《巫師》(獵魔士)要推電影版了...
電影版的消息年中就傳出來了，不過現在製片公司Platige才釋出進一步訊息，
The Sean Daniel Company [SDC], an established American production company - known for ‘The Mummy’ franchise, a new adaptation of ‘Ben-Hur’, which is currently in production, or the television series ‘The Expanse’ – has become Platige Films’ official partner in the preparation of the production of a full-length feature film about Geralt the witcher, the hero of Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels. The film will be based on themes from the short stories ‘The Witcher’ and ‘Lesser Evil’ from ‘The Last Wish’ collection. Tomasz Bagiński, who had been nominated for an Oscar for his film, ‘The Cathedral’, will be the director.
Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels are conquering international fantasy book markets and his short story collection, ‘The Last Wish’, had been placed on the New York Times bestseller list. The hero created by Sapkowski, Geralt the witcher, is a monster hunter with superhuman abilities. He is a creature suspended between two worlds – the human and the magical. The Witcher saga is already being compared to the hugely popular ‘Game of Thrones’.
The film will be an introduction to the Witcher’s world and is planned to be the beginning of a series. Thania St. John, an experienced Hollywood scriptwriter, author of such television productions as ‘Grimm’, ‘Chicago Fire’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, is working on the script as well as on its film and television continuation.
The film is intended for international distribution, its world premiere is planned for 2017. Jarosław Sawko and Piotr Sikora will be the producers from Platige Films’ side and Sean Daniel and Jason Brown from the SDC’s side.
美國著名製片公司－Sean Daniel Company(SDC)，以電影《神鬼傳奇》(The Mummy)系列，以及現正進行中的新版《賓漢》(Ben-Hur)電影，抑或是影集《無垠太空》(The Expanse)等作品的製作公司聞名，將成為Platige Films籌備中，以Andrzej Sapkowski筆下主人翁，狩魔獵人傑洛特為主角之正規片長電影的正式合作夥伴。該電影將以短篇故事集《最後的願望》中「獵魔士」與「兩害取其輕」兩個短篇為主題改編。以電影短片《The Cathedral》獲得一項奧斯卡提名的Tomasz Bagiński將出任本片導演。
Andrzej Sapkowski的小說橫掃全球奇幻書市，而其短篇故事集《最後的願望》更名列紐約時報暢銷書排行榜，Sapkowski一手創造狩魔獵人傑洛特，一位擁有超人類能力的怪物獵手，一個徘徊在人類與魔法兩個世界之間的造物。狩魔獵人的故事現常被拿來與廣受歡迎的《權力遊戲》相提並論。
電影將把狩魔獵人世界引介給廣大觀眾，並計畫成為系列的首部曲。好萊塢劇本家老手Thania St. John，其為數部知名影集的作者，諸如《格林》(Grimm)、《芝加哥烈焰》(Chicago Fire)、《魔法奇兵》(Buffy the Vampire Slayer)等，現正為這部電影以及接續其後的電視劇撰寫劇本。
電影將計畫在全球放送，預計在2017年上映，Platige Films側的Jarosław Sawko與Piotr Sikora 將擔任製片，而Sean Daniel與Jason Brown出任SDC側的製片人。
Platige是波蘭CG、特效公司，製作過許多廣告、電影的特效，以及遊戲的CG影片。而他們製作過的CG影片當然包含波蘭國寶《巫師》系列電玩。事實上，歷代所有《巫師》電玩CG開頭動畫皆出自Platige之手(不過《巫師3》很知名的發售CG影片「A Night to Remember」是出自匈牙利的Digic Picture之手)。
Platige Image製作的《巫師》CG影片
導演Tomasz Bagiński也和《巫師》電玩關係不淺，歷代《巫師》開頭CG以及其他Platige做的巫師CG影片都是他導的，他也是波蘭知名動畫人、導演。
至於SDC就不太清楚，但查了資料，《神鬼傳奇》他們製作的是評價最差的第三部XD
總之，希望《巫師》電影版能有好的結果，不過電影版能否如電玩那樣忠實傳達小說的氛圍是個難題，畢竟有尺度問題...不過之前看過《最後的願望》，印象中「兩害取其輕」好像沒有太超尺度的描述!?