned for film, I'll believe it when I see it.

goldberry · Joined: 26 Dec 2011 Posts: 30

It all depends on who is cast as Jamie. And if I get the cable station!

Holly Bush · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject:

I swear to God if they cast Tom Cruise, I'm going to kill somebody. He's cast as Jack Reacher in the first of the Lee Child books to go to film and there absolutely couldn't have been a worse choice.

He better not be Jamie!
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Trish B · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1110 Location: Mid-Atlantic, USA

This could turn into a "be careful what you wish for" type of thing . . .

Totally agree with the Tom Cruise comment.
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Cora · Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 1088 Location: Bremen, Germany

They shouldn't cast an American as Jamie at all. After all, it's not as if there aren't plenty of young attractive Scottish actors who would at least sound authentic.

Still, with Ron Moore attached to this, I don't have high hopes for the project. I'm still angry about what Moore did to my childhood favourite Battlestar Galactica and Deep Space 9 was crap as well.
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Sandlynn · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1601 Location: Washington, D.C.

Someone has posted an open letter to Sony and Ron Moore to their blog. (Let the games begin!)

http://www.myoutlanderpurgatory.com/2012/07/please-do-right-by-jamie-fraser_17.html

xina · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 6627 Location: minneapolis

Linda in sw va · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 4707

It's going to be tough for sure but hope springs eternal! Smile

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MEK · Joined: 09 Dec 2010 Posts: 223

I'm scared. The only book series that has translated well to video IMO is the Lord of the Rings.

merryweather · Joined: 27 May 2010 Posts: 531 Location: Encinitas, CA

I doubt I'm the only one here who has been dream casting Outlander for ages--I have to admit I was a huge proponent of Chris Hemsworth for Jamie on her Facebook page for their casting discussions and voting. (Anyone but Gerard Butler, imo.) This is how I picture the casting for Gone With the Wind felt--people were freaking out about Rhett and Scarlett (an English gal for the ultimate Southern belle? Whaa?)

But the thing is--a movie cast is very different than a mini-series cast and I am pretty sure they will not get a Tom Cruise-type to be in it especially since it (Lord willing) the show will run for many seasons. I think we will have a better chance of a fresh face who will suit the part better than a big name. The books are so popular that they are already going to draw much interest--they hopefully won't need some fading movie star to pump up ratings.

I'm very hopeful because the story is not going to be crammed into a two hour movie. At least they will have the luxury of time to get deep into the book--and there is plenty of material to keep a show running for years.
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Sandlynn · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1601 Location: Washington, D.C.

I could be wrong, but I don't get the impression that they're developing a series, but a miniseries, meaning there is a definite number of episodes and an ending. Sort of like the old, Rich Man/Poor Man or Lonesome Dove, or that recent miniseries about the Hatfields and McCoys.