Lots of things going on, hard to keep up, let alone blog about it all.<\/p>\n
Let’s see… well, big news, we wrapped filming on the second season of DARK WINDS a few days ago, with several days of shooting in Monument Valley.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the Navajo detective series we’re doing for AMC, based on the fantastic Joe Leaphorn\/ Jim Chee novels of the late great Tony Hillerman.\u00a0\u00a0 The first season was largely based on LISTENING WOMEN, with some of PEOPLE OF DARKNESS folded in.\u00a0\u00a0 The new season completes the PEOPLE OF DARKNESS storyline.\u00a0\u00a0 We got some great reviews for season one — and I really hope we get some Emmy attention too, though the show ran last June, and people do forget — and they tell me season two is even better.\u00a0\u00a0 If you missed season one, you can still catch it streaming on AMC+.\u00a0 Post production is just starting on season two, no release date yet, but I’m thinking summer, maybe spring.<\/p>\n
(Please note that I did not use “Winds” in the title of this blog.\u00a0\u00a0 The last time I did that, the internet went nuts.\u00a0\u00a0 Guys, gals, c’mon, Tony Hillerman wrote and published THE DARK WIND decades before I ever dreamed of Westeros).<\/p>\n
On other fronts, we’re still working on a Wild Cards television series.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s… sigh… “in development,” which means… hell, nobody knows what it means.\u00a0\u00a0 But if we can get it up and running, it will be a fun show.\u00a0\u00a0 The world of the Wild Cards as a big as the Marvel or DC multiverses, with thirty-one volumes published to date and more on the way, forty odd authors, hundreds of stories, a vast lineup of characters.\u00a0\u00a0 This particular take on the world is based largely on FORT FREAK, and centered on Jokertown.<\/p>\n
For a glimpse into what it means to adapt a book or story for television, check out David Anthony Durham’s latest blog post on the Wild Cards website, “A Tale of A Tail.”\u00a0 You can find it at https:\/\/www.wildcardsworld.com\/a-tale-of-a-tail\/<\/a><\/p>\n And check out the rest of the website while you’re there.\u00a0\u00a0 We’ve got a ton of blog posts and other content for Wild Cards fans to explore.<\/p>\n Oh… shifting gears again… anyone here from Wisconsin?\u00a0\u00a0 If so, watch out: the Cooters are coming to Eau Claire.<\/p>\n Yes, NIGHT OF THE COOTERS has been officially accepted into the Midwest Weirdfest.<\/p>\n