Julho 2012

NOTE: As this time, the link to Adrian's post, as well as the Myst movie site itself, seem to be down.  We will keep the link intact in case it comes back.

NOTE 2: Cyan has also cleared the MOUL forum thread where discussion was taking place about all this.

The Guild of Messengers recently published an article here with some news coming from Isaac Testerman about the future of the long-awaited Myst movie.  Soon after, Adrian Vanderbosch (one of the former producers of the film) published a detailed post with his version of the story of what happened during this long silence, describing (amongst other things) how he was forcibly pushed out of the project.

Adrian, just like Patrick McIntire (another former producer of the movie), put a lot of personal effort into making the movie, so the tone of his post is personal, blunt and to the point, understandably.

The story we are being told is basically what a lot of people keeping a close eye on the project have already read between the lines from Isaac's older posts; a story that some explorers already expected from the Hollywood environment, where the integrity of nearly any established fictional lore and story quality are sacrificed in the name of business and money ("reaching a wider audience", as they tend to put it). None of this was completely unexpected, but the most shocking aspect has been the complicated dynamics of this story and how it offers an insider's view into just how cutthroat the movie business can be. Read more

NOTE: Cyan has since deleted the announcement made in the original thread.  Link now goes to Chogon's explanation.

Shorah, fellow cave-dwellers!

A much-anticipated update about the Myst movie was posted today by Isaac Testerman. It's a long and detailed account, and here are the major points that were mentioned:

• A movie adaptation of the "Book of Ti'ana" would be very hard to use to start a potential franchise, so they've gone back to the drawing board for a story.
• Adrian has stepped away from the project completely, making Isaac the lead producer.
• Cyan's contract with MFG was expiring, and they chose not to renew it. Instead, Delve Films (Isaac's company) purchased the option.
• Another big-name Hollywood producer has joined them, along with Hunt Lowry and Mark Johnson.
• Other things are in the works other than a Myst movie, on multiple audio/visual/interactive platforms to bring in new fans.
• The Myst movie site probably won't be fixed soon due to legal issues.

So there you go. Some signs of life for the first time in months!  And if you want to read the full update, read the MOULa forum announcement here.

Stay tuned for the latest developments!

Mysterium is almost upon us, and you know that that means...

"Squee blowers!"
"Quote book!"
"Person on a chair!!"

...well, yes... but that's not what I was talking about, silly peanut gallery. It is time to gather up Paper People!

For all you poor, deprived souls who won't be able to join us in person this year, please send us a picture of yourself, your Uru avvie, or some other reasonable 2 dimensional facimilie to info@mysterium.net so you can be with us in dead-tree spirit.